The HR Mixtape Podcast

Your best people can saddle their own horse. Most managers never step back long enough to find out. Episode 206 of HR Mixtape is live. Zach Arend on the good soldier trap. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/4iGvZno | Spotify: bit.ly/4i9zkLB

Free lunch doesn't buy loyalty. If people don't feel seen and valued, they'll leave for a dollar more. Episode 205 of HR Mixtape is live. Dr. Sharon Grossman on daily leader habits that stop turnover. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/4zTb7z0 | Spotify: bit.ly/4zVsvmS

Your AI vendor shouldn't train on your data. Here's how Paylocity draws that line. Episode 204 of HR Mixtape is live. Toby Williams on AI trust and innovation. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/4e6bUUQ | Spotify: bit.ly/4ymmCy2

Pay isn't the top hiring lever anymore. Flexibility is, and candidates will take less money to get it. Episode 203 of HR Mixtape is live. Myla Ramos on AI, flexibility, and retention. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/4hICUe1 | Spotify: bit.ly/4j1Ch1D

Finance doesn't fund ideas. It funds numbers. A former CFO explains why your HR request keeps getting a no. Episode 202 of HR Mixtape is live. John Sansoucie on speaking finance's language. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/4dr1vmx | Spotify: bit.ly/4AWCOIM

Leave volume is up. Headcount isn't. Every new law adds a layer to a case that was already hard to get right. Episode 201 of HR Mixtape is live. Rachel Wyngaard on managing leave without more staff. 🎧Apple: bit.ly/4d8Gf4M | Spotify: bit.ly/4yetjTm

Exit interviews are too little too late. The people you want to keep are still at their desks, and nobody's asking them anything. Episode 200 we talk to Jim Link on stay interviews & manager development. #SHRM 🎧 Apple: apple.co/3UVr0pB | Spotify: bit.ly/3UQYEgd

Work slop has a number now. 44% of workers using AI admit to producing it. Episode 199 of 🎧 HR Mixtape is live. Dr. James Atkinson on AI guardrails and the CFO conversation. Apple: bit.ly/4gSA6dV | Spotify: bit.ly/4r4wWZs

AI is not adding. It's organizing. That one distinction decides whether your team gets smarter or just louder. Episode 198 of 🎧 HR Mixtape is live. Nichol Bradford on vibe teaming. Apple: bit.ly/4xenwMc | Spotify: bit.ly/4gIkB9I

HR defers to the plan advisor. Usually fine. Until the plan fails a compliance test. Episode 197, Andrew Farrell on fiduciary duty, payroll timing, and the front door rule. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/44MjVcw | Spotify: bit.ly/4p7Eaea #HRMixtape #401k

Not acting on engagement surveys is worse than not asking. You've told everyone their voice doesn't matter. Episode 196, eannie Kidera on turning culture into a revenue driver. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/44MjVcw | Spotify: bit.ly/3RnJVrD #HRMixtape #CultureROI

Revenue is not the same as profit. When you optimize for one, you often accidentally undermine the other. Episode 195, Ben Hansen on diagnosing profit problems before they get painful. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/44MjVcw | Spotify: bit.ly/4vxWSxj #HRMixtape #Profitability

31% of CHROs aren't confident they can catch hiring fraud. Deepfakes. Synthetic IDs. AI resumes. It's already in the funnel. Episode 194, Nik Daruwala on identity risk in hiring. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/44MjVcw | Spotify: bit.ly/3RfRAZ0 #HRMixtape #HiringFraud

What looks like a performance problem is usually a culture problem. You can't policy your way out of it. Episode 193, Shenandoah Chefalo on felt safety and repair work. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/44MjVcw | Spotify: bit.ly/4y6H472 #HRMixtape #TraumaInformed

More information isn't alignment. HR leaders delivering messages they didn't write need a different tool. Episode 192, Mary Czarnecki on storytelling for change. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/44MjVcw | Spotify: bit.ly/3RnF75z #HRMixtape #Storytelling

Tolerance isn't resilience. Most leaders can't tell the difference until pressure reveals it. Episode 191 of HR Mixtape is live. Aaron Golub on shattering limits. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/44MjVcw | Spotify: bit.ly/3SKS2yS #HRMixtape #Resilience

Geography doesn't define capability. But how leaders structure offshore teams does. Episode 190 of HR Mixtape is live. Ingo Piroth on building global workforces that perform like one team. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/44MjVcw | Spotify: bit.ly/4eV1kzB

Culture in hospitality doesn't stay in the break room. It shows up at every table, every shift. Episode 189 of HR Mixtape is live. Donna Giarratana on people-first HR in high-turnover hospitality. Apple: bit.ly/4vHIumI | Spotify: bit.ly/4auDKsa

Meetings cost more than you think. And most of them are junk drawers. 🗂️ Rebecca Hinds joins HR Mixtape to talk meeting debt, ROTI scoring, and the four dimensions every leader should be optimizing. Apple: bit.ly/4ajIzEB | Spotify: bit.ly/4w2JhOV

'Be more strategic' is common feedback. It's also one of the vaguest. Dr. Bushra Khan on HR Mixtape Ep. 187 on what it actually means and why EQ is the operating system of leadership. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… #HRMixtape