Human Resources For Small Business

Hiring the wrong people can cost you tons! Not just tons of money but tons of time as well. On the other hand, hiring the right employee not only helps your business but also creates a positive impact in your workplace, resulting in a healthy company culture. In this episode, hiring and interview expert, David Lee Jensen, joins us to talk about how to hire the right people for your business. He is the best selling author of the book The Naked Interview: Hiring Without Regret and the founder of The Hiring Academy. David is also an entrepreneur and a speaker who travels the world to talk about team building, culture, hiring, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Find out how you can hire the right people for your organization as David shares tips on how to hire the right person, what questions to ask, as well as his approach to the whole hiring process! In this episode, you will learn about: How to choose people correctly Questions to determine whether or not your organization has hiring problems The truths you ne

There are many ways to lead but great leaders throughout history have one thing in common that made them great. And that is being responsive and proactive when it comes to managing their people and dealing with external and internal issues. Being a responsive leader means leading with the heart.  Responsive leadership means winning and thriving anywhere. But how does one become a responsive leader? What are the skills and the characteristics leaders must have in order to develop into someone that takes advantage of opportunities and easily adapts to any environment? In this episode, leadership expert Jackie Jenkins-Scott joins us to talk about the secrets of leadership! She is a nationally recognized leader who founded JJS Advising and wrote The 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership: Drive Change, Manage Transitions, and Help Any Organization Turn Around wherein she provides guidance with practical advice on how to build the skills needed to become a responsive leader. Jackie also talks about how she deals with

Brandon Laws and Lacey Partipio discuss Coronavirus impacts and recommendations for employers. For the latest information on Coronavirus from Xenium, visit: https://www.xeniumhr.com/blog/wellness/coronavirus-prevention-and-info/   Connect with Lacey Partipilo LinkedIn What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

A new generation of workers are entering the workforce, companies are undergoing a digital transformation, and the use of AI in the workplace is getting more and more attention. It’s time to update and equip yourself with the new HR and workplace trends that’ll shape this year’s workplace! In this episode, we are joined by Xenium HR’s  Alishia Young, VP of HR & Client and Lacey Partipilo, Director of HR and Client Success, to talk about the workplace and HR trends you need to watch out for in 2020! To help you stay on top of the game, I put together a list of the possible trends that we at Xenium, believe will transform the workplace and the workforce this 2020 and for the years to come! In this episode, you will learn about: Diversity and inclusion Performance reviews and psychological safety The evolution of HR roles Understanding how your business works Omnipresent AI Automation Pay equity New workforce: Millennials and Gen Z What people want from work report Workplace challenges over the next several

Conflict can also be productive and lead to innovative solutions. Conflict arises from differences, both big and small. Here’s the truth: conflict is unavoidable. After all, you can’t expect others to agree on something all the time. However, conflict can do a lot of good as well. It can lead us to new ideas, innovative solutions, and ultimately, open the opportunity to strengthen bonds! But what would you do when agreement and collaboration seem impossible? You’ve tried everything, now, what’s next? In this episode, I talk with Jennifer Goldman Wetzler, the author of the soon to be released book, Optimal Outcomes: Free Yourself from Conflict at Work, at Home, and in Life, to learn how we can achieve freedom from conflict! Jennifer is a recognized global leader in how CEOs and their teams can optimize organizational health and growth.  Tune in as she will help us get out of the conflict loop by sharing some of her real-life experiences when it comes to dealing with conflicts to achieve her ideal future result

When it comes to essential decision-making situations, you’re better off trusting your head than your gut. Did you know that trusting your gut is terrible advice when it comes to business and work-related matters? One of the reasons why a business fails is due to the fact that leaders don’t know when to trust their gut and when not to. If you want to avoid business disasters, make sure you listen in to today’s episode, as a best-selling author, consultant, coach, speaker and Neuroscientist Dr. Gleb Tsipursky join us to talk about why you shouldn’t go with your gut. He also shares some of the most dangerous cognitive biases for business situations and how to deal with them. Find out what you need to do when you are faced with uncomfortable and challenging situations, will you reason, or will you go with your gut feeling? Order your copy of Never Go With Your Gut

Join us in this episode, as I sit with Xenium’s new HR business partner, Nicole Blevins.  Nicole will share with us how she found Xenium from the podcast all the way from Florida, and what made her decide to make the leap and move to Oregon to work for Xenium. She gives an insider look at what it’s like to work at Xenium, her experiences with the company so far, the differences between being an in-house HR generalist for a city versus HR consulting, and how she helps clients as well as her workmates. Nicole shares what drives her to keep on achieving her goals and how you can make the best decision for yourself! In this episode, you will learn about: How Nicole found Xenium HR Nicole’s transition from Florida to Oregon What it’s like with Xenium HR The onboarding experience What drives Nicole to give it her best every single time Making the best decision for yourself What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Bran

To sustain one’s best work, they need to be part of an environment that makes them feel they’re appreciated and needed. Showing gratitude to others boost their confidence and motivates them to perform at their best. And at the same time, you’re also helping your people’s mental wellbeing. In this episode, we are joined by bestselling leadership author and organizational culture expert, Adrian Gostick to talk about how leaders, bosses, and managers can lead with gratitude. He is the author of The Carrot Principle, All In, and The Best Team Wins, and he goes around the world to help leaders with employee engagement and other leadership related issues. Adrian shares essential leadership practices that are for sure will help you achieve the results you’ve wanted to see. We talk about the science behind being grateful, why managers should practice leading gratitude and positivity and not lead under pressure, as well as the benefits of appreciation in the workplace. Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practice

Wouldn’t it be great if your company had a 3-day weekend every week instead of the usual 2? Who doesn’t love long weekends?  Imagine if your company did implement a 4-day workweek, weekends will be longer, and breaks would be shorter, which won’t intervene with the normal business operations. Sounds great, right? The traditional workweek for Americans is five days a week and eight hours per day. When your organization opts for the 4-day workweek, that would be 10 hours per day and equates to 40 hours a week, which is the same as the standard hours an employee is required to render every week. In this episode, we’re going to talk about all the pros and cons of having a 4-day workweek system with Chamber Media founder and Media Hacker, Travis Chambers!   He was featured under Forbes 30 under 30, and he will share his story on how he left the corporate world to start Chamber Media.  Travis will also share how he came up with their unique culture and benefits, how he is handling deadlines in a 4-day working sched

In this solo podcast with Brandon Laws, he describes Xenium's recognition programs and their effort over the years to connect their recognition program to their values and behavior statements. Download the WOW card template mentioned in this podcast  What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

It takes an extraordinary team to accomplish incredible things. But how do we build one? What makes a team extraordinary? Start this year off right by listening in today’s episode as an author, speaker, world-record athlete, and pro leadership coach Jason Caldwell joins us to share his amazing experience on how to build and lead an extraordinary team to accomplish incredible things! He is the founder of Latitude 35, a leadership training firm that operates around the world. He also wrote Navigating the Impossible: Build Extraordinary Teams and Shutter Expectations, a guidebook on how you and your team can turn impossible goals into reality. Jason also talks about his thrilling story of crossing the Atlantic and how he and his team were able to persevere despite the obstacles they’ve faced along the way! In this episode, you will learn about: How Jason ended up doing a rowing sport The importance of finding your “why” Suffering and sacrifice Why building a great team is important The difference between the be

If you think you can go to eat alone, you are bound to be disappointed, and you will eventually hit a dead-end in your life. There’s an entire generation out there that’s growing and finding it hard to connect with others and be successful in it. Though social media has emerged to help us connect with more people, sadly, it has made us more isolated. If you’re struggling to make connections with others yet want to build strong social bonds and unsure of how you should do it, Jason Treu, the author of Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships By Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network, shows us how to make meaningful connections and establish long term relationships that’ll benefit your organization and life in general. Jason is a Chief People Officer and Culture and Leadership expert who is in the business of helping leaders, managers, and HR professionals build high-performing cultures and teams have practical communication skills to form unbreakable bonds! He firmly believes that

How you run your company says a lot about what you value, and it directly impacts the productivity of your people. Are you looking to take your company’s performance to the next level?  If you want to get more things done, you need to make some changes to improve work productivity and happiness in the workplace. To achieve all of this, Darren Chait, Co-Founder, and COO of Hugo, a connected meeting notes platform, joins us to talk about his book 10X Culture: The 4-hour meeting week and 25 other secrets from innovative, fast-moving teams. His book offers insights and many lessons from the most innovative teams to cultivate each team member to become leaders and decision-makers. We touched on everything from what it means to become an effective leader and drive a culture that propels the team to the top. We also talk about how teams can work more effectively together, the modern world with technology, how to make decisions, how to cut down on meeting times, how to communicate, and many more! Darren’s book is a m

A lot of us white-collar workers are poor when it comes to managing our health. Due to the nature of our job, which is sitting 9 to 5 staring at a computer screen, it’s no wonder a lot of us gain pounds and increase the digits on our waistlines.  And so not only are you stressed due to work, but you’re also overwhelmed by the fact that you’re gaining weight and becoming more unhealthy. How do we prioritize our mental and physical health so that we can grow and thrive more in our chosen career? In this episode of the Transform Your Workplace podcast, we are joined by Mark Mohammadpour, an accredited Senior Communications Executive, Certified health coach, and personal trainer and the owner of Chasing the Sun.  He will talk about how he transformed his life from being a busy, stressed PR person into someone who’s coaching and helping people incorporate fitness, health, and wellness into their lives so they can reduce their stress and thrive. Get inspired and start taking action on how to be more fit, healthy, a

In this special bonus Thursday episode, Brandon speaks with Lacey Partipilo and Tyler Meuwissen of Xenium HR about crowd-sourced wage data, why employers should be aware of it, and what they can do about it. -- What did you think of this short bonus episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or take our survey. Contact Brandon: Email Brandon.Laws@xeniumhr.com or connect on LinkedIn, Twitter or Instagram Learn more about Xenium HR at xeniumhr.com Follow Xenium on Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

Trust in the workplace is just as important as it is in our relationships. It’s the basis of all relationships and the one that holds an organization together. Building a culture of trust is essential in empowering, engaging, and retaining top talent within your organization. But how do we build trust back once it’s already broken? In this episode, Joel Peterson, author of The 10 Laws of Trust, joins us to talk about how we can establish a culture of trust, respect, and integrity within our organizations to ultimately achieve success. Joel is the Chairman of JetBlue Airways and the Founding Partner of Peterson Partners, a Salt Lake City-based investment management firm. He shares what leaders and managers should do when there’s a low trust culture with your team. We’re also going to discuss the cause of betrayal, the importance of feedback, and explore the other laws of trust and create stronger bonds. If you lead others with trust and would like to create a culture of trust within your workplace, then be sur

Technology is changing the world as we know it. And that includes how we hire talent for our organizations. To stay at the top of the competition, we need to adapt to technological advancements.  Recruiting is on the rise, and it’s changing fast. In this episode, we are joined by Amy Schultz, the Talent Director of Talent Acquisition at LinkedIn, about the future of recruiting and how a recruiter’s role changes. To equip yourself on the trends that can happen in the future, Amy is here to help you be future-ready. She shares how recruiting will change based on LinkedIn data points and interviews from global talent leaders. She also talks about the most significant challenges a recruiter faces today and the vital skills you’ll be needing as a recruiter over the next five years! If you’re a recruiter or have a recruiter background as part of your role, then you’d surely want to listen to this episode! In this episode, you will learn about: The future of recruiting How the roles of a recruiter can change How Li

It’s no secret that the key to a good and happy team is a great manager. But what makes a great manager? How would you know if you or your people are ready for the role of leading a team? In a study published by Harvard Business Review, it showcased that the average age for first-time managers is 30 years old. While the average age when they get their first leadership training is 42. This means that managers aren’t equipped to lead their team.  In this episode, Scott Jeffrey Miller from FranklinCovey joins us to talk about his new book, “Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team”. He is the Executive Vice President and CMO at Franklin Covey, a company that inspires change and implements proven principles so that people and organizations achieve the results that matter most to them. Scott talks about why everyone deserves great managers. He highlights the essential skills and practices needed to become a manager so that your organization can thrive! We also explore the limi

If you’re thinking of advancing your career or your people, you’ve probably heard the phrase, “You need a mentor to guide you; You need a mentor to help you achieve this and that...”. True enough, one needs a mentor to help them with decision making in their business and career endeavors and to foster their skills. The demand for mentors is high, but the supply is low. In a survey conducted by our guest, Reshama Shaikh, she found out that 90% are looking to have a mentor for their business. But where can you find the right mentor to guide you or your people?  In this episode, we’re talking about mentoring with Reshama Shaikh. Reshama is an independent data scientist and statistician. She consults in the areas of data science, statistics, diversity, mentoring, and community building. Reshama will explain some of the dos and don’ts of mentoring. She also shares the mentoring survey that she did and what mentoring means to different people, where to find the best mentors, and how you can start walking down the p

Are you spending more time with your low performers or high performers? How much time do you spend with each? As managers and employers, you need to spend your time wisely. In this episode, Paige Tamlyn joins us to talk about how managers spend their time and who should they be spending it on. Should you focus more on the low performers to improve their skills, and overcome their weaknesses? Or should you focus on your top ones to unleash more of their strengths?  If you’ve never thought about it, then be sure to listen to this episode and learn where you should invest your time and energy more to create more value for your company, customers, and employees! In this episode, you will learn about: Whom should you focus your time on? How engaged are your top performers? Why you should focus more on your top performers than your low ones Micromanaging your employees Positive reinforcement 9-Box Grid Strategy What did you think of this episode? Give us a 5-star rating and write a review on Apple Podcasts, or ta