Whine with HR

This episode explains why working around employees who fail to do their jobs creates bigger problems for coworkers, HR, managers, and the company. You'll learn how workload imbalances damage morale, why inaction can make HR appear ineffective, how leadership can prevent workarounds, and how employee...

This Short Pour explains how AI-assisted hiring and layoff systems can create or amplify discrimination, even when employers do not intend to discriminate. You will learn what the Workday and Meta lawsuits allege, how disparate impact can arise from automated screening and performance metrics, and w...

Office politics are unavoidable, but HR professionals can learn to navigate them without sacrificing credibility, objectivity, or employee trust. This episode explains how to identify informal influence networks beyond the organizational chart, build relationships without aligning with a faction, pr...

The EEO-1 reporting process is unusually uncertain, leaving employers wondering whether the reporting portal will open and whether current requirements could change. This episode explains the proposed regulatory changes, why existing reporting obligations technically remain in force while the propos...

Job titles are becoming less reliable as indicators of what people can actually do. This episode explains how HR can shift from title-based hiring toward skills-based talent practices by identifying the capabilities required for each role, rewriting job postings around outcomes, evaluating candidate...

Workplace investigations can either build employee trust or destroy it. This episode explains a repeatable seven-step investigation process for HR professionals and managers, including how to receive complaints, preserve information, conduct interviews, assess credibility, document decisions, preven...

People make mistakes - sometimes bad ones. Serious ones. When they do, you need to know how to handle it without creating more risk for your organization. In this episode, we give you a mini-class in conducting investigations. This will be one you'll want to bookmark - and share with that manager wh...

Welcome to the Short Pour! The Short Pour is a quick, punchy recap designed for busy schedules (and short attention spans). In just a few minutes, we’ll serve up the highlights, key takeaways, and a few sips of insight from our latest episode. Want the full experience? You’ll need to check out the c...

Disability bias can show up in obvious ways, like illegal interview questions, and in quieter ways, like inaccessible celebrations, assumptions about stamina or communication style, or promotion decisions based on “fit” instead of job-related criteria. In this episode, we discuss ways you can make s...

Welcome to the Short Pour! The Short Pour is a quick, punchy recap designed for busy schedules (and short attention spans). In just a few minutes, we’ll serve up the highlights, key takeaways, and a few sips of insight from our latest episode. Want the full experience? You’ll want to check out the c...