The JoyPowered Workspace Podcast

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss employees experiencing loneliness at work with expert Jann E. Freed.

Topics include:

• The statistics on loneliness at work
• Why we're hearing so much about workplace loneliness right now
• Why people are feeling lonely at work
• Why HR professionals and business leaders should be worried about employees' loneliness
• How to make friends in the workplace
• Why relationships are important to our hea...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss employee surveys with Gina Nelson, Founder and CEO of Consultative HR.

Topics include:

• How to start collecting employee feedback
• How an organization should respond to employee feedback
• How to share survey results, especially when the feedback is anonymous
• What's important to remember when collecting employee feedback
• What employers can do to raise survey response rates (and keep them up)
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In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss current legal trends and upcoming legislation with employment attorney Gina Carrillo.

Topics include:

• Upcoming legislation that will affect HR/employees
• Current legal trends by state
• Helping organizations embrace changing laws when they would rather not
• Differences between compliance in small companies and big companies
• Resources and tools for keeping up with changes to state and federal...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss the ADA with experts Kim Dinwiddie and Jackie Gessner.

Topics include:

• ADA's purpose, what it covers, and who it applies to
• How to respond when leaders think it's unfair for an employee to have "special privileges"
• How the increased focus on mental health affects employers in terms of ADA
• What the interactive process is and how to navigate it
• How hybrid and flexible work arrangements ben...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan answer listeners' questions about training.

Topics include:

• Training employees without being condescending
• Implementing women's leadership workshops
• Training managers to give performance reviews
• Teaching managers how to delegate
• Grooming potential succession candidates
• Teaching the art of patience
• When to launch sensitivity training
• Third-party vendors who provide assessments
• Resources to bring ...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss introversion in the workplace with expert Ryan Showalter.

Topics include:

• Unleashing the power of introversion
• Ryan's journey to discovering he's an introvert
• Challenges introverts at work face
• The superpowers introverts possess
• Advice for introverts
• Advice for extroverts who have introverts they care about

In this episode's listener question, we're asked about advice for people t...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss expanding employees' skills and capabilities with Peggy Hogan, VP of Talent Services at Purple Ink.

Topics include:

• What upskilling means
• Why a company should consider upskilling
• How to get started with upskilling
• Tracking transferable skills
• Management training programs
• Examples of upskilling
• Hiring great candidates who can be trained

In this episode's listener question, we're as...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss starting out your career in HR.

Topics include:

• How and when JoDee and Susan moved into HR
• Advice JoDee and Susan got early in their HR careers
• The importance of having a mentor
• Tips for climbing the HR ladder
• Mistakes to avoid

In this episode's listener question, we're asked what to do when candidates ghost you. In the news, the majority of businesses reported their employees tel...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss finding the right job for you with experts Peggy Hogan, Kurt Schoch, and Deb Kuhn.

Topics include:

• How often people struggle to figure out what their next job should be
• Where to start when trying to decide on your next right job
• How to approach your resume, networking, and job search when you don't know exactly what kind of job you want
• Mistakes people make when changing jobs
• Resources f...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss organizational growth with consultant and coach Diane Brown.

Topics include:

• The primary types of business growth
• The stages of business growth
• How Diane defines organizational growth
• What "hitting a ceiling" as an organization means
• Strategies leaders can use to break through a ceiling
• How these concepts apply at a team or individual level
• The best place to start
• Diane's last JoyPowered...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss supporting mothers as they return to work with Lori Mihalich-Levin, CEO of Mindful Return. They also talk to JoDee's daughter Keeli and her husband Magnus about their experiences as expecting parents in Sweden and how they think parenthood will affect their work lives.

Topics include:

• A U.S. Census Bureau study exploring labor force participation of new mothers
• Lori's experiences as a la...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss work-life blend with Dan Bruder, CEO of Blendification.

Topics include:

• The difference between work-life balance and work-life integration
• Why work-life balance is a myth
• What work-life blend is
• How to blend work and life when they're becoming more disconnected
• Technology's role in connecting work and life
• One small step people can do in this area to create more joy at work

In thi...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss patient advocacy with Lauren Winans, CEO and Principal HR Consultant for Next Level Benefits.

Topics include:

• What patient advocacy is and how it shows up in daily life
• Why it's important for employees to advocate for themselves in healthcare situations
• What employers can do to support advocacy and enhance its impact
• Outcomes that can be achieved through effective championing of patient ...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss starting up an HR department with guests Trisha Zulic and Carlie Vaughn.

Topics include:

• Recommendations for getting an HR department started
• When businesses realize they want or need an HR person
• Advice for companies getting ready to hire their first HR person
• Skills a "first in seat" HR person needs
• How to launch the HR function well
• Learnings from being the first HR person in a busine...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss mental health and wellbeing with Melanie Fauth from Ignite Wellbeing.

Topics include:

• Mental health trends for 2023
• Why addressing adult wellbeing became a priority for Melanie
• What mind-body medicine is
• Why you should be interested in mind-body medicine
• What Ignite Wellbeing offers their clients
• What you can do in this area to create more joy at work

In this episode's listener qu...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss how writing can benefit your career with business book strategist Cathy Fyock.

Topics include:

• Why JoDee and Susan have written books
• How Cathy made the transition from HR leader to book coach
• How writing has served Cathy as an HR leader/consultant
• How writing has benefited the careers of HR professionals
• First steps for HR professionals who are interested in writing to grow their career...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss generational diversity at work with coach/speaker Lindsay Boccardo.

Topics include:

• What's different with Gen Z compared to Millennials
• What employers are doing to continue to evolve with the needs of newer employees
• What organizations can do to retain more seasoned leaders
• How coaching skills help bring generationally diverse teams together
• How Lindsay's perspective has changed regardin...

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss toxic work environments with Jesse Gomez from Williamsburg Therapy Group.

Topics include:

• What constitutes a toxic work environment
• Why this term is being used so much these days
• Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's comments on toxic workplaces
• What an employer can do to reduce the chances of their workplace becoming toxic
• Strategies for addressing co-workers and managers who are bullies
• How t...

We're taking a short holiday break, so no new episode today -- we'll be back to new programming in a few weeks.

In the meantime, we're rerunning a 2020 episode on a topic we often get questions and suggestions about: FMLA!

In this episode, JoDee and Susan discuss the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) with Laura North from Purple Ink.

Topics include:

• What FMLA is and why the US Congress passed the Act
• How to stay on to...