Season 4

Welcome to Whine with HR! This episode is a bit different from our previous episodes as we are whining about something a little closer to home. We explore how HR professionals can recognize when they are overextended, distinguish an intentional boundary from quitting, and create space to make cleare...

Welcome to the Short Pour, where we cover HR current news, hot topics, and time sensitive changes in law. Things shift quickly, and we want to be able to offer as much insight as we can! It's important to build trust and develop relationships with your colleagues, especially when it comes to HR. We'...

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...

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...

Nothing says America more than the 50th anniversary of JAWS! In honor of the iconic movie, we are doing a JAWS-themed episode on micromanagers and how they often resemble sharks. This is a really fun episode, in part because Julie tries a JAWS-themed wine. Every follow helps us reach a wider audienc...

Welcome to the Short Pour, now with video! 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...