O.C. Tanner

Changing to meet the future with guest Nicolette Barnard

This episode, we’re talking with Nicolette Barnard from Siemens Pacific about managing change, building more agile cultures, and why apprenticeships are poised to be the future of lifelong learning.

 

 

Highlights from the 2021 Global Culture Report with guest Dr. Alex Lovell

This episode, we’re talking with Dr. Alex Lovell about the 2021 Global Culture Report. Remote work, hybrid schedules, burnout, anxiety, self-care, mental health days, and what employees ACTUALLY think about their workplace culture in this new normal.

Coaching great leaders with guest Pete Shepherd

We talk with Pete Shepherd of Human Periscope about how to develop better leaders, and what it really means to be a great leader in times of crisis. We also discuss imposter syndrome, empathy, and what sonder means.

 

Check out Pete's own podcast The Long and the Short of It, which he co-hosts with Jen Waldman.

 

What's going on in YOUR workplace culture? Tell us about it. Send your stories, questions, or topic suggestions to theworkplace@octanner.com.

 

Employee appreciation in a crisis with guest Natalie Snyder

We talk with Natalie Snyder from GE Appliances about using times of crisis and change as opportunities to grow—as a company, a culture, and as individuals. And how recognition plays a key role in connecting all three together into something bigger. We also discuss the fast approaching Employee Appreciation Day (March 5), and why it might be the most important day of 2021 for HR leaders.

Evolving your culture with guest Tim Kuppler

This episode, we’re rebroadcasting a conversation with Tim Kuppler about that practicalities of evolving a workplace culture that’s more relevant than ever. We also introduce a new segment, Workplace of the Week, where we share stories from our listeners about how they’re working to shape their workplace cultures.

Speaking truth to HR with guest Laurie Ruettimann

This episode, we’re talking with Laurie Ruettimann—host of Punk Rock HR—about, well, a lot of things. The balance of productivity and self-care. Why meetings might be our mortal enemies. What the great remote-work experiment has done to our collective cultures. And what it could look like as we start to maybe think about possibly going back into the office at some point. Let’s not rush things.

The talent motherlode with guest Jina Krause-Vilmar

This episode, we’re talking with Jina Krause-Vilmar from Upwardly Global about why immigrants and refugees are a motherlode of untapped talent, and how helping them integrate into the American workforce benefits literally everyone.

What was YOUR first job? Send us an email with stories about your first job to theworkplace@octanner.com and we’ll feature the best ones in an episode later this season.

Workplace cultures for all with Michael C. Bush

For the first episode of season 3, we've got CEO of Great Place to Work Michael C. Bush with us to talk about equity, representation, trust, fear, and why creating a great place to work FOR ALL is so essential for leaders and employees doing their best to survive (and maybe, thrive) in this chaotic global climate.

What was YOUR first job? Send us an email with stories about your first job to theworkplace@octanner.com and we’ll feature the best ones in an episode later this season.

Season 3 trailer

Season 3 is coming to town January 11th, 2021. So put another marshmallow in your hot chocolate and settle in for a sneak peek at what we have in store for the next season of The Work Place. Merry Listen-mas!

The employee perspective of workplace culture

This episode, we’re putting a bow on season 2 with a candid conversation between two employees (spoiler: it's Executive Producer Katie Clifford and host Andrew Scarcella) about their own personal perspectives of workplace culture. How has it changed over the last year, and how should it change as we claw our way out of this global crisis?