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Shawn Brady’s Journey from Chicken Cook to HR Leader at Harman Management
Meet Shawn Brady, a leader who discovered his purpose behind a KFC counter as a young chicken cook—and never looked back. In our latest “Let’s Talk Talent” podcast episode, Shawn, Director of Human Resources at Harman Management (a long-time client...
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Tradition Meets Innovation — How Makenzie, Kramer and Austin Rath are Shaping the Future of Talent Plus
This episode features Makenzie Rath, Austin Rath and Kramer Rath — siblings and children of Talent Plus Founders, Kimberly and Doug Rath. They discuss what it’s like to grow up in a family business and take on key roles within...
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From Volunteer to Visionary: Michaella Kumke’s Impact on Alleviating Hunger in Nebraska
We are excited to launch a special edition of the Let's Talk Talent Podcast, in honor of Talent Plus' 35 Year Anniversary. In this series, host Mark Epp, Talent Plus Management Consultant Director, speaks with remarkable leaders and individuals, and...
Janice Hall Discusses Human Capital
Listen to our latest episode of Let’s Talk Talent, featuring Janice Hall, founder and principal consultant at Kinderhill Consulting LLC. In this episode, Janice and Let’s Talk Talent podcast host Mark Epp discuss: Hall’s HR career with Estée Lauder How...
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Kim Russel Dives Into Succession Planning
We are thrilled to launch our first episode of Let’s Talk Talent Season Two featuring special guest Kim Russel, Founder and CEO of Russel Advisors and Talent Plus Advisor’s Network Member. In this episode, Russel and Let’s Talk Talent podcast...
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Larry Sternberg Talks Genuine Interactions
In the final podcast episode of Let's Talk Talent Season One, host Mark Epp has a conversation with Larry Sternberg, Talent Plus Fellow and Board Member. Talent Plus recognizes, engages, accelerates and leads talent, talent strategies and talent planning across...
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Rico Zavala and Rylee Waters Talk Nonprofit Partnerships
Tune in to a special episode of Let's Talk Talent, in honor of Giving Tuesday. Mark Epp chats with guest Rico Zavala, CEDARS Director of Development and Rylee Waters, Client Strategist and CEDARS Pillar Lead at Talent Plus. CEDARS is...
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Bryan K. Williams Talks Worthiness and Expression
In this episode of Let's Talk Talent, host Mark Epp speaks with Dr. Bryan K. Williams, Founder of BW Leadership Academy and Strong Leader Institute. The two discuss: Educating and inspiring professionals to be consistently exceptional. Why recruiters should put...
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Bridget Johnson Talks Manager Feedback
In this episode of Let’s Talk Talent, our host Mark Epp has a conversation with Bridget Johnson, Talent Plus Management Consultant. Talent Plus recognizes, engages, accelerates, and leads talent, talent strategies, and talent planning across organizations. The two discuss: Bridget’s...
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Scott C. Whiteford Talks Vision and Collaboration
In this episode of Let’s Talk Talent, host Mark Epp, chats with Scott C. Whiteford, Ph.D., Director of Leadership Analytics at Talent Plus. Talent Plus recognizes, engages, accelerates, and leads talent, talent strategies, and talent planning across organizations. The two...
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Matt McGuire Talks Relationships
In this episode of Let’s Talk Talent, host Mark Epp engages in a conversation with Matt McGuire. Talent Plus recognizes, engages, accelerates, and leads talent, talent strategies, and talent planning across organizations. They chat about: How following your purpose and...
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Talent Plus Research Experts Talk Data and Research
In this episode of Let’s Talk Talent, host Mark Epp chats with Talent Plus Research Consultants Alice Pyclik and Jonah Garbin. Talent Plus recognizes, engages, accelerates, and leads talent, talent strategies, and talent planning across organizations. They discuss: The importance...
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Makenzie Rath Talks Retaining Talent in a Tough Market
In this pilot of Let’s Talk Talent, host Mark Epp has an insightful conversation with Makenzie Rath, President of Talent Plus. Talent Plus recognizes, engages, accelerates, and leads talent, talent strategies, and talent planning across organizations. In this episode: They...
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Let’s Talk Talent Podcast — Coming Soon!
Preview our first episode of the Let's Talk Talent Podcast, featuring Makenzie Rath, Talent Plus President.
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Generation Z
The millennial generation has been negatively stereotyped as lazy, entitled and without aspirations. There is countless research that describes the alleged differences of millennials in the workplace compared to the elder generation. Despite evidence showing none of these generational differences...
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Beyond the Quota: The Art of Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and inclusion are topics at the forefront in the human capital industry. There’s been growing recognition of how critical it is to business performance. While companies may think that having a diverse culture means simply not adversely impacting minority...
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Is an “Experience” Changing the Industry?
With the changing nature of many industries shifting from transaction to interaction, the ability to create a world-class experience for customers and employees is the new competitive advantage. In this episode, we talk about building relationships with clients and employees...
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Transforming HR with Technology
The modern workplace is continuously evolving, and technology has a large influence on that evolution. Whatever barriers workplaces used to face, like communication, management or efficiency barriers, have been overcome by the invention of technology. Internet and various software and...
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The Power of Empowerment
Workplaces are continuously evolving, and one of the most important aspects of a workplace is its culture. As it turns out, culture has many definitions and influences. The Human Capital Industry has proven that empowering employees gives your organization’s culture...
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Into the Future: AI in HR
Recent innovations could also improve HR decisions, especially for recruiting and hiring. With the all the buzz surrounding AI, companies must first understand what it is, how they can use it, and the benefits and drawbacks of using AI to...
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Combating Discrimination in Leadership
In previous episodes, we’ve talked about the importance of creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. It has been proven to create a competitive advantage by increasing organizations’ financial performance, innovation and workplace culture. This episode, we’ll talk about diversity —...
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Shifting the Paradigm: Strengths-Based Management
Mark Epp has spent the last 15 years at Talent Plus providing coaching and management strategies to leaders in several industries and large organizations. A true subject-matter expert in strengths-based management, he explores how focusing and developing strengths in employees...
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Creating an HR Strategy for Small Businesses
Your people are your greatest asset. We often discuss HR departments in the context of large companies, which create a human capital strategy that pushes their business forward by leveraging their people. For small businesses, a human capital strategy is...
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Culture Wins: The Advantage of a Talent-Based Organization
Season 2 premiere episode! The Advisors Network provides visitors unprecedented access to masters of their industry who can help transform any organization. For this podcast, we had the joy of hosting a panel of a few advisors with us during...
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Achieving Wellness In the Workplace
Wellness has been a hot topic in the human capital industry. Companies are continuously refining their efforts of creating wellness programs for their employees, and companies who don’t have a program already established, are quickly jumping on the bandwagon. Wellness...