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Lance Sapera , a talent acquisition leader with experiences at a range of fast- growing organizations, rec- ommends that to speed up hiring and make it more predictable, we need to lean into hiring internal candidates, referrals, and silver medalists (those people who make it to final interviews but don’t get the job).
supported Business credits for the course because they see that this isn’t an “HR activity” but a true “business enabler” if we can get it right. Podcast Insights From your podcast “We’re Only Human,” what are some key lessons or insights you’ve gathered that might be useful to our readers? I remember getting interested in pod- casts earlier in my career when I was commuting about 30-40 minutes each way to work. A friend called it “auto- mobile university,” because you could learn nearly anything while riding in your car from one place to another. Then, in 2016, I began my own podcast and called it “We’re Only Human” for
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The future of HR is a bright one based on the evidence and trends our re- search team are watching. It’s up to the HR community to step up, take the lead, and contribute mightily to the needs of the workforce and to the business itself.
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There are so many others, but I highly recommend that HR leaders listen to at least a few podcasts because it helps them to stay sharp and get new ideas, and best of all, it’s free! Future of HR Looking ahead, how do you envision the future of HR and its role in developing and sustaining winning cultures? The demand has never been higher for forward-thinking, agile HR leaders that want to use culture as a tool to grow the business and maintain a competitive advantage when hiring/ retaining talent. Our research shows there are five key drivers that indicate a higher demand for engaged and dynamic human re- sources professionals. Some of those include: • AI is all the rage, but work is still fundamentally a human thing • Organizational agility comes down to people and change, and those are our superpowers • Talent is at the top of every CEO’s list of risks and concerns for the business
Ben Eubanks
Ben is the Principal Analyst at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, a human capital management research and advisory services firm. Lighthouse supports HR, talent, and learning leaders across the globe by offering research-based insights on technology, innovation, and strategy. He is a highly sought after speaker with dozens of events to his credit, and the research his team produces at Lighthouse is known throughout the industry. Ben is also the host of We’re Only Human, a podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection of people and technology at work. We’re Only Human is one of the featured syndicated shows on HR Happy Hour, the world’s largest and longest-running HR podcast network.
two reasons: first, HR supports the human work within the business, but also because we’re human, too, and we don’t always get it right the first time. I’ve had hundreds of guests over the years, but a few that stand out to me:
Kellee Webb , a nonprofit CHRO from Houston shared how to grow an HR team as you grow the busi- ness, and her approach into how to align employee strengths with the workload was so insightful.
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