Best Job Ever!

Get professional help when it's time to look for a new job. 

Kristi Stuetzer, talks HR leading change within their organization.  James Reid & Calum Maclean try to keep up. 

HR gives till they are bleeding and they have nothing left. However, there is a time when HR needs to ask and to take to get ahead. Terry tells us how and when to ask. 

Erika Monae Lewis, Founder and CEO of The Erika Monae Group blows James and Calum away with her passion, energy and delivery of her mission. Erika is going to raise up HR and change the world. 

Join the Best Job Ever! Podcast team of HR executives as they share the secrets of how to get out of your professional rut and into the job you deserve.

Caroly Hofstee, CEO at HUB International discusses her rise to the top in a male-dominated industry. Also how HR can secure a seat in the boardroom, from an executive perspective. 

Valerie tells Eric that there is a lot of movement in the HR job market right now. They give great pointers on where to find the opportunities. However, finding a job on LinkedIn is just the start of getting the position you want. Listen in to hear how a CHRO and senior leadership makes hiring decisions. This is am amazing conversation!

We covered a lot of ground on this one but the main focus was FFCRA.Trust levels with navigating the FFCRA with your staff How much leniency is given on documentation to support paying out these codes?Are companies buying their own covid tests and administering at sites? Dangers with that?Do we update covid symptoms to exclude typical cold and flu as that season is approaching How to manage this fall?Wage increases to stay competitive in a non-automotive manufacturing industry already trying to compete with automotive gap. Seeing near 30% benefit increases.. due to the new MI Vehicle insurance?

Mike Kestly from Kestly Development talks to the team about DISC profiles. Why understanding the personality types of key employees in a business setting can set a company up for success or failure. Calum puts his entire career on the line and offers up his DISC. Meh, no big surprises actually. LOL

Holly Georgell Executive Council Labor & Employment at General Motors jouns James Reid, Calum Maclean, Eric Torigian & Danielle Leath to talk strategy to avoid Employee Election Hell in the workplace. Holly has some amazing stories and for those that want a very strategic look at what the best of the best does in a crisis this one is for you. 

This is the 3 minutes where Danielle cuts loose and we get a glimpse that there is some serious depth here.

James and I best interview to date. Danielle delivers on who she is and why caring and having grit is important to deliver great benefit programs and service. 

James Reid and Calum Maclean talk about the upcoming Presidential election and the heat that it's going to generate in the workplace. The best thing is to leave Politics at home. Holly Georgell Executive Council, Labor, Employment & Benefits at General Motors is going to come on the Podcast Monday to pick this up where we left off and show us how GM handles tough conversations. Monday's Podcast is going to be fantastic!

James Reid, Danielle Leath, Eric Torigian and Calum Maclean talk about Engaging your employees. Also how to build your personal HR brand for when you really need it. At come point you are going to really need it.

James Reid, Danielle Leath, Eric Torigian & Calum Maclean talk about the best and worst bosses we had the pleasure of working with. 

James Reid, Employment & Business Attorney & Partner at DinsmoreDanielle Leath, Senior Employee Benefits Advisor at HUB & SHRM Board MemberEric Torigian VP Global HR/ Chief Human Resource Officer at AkebonoCalum Maclean, HRIS Account Executive with PaylocityHave a conversation about Employee Engagement and why it is vital to keep your employees engaged right now.

Eric is Vice President North American Human Resource & Assistant General Manager, Global HR at Akebono Brake Corporation. In this episode we go into how HR can improve their relationship with the CEO and why CEO's should make sure HR always has a seat at the table.

Tim Sackett talks getting back to work and taking risks to build a better company coming out of COVID.

Sara Best from In 2 Great talks about Emotional Intelligence and why it is vital to welcome employees after COVID furlough. 

Karen and Deanna talk about getting approval for the first new SHRM Chapter in 5 years!!!!!!!

Calum:Today I'm joined by the wonderful Sarah Best from In 2 Great. We were talking this morning about the Starbucks challenge that you might have remembered from a year and 1/2 2 years ago. People constantly paid it forward and would like to do the same thing, but with HR professionals. So Sarah's graciously started to get this kicked off. Please tell us a little bit about our HR practitioner, who's just doing wonderful work right now.        Sara:Thank you, Calum. I am so happy to call out Dr Sheri Caldwell, who currently serves as the VP of HR for Northstar Blue Scope Steel. Sheri has always been the epitome of professionalism and excellence in HR, but along with that, she has brought to the table incredible integrity, energy, fun and a certain indelible style. Anybody who knows Sheri would appreciate that she is always matched to the T and looks phenomenal. But she's just a really dedicated, diligent hard worker. She's always after results, what she does that with and through people. So I just wanted to call out Sherry. She came to mind immediately when I thought about who's a rock star in HR and sherry I'm gonna throw this your way. Give you a chance in the next couple of days to call out somebody you designate an HR rockstar. Love you Sheri!Calum: Sara, that was fantastic and for anyone else that is watching this and listening to this. If you want to get in on this please send us a note to myself or Sara. Just say, hey, you know what we would like to do something. Or do this on your own, right? Just set up a quick Zoom meeting record it and send it out HR and Payroll professionals tend to be overworked, underappreciated anyway, and with everything that is going on right now we just wanted to send a little bit of love your way. So Sara thank you so much. I think we'll just keep on paying it forward. Hopefully every day, even on the weekends. Send it over here. This is a 7 day a week operation over here right now. All right. Talk to you soon. Bye now.

The amazing Kristi Stuetzer from Revere Plastics talks HR Vision & Culture building.Time in minutes.0 - 2:35: Get rid of paperwork now, tech is your best friend! Leverage it! 2:35 - 5:20: CHRO replaces CFO & how HR can work with execs better.5:20 - 8:30: E-mail can cause major issues & reducing the divide between HR & Finance.8:30 - 9:50 Manager evaluation bias.9:50 - 13:20 How I got into HR & it's good for your career to be curious.13:20 - 16:20 HR Unite & the courage of conviction will see you through. 16:20 - 20:00 Transition from HR worker to HR management. Ground rules for mixing with subordinates outside and inside the workplace.21:00 - 23:00 Kristi's HR vision. Everyone that walks into the building wants to be there and loves their job. Yeah I'm that ambitious. 24:30 - 27:20 Consistent brand message helps build culture. If an employee feels some control of their destiny they are happier at work. 27:30 - end Training and EQ is vital for supervisors and HR is always the last to know anything... Sigh...

James and Calum talk about why we started this Podcast. Why it is important to support HR & Payroll as they are usually the most overworked and underappreciated departments in a company.We kick things off with a COVID-19 update then a Bio on the hosts. Time in minutes. 0.37 COVID update.3.10 fun and games with Calum & James.6:20 James shirt caught on fire. 7.00 Calum was boring in Scotland. Really, really boring9.05 – 10:30 James goes to MI State and turns into Skelator. 10:35  - 12.00 Calum talks about serious golf in Scotland.  12:15 – 13:15 They closed the shipyards, coal mines, car plants and steel mills so Calum went to work in Australia and nightclubs in the Greek Islands.14:55 – 17.00 James gets his first real job as an attorney. Then 2008 hits and he has to adapt to survive.17:20 – 21:38 Calum talks working in Bikerbars and EPCOT where he met the love of his life. Brief hotel career history, non profit stint including a refugee camp story. 22:00 – 25:00 - James grinds it out for 5 years becomes a partner at the law firm and sacrifices his health. Takes up competitive cycling and wins EVERYTHING! Unbelievable.  27:45 -  29:41 Calum talks why he loves working with HR & Payroll professionals. Sell the dream & service the nightmare is never OK!30:00 – 32:30. We talk networking, being empathetic is vital and Calum is the world's worst liar.32:40 – 35:30. Why we are doing the Podcast. Creating an HR support group and valued resource. No sales pitches, no judging and of course we drink wine.

Best selling author and health & wellness guru Cassie Sobelton walks us through how HR departments can manage their health & wellness during tough times. James Reid Employment & Business Attorney from Dinsmore makes sure we keep it legal and Calum Maclean from Paylocity,,, well I probably talk too much. Enjoy.