HR Rebooted Podcast

Follow HR Rebooted Podcast
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Doing things differently, means thinking differently. Our goal is to help you think beyond your current programs to drive real change in your organization. We will be meeting with thought leaders in HR, Talent and People in a video and podcast format to bring you some fresh ideas!

Michelle Strasburger & Tracie Sponenberg


    • Apr 18, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 21m AVG DURATION
    • 32 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from HR Rebooted Podcast with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from HR Rebooted Podcast

    Dominque St. Fleur: A Startup CEO's Perspective on Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 25:50 Transcription Available


    Welcome to Culture Rebooted. A podcast from HR Rebooted. As a fractional Chief People Officer, Michelle Strasburger helps CEOs of fast-growing companies realign leadership actions with the culture you want to build. She enables your teams to re-engage, your leaders to unite, and your company to scale without losing its identity. On this podcast, Michelle and her guests share their insights on how to establish a winning organizational culture. Today we met with Dominique St. Fleur from Intramark.  Dominique shares his insights on culture, growth and scaling while keeping culture strong.  He also shares some nuggets for Startup CEOs.  Learn more about Intramark at www.intramark.io or on their LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/company/intramark

    Season 4: Episode 1: Rebooting HR Rebooted

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 5:29


    We are back and talking about our plans for this next chapter in HR Rebooted.  We're focusing a FULL season on certain topics. Our first season will be focused on Fractional Work and The Future of Work.  Listen to see what else we have in store!

    Season 4: Episode 1: Michelle & Tracie Catch Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 23:39


    Season 3: Episode 6: Tiffany Loses an Earring!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 21:44


    Tiffany Castagno joins Michelle and Tracie to talk about Culture (and is so passionate about it, she loses an earring!). Tiffany is the founder and CEO of CEPHR, Cultivating the Evolution of Professional HR.Find more information about CEPHR at https://www.cephrconsulting.com/

    Season 3: Episode 5: How HR Can Create an Inclusive Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 24:38


    In this Episode, Michelle and Tracie connect with Katharine Halpin about how HR Professionals can take the lead in creating an inclusive culture and getting a seat at the table.

    Season 3: Episode 4: Mental Health At Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 21:44


    In this episode, Melissa Doman talks about how important it is to have the conversation about mental health at work. She also talks with us about how to have this conversation with employees to ensure employee wellbeing.

    Season 3: Episode 3: A Conversation with HR Rebel Christina Wang

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 22:46


    Christina Wang is an HR Business Partner and a member of the HR Rebels group. In this conversation she talks about how much the HR Rebels group has helped her in her career and advocacy.

    Season 3: Episode 2: HR with Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 24:14


    In this episode, Michelle Strasburger and Tracie Sponenberg met with Julie Turney. Julie is changing the way HR people take care of themselves with her new HR Consulting business. She's lifting others up, something that we need more of in the HR Community! You can connect with Julie on Linked In at https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamjulieturney

    Season 3: Episode 1: HR Burnout

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 21:33


    It's been a challenging year for those in the Human Resources Profession. Many find themselves dealing with burnout and have no where to turn. In this episode, we are thrilled to chat with Laurie Ruettimann about HR Burnout and taking control of your career. Laurie has a new book coming out in January called "Betting on You". A must read for anyone dealing with HR Burnout. You can learn more about Laurie here: https://laurieruettimann.com/about/

    Season 3 Kickoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 8:56


    Season 3 is here! In this short episode, Michelle and Tracie talk about what's in store for this season. We're looking to get feedback too on what you want to hear for future episodes and seasons.

    Season 2: Episode 10: A Conversation About Values

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 26:16


    Tracie and Michelle met with Debra Corey on Values. Why are Values important? How do you implement them and embed them in your culture?

    Season 2: Episode 9: Analytics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 21:39


    Tracie and Michelle met with Julie Alig, an expert in analytics. Julie is working with businesses and HR organizations to create meaningful analytics to help solve their business problems. In this episode, Julie talks about how to embrace analytics to help you support your business.

    Season 2: Episode 8: The Employee Experience with Josh Drean

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 23:56


    Michelle & Tracie meet with Josh Drean to discuss the importance of the employee experience.

    Season 2: Episode 7: Terminations with Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 19:05


    During this trying time, businesses are forced to look at Furloughs, layoffs and terminations. In this episode, Michelle Strasburger and Tracie Sponenberg talk about how to terminate someone in a more "human" way.

    Season 2: Episode 6: The Future of HR

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 18:07


    We have no idea what the future of HR is but we're guessing that it might include some impact from COVID-19. In this episode, Michelle & Tracie talk about what these things could include.

    Season 2: Episode 5: Vulnerability

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 35:41


    In this episode, Michelle Strasburger & Tracie Sponenberg host with special guest Not The HR Lady, Tara! In this talk, she talks about Living Out Loud and 3 key ways to do that.First, start with kindnessAssume good intentionsUse micro suggestions to influence

    Season 2: Episode 4: Catching up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 31:44


    Michelle & Tracie discuss how leaders can help their remote employees stay connected and also catch up on what’s going on with them.

    Season 2: Episode 3: A conversation with Adam Rosenfeld

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 28:23


    There's so much going on in HR right now. In this episode Michelle Strasburger and Tracie Sponenberg have a conversation with Adam Rosenfeld on how HR can have a voice during this time and help with equality and to eliminate injustices in the workplace.

    Season Two: Episode 2: Taking care of your employees

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 20:38


    It's very interesting times and HR Professionals have been challenged to rethink how they manage work in general. With some of us dealing with employees working remotely, updating policies, dealing with furloughs, it's a whole new world! During this episode, Tracie and Michelle talk about how to manage your employees and help them out during this time, now that the dust has settled a little. In this world of uncertainty, it's up to HR to step up and make sure we're doing all we can to help our team members.

    Season 2: Episode 1: Talent Acquisition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2020 22:15


    What a great kickoff to Season 2! Talent Acquisition is a challenge for most of us in the HR world and a bigger focus in 2020 as we try to find the right talent for today and in the future. In this episode, we met with the Talent Acquisition Team at BottomLine Technologies. Brooke Sullivan and Kailey Ingerman talk about how they work with leaders across the organization to recruit talent that fits their culture and how they proactively seek out talent for the future.

    Episode 10: Season Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 37:48


    We are thrilled to share our Season One Finale! This was really fun and a great conversation. Tracie and Michelle took questions from their listeners. These questions were:What should HR be focused on in 2020 and beyondHow do you become a strategic partnerHow do you balance it all? (Work, HR Rebooted, family)We've learned from others along the way and have mentioned a few of them in here. Hope you enjoy this listen! As always, our podcasts are unscripted and unedited! Enjoy!

    Episode 9: Equal Pay

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 32:04


    In this podcast. Tracie Sponenberg and Michelle Strasburger met with Katie Donovan from EqualPayNegotiations.com about how we can close pay gaps. Katie has been instrumental in pushing this conversation to help drive some real legislative changes. In this episode, she talks about the gaps, why they exist and how HR professionals can change their practices to pay fairly. Learn more from Katie at www.equalpaynegotiations.com or follow her on twitter at @kdsalarycoach This was such a great conversation that could go on for hours! What are you doing in your organizations to address the pay gap issue?

    Episode 8: Effective Terminations

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 25:30


    In this episode, we talk with Karlyn Borysenko about her study on terminations. She wrote a great article in Forbes Magazine last year about the topic and we wanted to dive in more with her. You can find the article here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/karlynborysenko/2018/11/29/how-employees-experience-being-fired-and-what-you-can-learn-from-it/#579b2387414a In this episode, Karlyn shares her insights in the research she conducted and talks about how HR Pros can be more impactful in facilitating fair terminations. We like to keep our podcasts "real" so you'll see we struggled a bit with technology. However, this is such a great topic that we will be doing a round 2 with Karlyn. Stay tuned!

    Episode 7: Leadership Development & Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 24:49


    In this episode, Tracie and Michelle talk with CEO of Get Your Edge, Ted Gorski. Ted is a certified Coach and focuses on developing leaders. Ted talks about utilizing neuroscience to become an effective coach and leader and the impact to the organization when leaders are allowed to lead and coach. We also talk about how HR can drive the mindset change in organizations to focus on this and how to get buy-in from your C-Suite. Check out more at www.getyouredge.com

    Episode 6: Performance Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 10:08


    We were sitting @ The Co-Op in Concord, NH and starting talking about what keeps us up at night and what our biggest challenge is in our HR worlds. We both quickly agreed that it's performance management, so we started to record our conversation. What are you doing to reboot your performance management process? #PerformanceManagement #HRsleeplessnights

    Episode 4 Addendum: HR Transform Presentation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 15:02


    Here is our presentation from #HRT2019 or HR Transform. Tracie and I had 15 minutes to talk about ways to lean into technology while keeping the HUMAN in Human Resources.

    Episode 5: A Conversation with NEHRA CEO

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 39:45


    In this episode, we had a very special guest, Tracy Burns from NEHRA. Tracy grew up in HR and is now leading a progressive HR Organization focused on giving HR Pros the tools and training to be successful in this ever changing world. She talks about #culture and HR's impact on the leading the business.

    Episode 4: HR Transform

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 4:29


    We arrived at HR Transform to present our topic, "Leaning into technology while keeping the human in Human Resources." We walked away with a lot more than we expected. What a great event. The future is NOW! @HR Transform #HRT2019

    Episode 3: Developing Your HR Warrior

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 32:03


    In this episode, we met with Keri Ohlrich, PhD and Kelly Guenther from Abbracci Group. They have put together a movement called The HR Warrior. They have developed a training series to help you become a Warrior and leave your "HR Weenie" behind. They are bringing this web series to NH for our local HR Rebels group. Check this out today!https://abbraccigroup.regfox.com/hr-warrior-workshop-virtual-feb2019

    Episode 2: Linking Arms with IT

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2018 12:36


    In this episode, we meet with Joanna Young, an IT Executive. The sound quality is not that great and we worried about sharing it, but the content is too good not to share. Joanna shares her view of HR, talks about women in technology and shares her favorite TV shows. Happy listening!

    Episode 1: HR Tribe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 9:24


    In this episode, we talk about how we started to build our "HR Tribe". We also give you tips on how you can build yours. HR can be a lonely place, so having a board of directors or an HR Tribe can help you think outside the box, can challenge you or help you have a sounding board. Learn more at www.hrrebooted.com Thank you to Profile Coffee in Portsmouth, NH for allowing us to use your space to record and for making us some delicious coffee!

    The beginning--We're up to something!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 1:59


    We are up to something! Here's the launch of our new podcast and video series, called HR Rebooted. Here, we talk about what our plan is. Our podcasts are uncut, uncensored, and real!

    Claim HR Rebooted Podcast

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel