SHRM All Things Work

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SHRM's All Things Work podcast takes you on a deep dive into game-changing topics that are redefining the world of work. Each week, host Anne Sparaco chats with thought leaders and industry experts eager to share their deep insights, research, and advice.

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180 episodes
Updated July 21

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Oct 16, 2021 · 22 min
Lindsey Garito on Enhancing the Employee Experience
The pandemic has made everyone’s jobs harder, and employees are now more stressed, depressed and anxious than ever. They’re also leaving their jobs in record numbers. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Lindsey Garito, SHRM-SCP, Westmed Medical Group’s director of human capital management and total rewards, about how to support employees and take steps to boost satisfaction and retention.
Oct 9, 2021 · 20 min
Josh Levs on Meeting the Challenges of Single Dads at Work
The pandemic illustrated how difficult it is for one parent to manage the demands of work and parenthood simultaneously. Working moms are the most visible examples of this challenge. Single dads are in a similar situation and face their own unique difficulties. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Josh Levs, leading expert on the experiences of modern dads in the workplace, on how to create workplaces that better serve and accommodate every parent.
Sep 7, 2021 · 20 min
Reset: Employer Culture, Brand and the Future of Work by Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.
SHRM President and CEO, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, joins All Things Work host Tony Lee to discuss questions explored in SHRM’s new book, Reset: A Leader’s Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval. As the book’s author, Johnny discusses the role of employer brand and organizational culture when attracting top talent; their intersection with diversity, equity and inclusion; and the steps CEOs and HR leaders can take to reset their organizations.
Jul 16, 2021 · 20 min
Andrea Herron on Encouraging Your Employees to Take Time Off
With reports that more than 75 percent of employees are experiencing burnout at their jobs, workers desperately need a break. One of the best cures for burnout is time off, and a workplace where employees feel good about taking time to recharge, reset and come back refreshed. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Andrea Herron, WebMD’s head of people, on how employers and people managers can foster a culture of work that encourages employees to take the time off they dese
Jul 9, 2021 · 20 min
Elizabeth Doty on Companies Leading Social Change
The concept that companies have an obligation to help improve society is not new, but there is a growing expectation among employees that corporate America should have an active role in driving positive social change. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee is joined by Elizabeth Doty from the Erb Institute for Sustainability in Business at the University of Michigan to discuss companies’ increasing role in addressing social and political issues.
Jun 26, 2021 · 19 min
Adam Rosenthal on Effectively Managing Employee Turnover
In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee is joined by Adam Rosenthal, an attorney specializing in employment law and author of the new book Managing Employees Without Fear: How to Follow the Law, Build a Positive Work Culture and Avoid Getting Sued. They discuss how managers can ensure business continuity when employees leave—and how they can lead in ways that can keep good employees from departing at all.
Jun 18, 2021 · 20 min
Kavitha Prabhakar on Supporting Asian-American and Pacific Island Employees
In this episode of All Things Work, Kavitha Prabhakar, Deloitte’s chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, joins host Tony Lee to discuss how these frequent biases adversely impact AAPI employees’ career paths and work experiences, and how employers can help their AAPI employees grow and advance in the workplace.
Jun 11, 2021 · 22 min
Dr. Casey Chosewood on Keeping Employee Mental Health a Priority Post-Pandemic
Vaccines have proven highly effective at halting the occurrence and transmission of COVID-19. Unfortunately, resolving mental health issues in the workplace hasn’t been as successful at reversing the symptoms of depression, stress and anxiety that have reached all-time highs following 14 months of living and working during a public health crisis. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Dr. Casey Chosewood, the director of the Office for Total Worker Health at NIOSH (Nation
Jun 4, 2021 · 20 min
Grant Morgan on Work’s Big City Exodus
The pandemic has shifted perspectives on remote work and the office footprint and has led to a re-evaluation of headquarter locations. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee is joined by Grant Morgan, co-founder and CEO of biosafety company R-Zero Systems, to discuss this exodus and share the story behind his own company’s decision to relocate.
May 21, 2021 · 25 min
Marcus Buckingham on the Post-Pandemic Workplace
The pandemic has undoubtedly changed the future of the workplace, but we really don’t know yet how that will look. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee is joined by research leader Marcus Buckingham to discuss the impact of COVID-19, how employers can head off the expected turnover tsunami, whether employees’ presence in the office actually matters and why the future of work will hinge on employer flexibility.
May 14, 2021 · 19 min
Becki Young on How Employment-Based Immigration Is Changing
Immigration is a tool employers can use to source talent for jobs when the right talent in the right numbers isn’t available domestically to fill open positions. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee is joined by Grossman Young & Hammond’s Becki Young, an attorney specializing in business immigration, to discuss the state of workplace immigration in the U.S. under the Biden administration and upcoming changes to the rules and procedures that guide how workers move to and from the U.S
May 7, 2021 · 21 min
Jillian Weiss on the Trans Experience at Work
Trans employees (those identifying as transgender, non-binary and gender queer) are a segment of workers who have historically encountered severe and frequent discrimination at work, including discriminatory hiring, promotion and termination, insensitive treatment and outright physical and sexual assault. In this episode of All Things Work, Jillian Weiss, an attorney specializing in providing legal representation to LGBTQ employees, joins host Tony Lee to discuss the current state of the work en
Apr 30, 2021 · 23 min
Michael Nathanson on Resilience at Work
Resilience and the ability to bounce back after difficult times is definitely an invaluable trait, but COVID-19’s largescale disruption of day-to-day business operations brought into focus the importance of resilience in the world of work, because companies were forced to completely reimagine how to get work done within the constraints of a global health crisis. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee is joined by Michael Nathanson, CEO of The Colony Group, a nationally recognized weal
Apr 23, 2021 · 20 min
Cynthia Calvert on Halting Family Responsibilities Discrimination at Work
COVID-19 put a spotlight on employees’ responsibilities to care for family members, such as babies, children, aging parents or any family member requiring ongoing assistance in meeting their basic needs. However, the closure of schools and other care providers, along with the shift to remote work introduced greater risk of employers treating employees with family responsibilities unfairly, because they may be thought of as less dependable than employees without families. In this episode of All T
Apr 9, 2021 · 19 min
Dick Finnegan on Keeping Employees Engaged During the Pandemic
COVID-19 changed employees' needs and concerns at work, which prompted many companies to change their approaches to employee satisfaction and retention to keep workers from leaving. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with leading employee retention expert Dick Finnegan on what companies can do to engage and retain employees, especially working moms, in this new era of work.
Mar 19, 2021 · 19 min
Jason Briefel on Reshaping Public Sector Employment
The arrival of a new presidential administration that actively supports reversing previous cuts to the civil service prompts consideration for the future of public sector employment. In this episode of SHRM’s All Things Work podcast, host Tony Lee speaks with Jason Briefel, director of policy and outreach for the Senior Executives Association, a professional association for the federal workforce’s senior executives. They consider new approaches to public sector talent acquisition aimed at making
Mar 12, 2021 · 20 min
Steve Preston on Goodwill's Workforce Planning
You probably know Goodwill Industries International for their iconic retail stores, but what you might not know is that the organization also specializes in providing workforce development initiatives at a large scale. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Goodwill’s president and CEO, Steve Preston, on how the organization provides comprehensive employment services that include job training, credentialing programs, direct job placement and online support to not only thei
Feb 26, 2021 · 19 min
Darcy Gruttadaro on How to Support Employees’ Mental Health During the Pandemic
As a second year of life under the pandemic is underway, workplace and mental health continues to be a serious issue: Reported symptoms of depression and anxiety have tripled and quadrupled since the start of the pandemic and nearly 75 percent of workers say they’re experiencing burnout. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee talks with Darcy Gruttadaro, Director of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation’s Center for Mental Health, on steps employers can take to actively supp
Feb 19, 2021 · 16 min
Melissa Pace on Workplace English Training Programs
Smokey Denmark’s Smoked Meats Company is a small business in Austin, Texas producing premium quality sausage. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Smokey Denmark’s owner, Melissa Pace, about her decision to hire nine Burmese immigrants with limited English language skills and provide a workplace education program to help them develop their English proficiency.Learn more about Smokey Denmark's on their website.Subscribe to All Things Work on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, S
Feb 17, 2021 · 19 min
Joann Lublin on Supporting Working Moms During the Pandemic
In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee talks with award-winning business journalist Joann Lublin about the new challenges COVID-19 has created for working mothers, smart steps employers can take to support them and tie-ins to Joann’s new book Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life.Follow All Things Work wherever you listen to podcasts. Visit us online to learn more about the show and stream all of our episodes. And, be sure to rate the show and leave a review.Music c

SHRM All Things Work

Lindsey Garito on Enhancing the Employee Experience

Josh Levs on Meeting the Challenges of Single Dads at Work

Reset: Employer Culture, Brand and the Future of Work by Johnny C. Taylor, Jr.

Andrea Herron on Encouraging Your Employees to Take Time Off

Elizabeth Doty on Companies Leading Social Change

Adam Rosenthal on Effectively Managing Employee Turnover

Kavitha Prabhakar on Supporting Asian-American and Pacific Island Employees

Dr. Casey Chosewood on Keeping Employee Mental Health a Priority Post-Pandemic

Grant Morgan on Work’s Big City Exodus

Marcus Buckingham on the Post-Pandemic Workplace

Becki Young on How Employment-Based Immigration Is Changing

Jillian Weiss on the Trans Experience at Work

Michael Nathanson on Resilience at Work

Cynthia Calvert on Halting Family Responsibilities Discrimination at Work

Dick Finnegan on Keeping Employees Engaged During the Pandemic

Jason Briefel on Reshaping Public Sector Employment

Steve Preston on Goodwill's Workforce Planning

Darcy Gruttadaro on How to Support Employees’ Mental Health During the Pandemic

Melissa Pace on Workplace English Training Programs

Joann Lublin on Supporting Working Moms During the Pandemic