Welcome to the very first episode of The HRart Worker Book Club Podcast, where we kick this podcast off by sharing Samm’s personal writing journey for her last book The HR Intuitive. Together, we’ll chat about the writing process, the inspiration and purpose behind the book, as well as tackle the question she gets all the time: is this book only for HR people? Then, we’ll sit back and enjoy a special book reading of one of Samm’s favorite lessons.
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Technology — we absolutely rely on it but sometimes we can feel overwhelmed by it. In this podcast episode, Samm chats with Phil Strazzulla, an HR technology expert, all about how to approach integrating technology into our organizations and lives while actually enhancing the humanity in our processes.
HR Technology has become the go-to solution for many HR Departments of One. It makes sense to look to software to serve as a form of delegation to improve overall efficiency. However, when we invite new technology into our organizations, it will impact the balance of energy. Our hope is that it preserves it, but we also have discovered that some of the side effects of increased use of technology actually rapidly deplete our energy and negatively impact overall wellness. So what is that balance?
Phil helps us to get strategic about the process of integrating new systems and inspires us to use HR technology to enhance the experience our employees, customers and job candidates have with our organizations.
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Intuition is a game-changing leadership skillset, but what is intuition exactly and how does it manifest in the workplace? We kick off Season 3 of the HRart of It podcast with this conversation all about intuitive leadership. Samm is joined by the literal voice of The HR Intuitive, Dave Chiaverini, to discuss the intuitive leaders they’ve encountered as well as the newest workforce generation and how they tap into their intuition. Could it be that the workforce to come is perhaps more attuned intuitively than generations before? And, when it comes to recruiting and hiring for culture fit, isn’t it intuition driving those decisions?
Join us for this episode of the HRart of It podcast!
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We are wrapping up both the end of the year and the end of Season 2 here on the HRart of It podcast! Can you believe it? For this final episode of the season, we are taking a look back at the top 5 most downloaded episodes of the entire year. Listen along as Samm shares highlights and key lessons from some of our most inspiring conversations on the podcast.
After listening to this episode, head to the show notes down below to find links to each of the full length episodes featured in this list. Thanks for a great 2021, and we’ll see you next year after a short break!
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This episode of the HRart of It podcast is all about a classic Qigong regulatory practice called the Microcosmic Orbit. Regulation allows us to balance our energy internally, ensuring that it is distributed in the most effective way for our healing. This simple exercise is Samm’s go-to whenever she feels overwhelmed or just generally off. It’s also a beautiful way that she concludes all of the healing qigong treatments with clients at the HRart Center.
For the month of November, Samm has shared the five most recommended Qigong exercises she has given to clients in 2021. Each week she covered the intention and power of the exercise, and then we practiced together. Find the other four episodes here.
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Join us in this podcast episode as we continue our work on releasing excess emotion through Qigong. This time we are targeting the heart and its’ commonly stored emotion of deep anxiety. Our current global climate has given birth to new levels of anxiety in several different arenas of life. Without a way to move this energy out of the heart, we have the potential to create dense stagnations that can trigger anxiety attacks and panic attacks. Follow along to learn this simple technique.
For the month of November, Samm is sharing the five most recommended Qigong exercises she has given to clients in 2021. Each week she’ll cover the intention and power of the exercise, and then we will practice together.
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Let’s discuss the art of releasing excess emotion through Qigong healing sounds. Anger, which resides in the Liver, will tax the organ further without a healthy release. Even if you don’t consider yourself to be an angry person, you could find yourself attracting anger, in which case, you could be storing the anger of others. Regardless, at the end of the day, our Liver always needs a little more love and care.
For the month of November, Samm is sharing the five most recommended Qigong exercises she has given to clients in 2021. Each week she’ll cover the intention and power of the exercise, and then we will practice together.
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In Chinese Medicine, the kidneys are known as the energy storage tanks, which our very yang-filled lives drain quickly. In this episode of the HRart of It podcast, we focus on caring for our kidneys. The exercise Samm shares with us is a quick way to refill these tanks. It will come in handy when you need that little pick-me-up.
For the month of November, Samm is sharing the five most recommended Qigong exercises she has given to clients in 2021. Each week she’ll cover the intention and power of the exercise, and then we will practice together.
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In this episode, we begin with the simplest form of Qigong: the breath. Abdominal breathing is referred to as natural breathing in Qigong and allows us to harness the power of the breath. As we breathe, we are naturally taking in new nourishing energy with our inhale and releasing energy that does not serve us with our exhale. When we add intention to something so natural, we magnify its healing capabilities.
For the month of November, Samm is sharing the five most recommended Qigong exercises she has given to clients in 2021. Each week she’ll cover the intention and power of the exercise, and then we will practice together.
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Our current go-to onboarding plan has so much room for improvement. On this special episode of the HRart of It Podcast, Samm hosts Talent Strategy & Leadership Development expert Jen Thornton in a conversation on cultural onboarding. Learn why we should care about neuroscience when doing culture work and when forming retention strategies, as well as how fear plays too great a role in terms of onboarding, culture, and retention. We will close with a Q & A with our live audience.
The HRart Center is offering 1 SHRM Recertification Credit (PDC) for this podcast episode. Head here to earn your credit!