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Season 2: Episode 33

Generation Z  is quickly going to make up about 30% of the global workforce. This episode of the HRart of It Podcast is all about highlighting this next generation of HR practitioners and the power and passion they have to change the workplace for the better. This is an interview with Aleah Vaske and Kaylee Wurth, two of the four change makers behind the podcast Generation HR. They originally created Generation HR after the University of Northern Iowa’s Society for Human Resource Management (UNI-SHRM) student organization decided to research the new U.S. Supreme Court ruling stating that federal civil rights law prohibits employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Once they realized that this groundbreaking ruling was neither known about nor understood on campus and in workplaces throughout their community, these driven college students created the Generation HR podcast to educate their community. You won’t want to miss this conversation about Gen Z’s perspective, priorities and the power they have to make real positive change in the world.

Season 2: Episode 32

The worldwide Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd in 2020 has put a much-needed spotlight on systemic racism in corporate America. As businesses place the responsibility of cleaning up these chronic problems on HR and DEI, tensions have risen and too often HR and DEI find themselves at odds with one another. Why is that? Today we chat with Cassandra Rose, an HR leader and DE&I expert, on the reason why this tension exists and why both agents actually need each other to move forward. She even gives us some tips on how businesses and organizations can go about finding the right DEI partner.

Join us for this optimistic and enlightening conversation all about HR and JEDIs on this episode of the HRart of It Podcast.

Season 2: Episode 30

In this final episode of the 2021 Book Club, Samm uses takeaways from “The Five-Element Solution” by Jean Haner to describe a new way of looking at the world and our workplaces. Now that we know the five elements are both everywhere, affected by everything, and needed for balance in our lives, what can this knowledge mean for our workplaces? Join us for this episode of The HRart of It Podcast as Samm breaks down the employee cycle in terms of the elements to show us that intuition can be that game-changing aspect of business we’re all looking for.

Season 2: Episode 29

The Book Club walks through the next 70 pages of The Five-Element Solution by Jean Haner. In this next section of our reading, Haner describes a set of prescriptions on how to reset and re-balance your elements using simple tasks. We chat about Japanese forest bathing, the elements present in our homes, in our food, and even in our beer! Everything impacts how energy flows around us and within us, so you might just be surprised at what simple task could reset an element for you in your life. Grab your book! It’s time for another episode of The HRart of It Podcast.

Season 2: Episode 28

This week the Book Club discusses The Five-Element Solution, a book by Jean Haner. Based on the Chinese Five Elements – Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal, this book shows readers how the elements play out in their personalities and lives. Each Book Club member shares stories about how their dominant elements show up in unexpected ways, like Liza who lines her home with beautiful stones to keep her element close to her, and Ben, who is so balanced between all the elements, he can switch back and forth between them depending upon what the situation calls for. As you listen and take the test yourself, think about how your dominant elements show up. Learn more by listening in on this episode of The HRart of It Podcast.

Season 2: Episode 27

As an introduction to our next Book Club book, host Samm Smeltzer invites her husband Josh to join her in a discussion on The Five-Element Solution by Jean Haner and how it relates to their relationship. Based on the traditional wisdom of the Chinese Five Elements – Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal, this book allows people to understand themselves and other people better. Get ready for some banter as Josh and Samm work their way through each other’s test results to see which elements they have in common and where the differences lie.

The next several episodes of The HRart of It Podcast will be dedicated to breaking down The Five-Element Solution by Jean Haner, so grab your copy today, take the element test, and join us for the next episode!

Season 2: Episode 26

In this podcast episode, the Book Club wraps up the last pages of A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. We chat about how having an inner purpose and striving for greatness can pull us away from staying present and aware in our everyday lives. As Tolle explains, greatness is a fantasy of the ego while the foundation for greatness is honoring the small things in the moment. What does that look like in real life outside the pages of this book?

This discussion and much more on this episode of The HRart of It Podcast!

Season 2: Episode 25

As entrepreneurs we often look like we have everything together, but in this episode of The HRart of It Podcast, Book Club reveals some of these challenges in the context of this week’s reading, A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. These struggles include being challenged by unfair criticism, letting go of fear of the future, and living in the present moment. Tune in to hear how Eckhart Tolle is teaching us to go deeper.

Season 2: Episode 24

In this episode, the Book Club discusses how understanding the pain body and knowing that the ego and the pain body are ultimately just out for our destruction, can make us more compassionate toward others in difficult situations. Other topics include how our consumption of media and entertainment changes drastically once we begin the Awakening process. Lastly, in true Book Club fashion and in the spirit of bringing people together from different backgrounds for interesting conversations, we wrap it all up with the most fitting sports analogies courtesy of Ben.

Join us on this episode of the HRart of It Podcast as we unpack the next 70 pages of A New Earth.