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HR as the White Swan: Season 2, A Podcast Series from Madison

HR as the White Swan: Season 2, A Podcast Series from Madison

Hosted by Elliot Clark, CEO of HRO Today, and featuring Judd Weisgal, Senior Vice President of Madison, this series provides HR teams with the tools to navigate the current "Black Swan" event and serve as the "White Swan" leaders who turn negative energy to positive. Each podcast is a quick-listen...

Hosted by Elliot Clark, CEO of HRO Today, and featuring Judd Weisgal, Senior Vice President of Madison, this series provides HR teams with the tools to navigate the current “Black Swan” event and serve as the “White Swan” leaders who turn negative energy to positive.

Each podcast is a quick-listen and only a few minutes long, while focusing on a single question relevant to today’s workplace and specifically dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Season 2 will focus on the ‘voice of the employee’.

Beginning Thursday, May 14th and continuing each Thursday after, both HRO Today and Madison will publish a new installment of the second season of White Swan until the letters W-H-I-T-E S-W-A-N are spelled by the nine podcasts.

Below are the published podcasts in the series:

  • Podcast 1 (W): What does my future look like? (5/14/2020)
  • Podcast 2 (H): Help! I Feel Lost and Unseen. (5/21/2020)
  • Podcast 3 (I): I miss my reward and recognition program. (5/28/2020)
  • Podcast 4 (T): Trust building. (6/4/2020)
  • Podcast 5 (E): Engagement gap. (6/18/2020)
  • Podcast 6 (S): Strategy – How and when removed benefits will return (6/25/2020)
  • Podcast 7 (W): Welcoming New Team Members (7/9/2020)
  • Podcast 8 (A): Action steps to take now that we have adjusted to the initial wave of the new normal (7/16/2020)
  • Podcast 9 (N): Normalcy, what now? What next? What to do? (7/23/2020)
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