People Problems

“I shouldn’t be here”, said no one ever. Except, you to yourself, all the time. Tyson and Alexa tackle imposter syndrome this week to uncover its insidious nature, its origins, and its ins and outs. Don’t worry, you’re highly qualified to listen… we promise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learning & Development is often secondary, nay tertiary, to the ‘sexier’ HR functions like Talent and Recruitment, or the more task-oriented ‘must-haves’ like Compensation. Alexa and Tyson are on a mission to fix that little miscarriage of HR justice in this one. Joined by Matt Gjertsen, former Air Force Pilot and pilot trainer turned Chief Learning Officer, they tackle the best practices for designing learning, how to combine subject experts with good educators; common pitfalls of L&D organizations, and exactly how the fall of Rome leads us to modern day L&D. Let’s get educated fam.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strive for mediocrity… is not the advice you’d expect from a Stanford professor, but it’s great advice. Alexa and Tyson tackle anxiety in communications, spontaneous speaking, channeling your message, and how reduce the pressure of public speaking or speaking up with Matt Abrahams - professor of Effective Virtual Communication and Essentials of Strategic Communication at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Turns out, if you strive for mediocrity, you can achieve greatness. Listen up to learn more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all know Tyson is obsessed with crystals, and Alexa knows… literally nothing about them. So this week the team uses their time to explore Tyson’s favorite hobby and educate Alexa on the wild and wacky world of rock vibes. The duo explores the best categories of crystals to consider and the right crystals for your various work occasions. As zany as it sounds… we’re reminded that people’s curiosities are important and that many of the strange and unique things people explore outside of work involve ritual, ceremony, intuition, juju, and other important feelings for them which is always a positive. Grab your selenite and listen up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alexa and Tyson are joined by Ivan Quiroz - the multi-time demotee turned always optimistic retail manager extraordinaire, servant leader evangelist, and current VP of Operations at 2020 Onsite - to discuss exactly what servant leadership methodology is and how to use it. They discuss (shockingly) how self-awareness is key to improving management, the importance of ‘at bats’ in growing managers, the conundrum of promoting skilled workers, and the harsh reality that having the title of Manager doesn’t buy you followers - Nothing but big facts in this week’s episode... Big facts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're presenting a real tear-jerker this week, fam. *Don't worry - everyone is fine here!* While this topic sounds morbid and might not be the ideal water cooler convo to get you over the Wednesday hump, this sh*t happens and we're preparing you for it today. Tyson, Alexa, and their favorite lawyer, Jon Hyman, get grim and discuss death in the workplace and the details and intricacies you may find landing on your HR team. It’s not all death and darkness though, we promise this episode is insightful, educational, and hopefully, a bright spot in your day. You only live once kids, so listen up! _______________________________ Brought to you by:  Showcase - Your Total Rewards Platform - Do benefits better with a branded hub, communications, live events and analytics through enrollment all in one place!  OUR GUEST! John Hyman on Instagram @jonhyman and LinkedIn at Jonathan Hyman FOLLOW US! Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod Join our PEEPS listener & people pro community at @peopleopssociety Follow the hosts: Alexa Baggio on Instagram at @alexabagadonuts and LinkedIn Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve all been there. In fact, we’ve been programmed and reminded incessantly to do it… but it’s gross and we hate it. No rose-colored nada on this episode. Tyson and Alexa hold nothing back (as per usual) while they explore the insidious effects of toxic positivity on us all. Sometimes stuff just sucks, but not this episode - so give it a go. Brought to You by:  Showcase - Your Benefits Marketing Platform - Do benefits better with a branded hub, communications, live events and analytics through enrollment all in one place!  FOLLOW US! Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod Join our PEEPS listener & people pro community at @peopleopssociety Follow the Hosts: Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A People Probs re-run for the Peeps! A fan favorite from last Feb - Begging your manager to start a new HR program? Learn their pain points, do the takeaway, and create absent authority. Say what now? Tyson & Alexa interview Steven Baker, the accidental HR dude, on why sales should be important to HR, invaluable sales skills to learn, and why being real is the key to sales. It's tubular. --- Listeners receive 20% off with code 'PPLProblems20' for your first 2 years of membership at our listener community The People Ops Society (POPS). Save time with access to a library of hundreds of templates and resources written by your People peers, get access to the POPS pro forum for feedback and tips, and attend live networking and learning events throughout the year. Have FOMO - join POPS today!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BLACKBOX HR: Lots of HR is shrouded in mystery (or just sheer confusion)... So this week Alexa takes a stab, in a short *new format*, to try to demystify a clunky subject: how your employer buys health insurance. In an attempt to uncover the reasons, history, and reality behind some of HR's most misunderstood subjects... we bring you our first-ever 'Blackbox HR' episode and we can't wait to hear what you think!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From our dear friends over at @SurfingCorporate check out 'How to Handle Corporate Politics Without Losing Your Soul (Entirely)' with guest Frank Sutera, former VP of International Production @ Sony Pictures Television Networks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ChatGPT has taken the internet (and quite possibly our jobs) by storm! Alexa and Tyson do their best to unpack and explain the creepy little bugger on everyone's minds and memes. Join them to discuss the implications of this new AI on the wonderful world of work and the future of our careers – HR or not – all while trying to decide if either of them passes the Turing test. ChatGPT did not write this description, not entirely anyway. Listen up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve seen their memes, and you’ve loved them… This week Tyson & Alexa sit down with the dynamic duo behind @SurfingCorporate, Aileen Marciel and Glenda Pacanins, to discuss their long climb from corporate SVPs to creating the hilarious @surfingcorporate brand. They discuss their corporate journey, their experiences working outside the US, their best and worst interactions with HR, and their takeaways about Corporate America all with their trademark sense of humor. Saddle up.Want more? Listen to Tyson & Alexa on Surfing Corporate’s Season 3 debut episode anywhere you listen to podcasts! Subscribe to their newsletter here for more updates and hilarity: https://surfingcorporate.com/subscribe/ Check out Showcase: perksshowcase.com FOLLOW US! Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod Follow the guests: @surfingcorporate on Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Follow the hosts: Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've all done it.. or at least Alexa has! This week we explore the juicy and taboo topic of office romances. The duo is joined by Jon Hyman – their favorite employment lawyer – for extra laughs and his solid legal POV to review the details of HR's stickier situations. Whether the romance leads to marriage or becomes hot gos, navigating the office dating pool has its own set of rules. Get some 'based on real-life' advice on sh*tting where you eat, how to handle a colleague's advances, and some things to be careful of when you're bumping uglies with a coworker. This is real life. Don't miss out! Trigger Warning: adult content, violence Check out Showcase: perksshowcase.com John Hyman on Instagram @jonhyman and LinkedIn at Jonathan Hyman FOLLOW US! Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod Follow the hosts: Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody knows that nobody 'likes' HR... and it's not all HR's fault. Tyson and Alexa connect with Chief Marketing Officer, Matt Duffy, to debate rebranding the profession, and to discuss what makes good branding, what makes bad branding, and where HR just... steps in it. Tune in this week as the discussion gets a little heated over what makes and breaks a brand, how HR can get more people to pay attention, why HR should be the marketing teams' best friends and the ins and outs of building a brand that people will 'bleed' for. Check out Showcase: perksshowcase.com FOLLOW US! Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod Follow the hosts: Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether or not you agree with HR's many methods... we can all agree that humans need better tools to be, well, human. With the rise of mental health awareness, an increasing conversation about ending work stress and anti-hustle culture on the rise - it's important to discuss... your intimacy issues. After much fanfare for their first 'Doc Club' episode, Alexa and Tyson review the new and popular documentary, Stutz, with lots of aggressive opinions to share. Give it go!  Watch the doc: https://www.netflix.com/title/81387962 Read Mark Manson’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Not-Enough-Mark-Manson/dp/1713585189 ***Important People Problems disclaimer: We don’t think that HR should take on the role of in-office psychologist or psychiatrist. Are there some interesting and valuable resources and tools in this documentary to help humans better understand themselves and maybe better understand how they work? Absolutely. We’re not suggesting you become the Wendy Rhoades of your office. However if you don’t get that reference, we are suggesting that you watch Billions. Highlights and Key Points:  What is a doc club anyway? (11:58) “Stutz” summary (12:38) SPOILER ALERT (15:03) “How do you build trust and rapport between two people in vulnerable situations?” (16:10) Tying the doc and its message back to HR and the working environment (16:35) SPOILER ALERT (17:09) “Your manager is sometimes someone you have to be vulnerable with in order to be managed well. You have to honest about failings.” (17:56-18:04) “You can’t manage people well if you do not know where they come from and you do not know where they are trying to go.” (19:02) The idea of being fallible and how that connects back to work (27:57) FOLLOW US! Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod   Follow the hosts: Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your career is in good hands... or is it?! The duo shares lots of thoughts and comedy on who is in charge of your career in this one. They talk turkey about speaking up, how to effectively communicate your needs, taking out the emotion and fear out of asking for more money, etc. Take your sh*t by the horns with this one, friends. FOLLOW US! Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod   Follow the hosts: Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yay! A new year means a new load of crap about all the stuff we think we should do… Give this episode a listen before you ‘should all over yourself’. Alexa and Tyson take on goal setting faux pas, personal preferences and some of what the research says. SMART is out, intention is in, and you’re gonna love our first fresh new ep of 2023! FOLLOW US! Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod   Follow the hosts: Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Research links: https://hbr.org/2021/10/setting-goals-our-favorite-reads https://hbr.org/2022/09/setting-career-goals-when-you-feel-overwhelmed https://www.blinkist.com/en/nc/reader/clearer-closer-better-en Book recommendation (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3FOXuYp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Chumbawumba once said... we 'sing the songs that remind him of the good times' and a bunch of other nonsense you yell at a bar when that song comes on. Now that the holiday party season is wrapping up and you can treat your ears to something better than Chumbawumba, let’s revisit some of the best moments from our 2022 season of People Problems. Pour yourself a cup of good cheer and take a walk down memory lane with us in our 2022 Wrapped episode! Happy Holidays and we’ll see you in 2023! * FOLLOW US!   Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod   Follow the hosts:   Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn   Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you rather... Have an open bar or avoid the party altogether? Invite spouses or make everyone suffer alone? Tyson and Alexa square off and go full 'this or that' style on the topic of the season: the infamous holiday party. Are you team FOMO or team JOMO? Listen in to decide. * FOLLOW US!   Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod   Follow the hosts:   Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn   Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hustle culture is breaking down quick. The rise of the 4-day workweek experiment is upon us, and for good reason…it might actually work. The duo talks with the feisty and beloved Ryan Mae McAvoy about her team's transition to the 4DWW, her lessons learned, and her extreme love of cats. Take the day, give 'er a listen! * FOLLOW US!   Follow the podcast on Linkedin, Instagram, and TikTok at @peopleproblemspod   Follow the hosts:   Alexa Baggio on Instagram, Tiktok, and LinkedIn   Tyson Mackenzie on Instagram at @hr.shook Ryan- Mae McAvoy on LinkedIn * You can see the book Alexa references here: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less And the article here: The Four Day Workweek Shows Us That Working More Doesn't Mean More Success Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices