Heroes of HR

Heroes of HR

Heroes of HR is a podcast for HR, payroll, and talent leaders navigating the real challenges of today’s workforce. Each episode features candid conversations with leaders from growing, people-intensive organizations who are managing hiring, retention, compliance, payroll and change in real time. We talk about what’s top of mind, what’s working, what’s not and how they’re leading through workforce complexity without losing sight of the people behind it. If you’re building teams, supporting managers and solving operational challenges every day, you’ll hear something familiar and useful in every episode. Brought to you by isolved. Learn more about isolved Visit the isolved website to learn more Learn more about isolved People Heroes Community here

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From Zero Experience to Executive Search Mastery | SHRM '26

August 21, 2026 • 13 mins
How strategic human capital education transforms transactional recruiting into strategic talent advisory. Executive recruiting used to be purely transactional, focusing only on base salaries and signing bonuses. Today, top-tier candidates demand deep insight into company culture, work flexibility, and employer branding before making a move. Succeeding in modern executive search requires moving past basic headhunting to understand ...
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HR Compliance Is Too Reactive. Carla Tells Us How to Get Ahead | SHRM '26

August 20, 2026 • 10 mins
HR teams are constantly reacting to new regulations, executive orders, and state-level changes. Carla Pittman says that's the problem. Compliance can't be something HR remembers when a deadline is approaching. It needs to be built into everyday operations, with systems that help organizations spot risk before it becomes a problem. AI, HR compliance, regulatory uncertainty, risk management, workforce trends. The challenge isn't sim...
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Your Frontline Is Texting, But Are You Listening? | SHRM '26

August 19, 2026 • 12 mins
Why app downloads and email announcements fail deskless workers. Deskless workers represent the majority of the global workforce, yet corporate HR continuously tries to force them onto portals, company emails, and mobile apps they refuse to download. When engagement relies on teaching new digital habits to drivers, factory workers, and site crews, participation collapses. True alignment requires reaching non-desk teams where thei...
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Payday Loans Aren’t the Only Option. Bryan Explains What’s Changing. | SHRM '26

August 18, 2026 • 9 mins
Living paycheck to paycheck isn't just a low-income problem. Bryan Thomas explains why earned wage access is becoming a serious employee benefit, giving workers access to money they've already earned without having to wait for payday or turn to a payday loan. Earned wage access, financial wellness, employee benefits, recruiting, hourly workers, retention. What started mainly with hourly workers is now spreading across industries a...
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HR Storytelling Is Changing. Audrey Tells Us What Comes Next | SHRM'26

August 14, 2026 • 8 mins
HR has no shortage of stories. The problem is making people care about them. Audrey Surette says the best HR storytelling starts by stripping away the jargon and finding the human story people can actually relate to. AI, storytelling, HR tech, communications, AI agents, workforce trends. As AI moves from experimentation toward real adoption, the next wave of HR stories may be less about what the technology can do and more about pr...
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HR Is Drowning in Admin. Amy Shows Us What AI Can Take Off Its Plate | SHRM '26

August 12, 2026 • 23 mins
HR didn't get into the business to chase W-2s, answer repetitive policy questions, check payroll reports, or coordinate endless onboarding tasks. Amy Miller thinks AI can finally give HR some of its time back. The goal isn't replacing HR. It's getting HR out of the paperwork and back with people. AI agents, payroll, employee experience, benefits, compliance, onboarding. iSolved is building a set of specialized agents designed to...
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We Talk About Mental Health at Work. So Why Doesn't Anyone Ask for Help? | SHRM '26

August 7, 2026 • 9 mins
Most companies say they support mental health. Chad Sorenson believes that's not enough. Posters, policies, and Employee Assistance Programs don't matter if employees still don't feel safe asking for help.The biggest barrier to mental health at work isn't awareness. It's trust.  Mental health, leadership, psychological safety, EAP, workplace culture, employee well-being. This conversation explores how organizations can move b...
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Stop Doing Annual Reviews: They Are Ruining Your Culture | SHRM '26

August 6, 2026 • 8 mins
Checking boxes twice a year isn't managing performance, it's just doing a post-mortem on dead goals. Annual performance evaluations are purely rear-view mirror paperwork that completely miss real-time execution. High-performing companies treat their mission, vision, and values as living, breathing daily drivers.  Stop looking backward and start actively managing performance through continuous calibration and proactive leader...
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Your Next Employee Might Not Be the Person You Interviewed | SHRM '26

August 6, 2026 • 9 mins
Hiring remotely opened the talent pool. It also opened the door to a new kind of fraud. Rob Tiernan says identity verification has become one of the biggest blind spots in hiring, with AI making it easier than ever for bad actors to slip through the cracks. The biggest hiring risk today may not be finding talent. It may be proving who the talent really is. Identity verification, remote hiring, AI, background screening, recruiting,...
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Stop Expecting Loyalty When You Sacrifice Your People | SHRM '26

August 6, 2026 • 21 mins
The social contract between employers and workers is broken, and real leaders need to fix it. Workplaces are facing massive trust deficits because leadership has treated corporate loyalty as a one-way street. Employees watch companies prioritize short-term shareholder equity while executing mass layoffs as a first resort instead of a last resort.  True alignment requires feedback, clear expectations, and leaders who actually...
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The Hidden Business Cost of Ignoring Your Leaders | SHRM '26

August 6, 2026 • 14 mins
Turn workplace anxiety into undeniable leadership confidence. Up to 84% of high-achievers fight an internal critic that keeps them quiet, safe, and playing small. That nagging voice isn't a medical condition—it's a protection mechanism holding back your career growth. Real leadership development isn't about buying new tech; it's about building resilience and taking control of your internal narrative. In this episode, Tina R...
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How earned wage access is reshaping financial wellness, recruiting, and retention

December 15, 2025 • 10 mins
Payday used to be a fixed point. Now it’s a pressure point. As more employees live paycheck to paycheck, access to earned wages has become less about convenience and more about survival. This conversation digs into why financial stress shows up at work, how payroll and benefits are evolving to meet that reality, and why employers can no longer ignore the role money plays in engagement, performance, and trust. In this episode...
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What fandom, parenting, and tech say about honesty, engagement, and modern work

December 15, 2025 • 17 mins
Modern life feels loud, fast, and constantly online, yet people still find connection in the strangest places. This conversation moves through sports fandom, parenting, technology, and generational differences to unpack how people actually relate to each other today. From shared misery over teams we love, to how phones shape honesty and attention, to why work often feels busier but less thoughtful, the discussion connects everyday ...
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Why Selling Cars Is Harder Than Ever and Why Most People Wash Out

December 15, 2025 • 16 mins
Automotive sales looks simple from the outside. It isn’t. Between long sales cycles, multiple stakeholders, emotional buyers, and relentless pressure, dealerships are struggling to hire, train, and retain the right people. This conversation breaks down why turnover is so high, why leadership roles are harder to fill than anyone admits, and how customer experience lives or dies with the people on the floor. In this episode, w...
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Why HR Finally Feels Seen, Heard, and Celebrated

December 15, 2025 • 15 mins
HR doesn’t usually get the spotlight. At isolved Connect in Philadelphia, that changed. This conversation captures what happens when HR professionals are treated like the drivers of the business, not the back office. From real customer conversations to broker dynamics to celebrating People Heroes, the episode reflects a shift in how HR is valued, supported, and invested in. In this episode, we talk about isolved Connect, cu...
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Why Local Restaurants Win or Lose on Hiring, Community, and Burritos

December 15, 2025 • 15 mins
Local restaurants are fighting a very different battle than big brands. They’re competing for talent, attention, and loyalty in communities where relationships matter more than polish and margins are always thin. This conversation digs into how small operators think about hiring, marketing, and customer engagement, and why community connection is often the real differentiator when resources are limited. In this episode, we t...
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How product teams balance AI ambition, customer reality, and business pressure without breaking trust with Sydney Ridge, isovled

December 15, 2025 • 20 mins
Product development today is less about shipping features and more about orchestration. Platform teams are navigating AI integration, customer feedback, and business goals at the same time, often with competing incentives pulling in different directions. This conversation explores how modern product orgs are structured into pods, why AI adoption is harder than it looks, and what it actually takes to earn trust from users and intern...
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Why Passwords Are Dying and What That Means for Payroll, HR, and Security

December 15, 2025 • 21 mins
Security is no longer an IT problem. It is a business problem. As companies scale globally, adopt cloud infrastructure, and rely more heavily on AI, the attack surface keeps expanding. This conversation looks at how payroll and HR platforms are evolving alongside rising cybersecurity threats, from spoofing and credential theft to the growing risks of BYOD environments. It also digs into why legacy security models are breaking down ...
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The Evolution of Org Charts with Jacob Peña

December 8, 2025 • 12 mins
Org charts aren’t paperwork. They’re the nervous system of the company. In this conversation, Jacob Peña breaks down how organizations finally get clarity when you stop treating org charts like a static PDF and start treating them like living data. His take hits on broken workflows, the real value of HR heroes, and why automation isn’t replacing anyone. It’s giving them their time back. In this episode we t...
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The Future of HR Tech: Insights from Yutaka Takagi

December 8, 2025 • 15 mins
HR tech moves fast, but Yutaka Takagi has a way of grounding all the noise into what actually matters. His world sits at the intersection of customer stories, product innovation, and the real people outcomes leaders are chasing. He talks about AI as something that’s already woven into daily life, the rising demand for personalization, and the way community impact quietly shapes stronger businesses. His lens is practical and h...
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