Let's Get Plugged

This is a special message to the president of the United States regarding the lack of leadership and accountability our government is displaying following the recent devastating killing events.

We Are The HR Plug: Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday.

We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.

It's no secret that toxic workplace cultures have created an evolution of individuals seeking to start their own businesses. According to the Census Bureau’s Business Formation Statistics, there is a surge in new business formations that has been steadily increasing well above historical norms. Reportedly, the 2021 year ended with well over 400k more business formation filings, the largest influx ever reported.  

On this episode, we will be speaking with Ayanna Smith, who considers herself to be a serial entrepreneur, having successfully launched and formed several different business ventures in past years, with most recently opening her very own physical location. Ayanna prides herself on having mastered the serial entrepreneur spirit because it allows her an ability to have multiple streams of income, and keep her professional life aligned with doing things she loves most. Ayanna will share her entrepreneurship journey along with advice to viewers who have a desire to leave the workplace and possibly expand their side-hustle to launch one or more businesses.  

We Are The HR Plug: Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. 

We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.   

Ever wonder what life is really like as a flight attendant? How often are you away from home on overnight travel? Do you get paid for all of the time you're away? What are the requirements for the job? Are flight benefits and perks worth it?   Flight attendants have a responsibility to make travel comfortable for passengers, but what happens when passengers become unruly, violent and disrespectful? In this episode we will take a deep dive into the life of flight attendants, and the not so glamorous side of working in the air!   

We Are The HR Plug: Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.   

In a world where there's such a focus on equity in the workplace, we will talk about what that looks like in the school system. Do urban schools receive adequate levels of funding compared to schools in affluent neighborhoods? How do principles fight for a quality education for students in the underrepresented or underprivileged areas? In this episode Dr. Johnson will be sharing an eye-opening perspective of her life and struggles of an urban school principal. She will share her story of real issues that principal's face, and how to overcome the challenges she faced as an educational leader working in an urban public school setting.  

Dr. Jerri Johnson has been recognized as a creator of safe spaces, a leader who people trust for consultation and guidance. With over 20 years  of dedication to the Education industry, Dr. Johnson takes pride in supporting her audience and industry colleagues to learn, develop and grow so that in their life journey, they learn how to THRIVE and NOT just SURVIVE.  

Dr. Johnson has most recently become an author of the book “Imagine That! Chronicles of an Urban School Principal. She is the owner and sole consultant for EJUC8U (Educate You) Consulting LLC.   

She is also the founding Principal of a PreK-2nd grade school and prior to was the Director of Education for the Community Impact Network. With her 20 plus years of experience in Education, she's had the honor of holding several leadership positions while on her mission to drive change in the education industry, and making a difference for students, parents, staff and the community.  

We Are The HR Plug: Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.   

Employees believe unions will rescue them from toxic leadership, and they can't. Unions actually don't have the power or authority to fix the problems that employees are experiencing at work.

There are things that a union will do for employees, but also things that they can not do. In this episode we will breakdown what exactly is happening in the landscape of corporate America, leading to all of the dysfunction employees are experiencing. And we will also share out thoughts about what the true solution to fix all of this is.

If you want to have been understanding of unions, or you work in a place that is dysfunctional and you believe a union will help you, be sure to tune into this episode where we will talk about all of this, and more.

We Are The HR Plug: Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.

The world and workplaces have seen insurmountable change. From an ongoing pandemic, societal racial injustices and uprisings, layoffs, workforce reductions, and business closures, HR professionals have been holding it together as best as they can.   In this episode, our special guest Deitra and I will be discussing how the HR Industry is under a State of Emergency and the toll these various events and factors are having on HR Professionals.  

Deitra McGuire, ACC, CPC, MSHRD, is a Leadership, Life Coach, Consultant, and founder of Core Beliefs Coaching & Consulting. She partners with purpose-driven Corporate HR Professionals, Leaders, & Teams to discover who they are at their core, gain awareness, clarify their professional and personal goals, and partners with clients to develop customized solutions with the goal of taking action to achieve transformative results. She also teaches foundational coaching skills to HR Professionals for effective and strategic HR partnership.  Deitra trained through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) and is accredited by the International Coaching Federation as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC). She holds a Master of Science degree in Human Resource Development and is also a Certified Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP).  

We Are The HR Plug: Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.   

In this episode, Julie is an advocate for self-care in HR and in this episode we will chat about how HR professionals are feeling in this unstable world of work, and how HR burnout is real.

Julie Turney is a heart centric and people-focused HR Professional with over 16 years of experience in the field. She is the brainchild of HR@Heart Consulting Inc., a coaching firm she describes as the “HR Safe Space.” Julie created her firm as part of her healing process through her second bout of HR burnout to help HR professionals struggling to connect theory to practice and deal with the emotional weariness of working in the profession. Julie is also the Lead Organizer of Disrupt HR Caribbean for Barbados, Jamaica & Trinidad, Host of the HR Sound Off Podcast Show and author of the book “Confessions of an HR Pro: Stories of Defeat and Triumph.” Julie is on a mission to raise awareness around mental health in HR and demystify the many misconceptions in the profession as she connects the HR community.

We Are The HR Plug:

Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.

Topic: "But I know Black People"

Special Guest:  Tara Furiani-Boggs

But, I Know Black People!

But, I Have Black Friends!

But, I Went to School with Black People!

But, I Dated a Black Guy!

It's the common phrase used to suggest that "knowing black people" somehow makes you incapable of exhibiting bias or racist behavior. On this episode, Tara and I will get raw and real about being an anti-racist in the workplace, helping white people understand privileged, and how change in systemic racism in corporate America is long overdue.

Tara is not "just the HR lady", she's a strategic, innovative, and energetic executive that helps organizations transform through people. HR isn't a necessary evil and smart businesses who've realized what 'People' can do for them, are thriving both with winning talent and increasing market share. Tara is an outside the box, chief people officer who's committed to helping workplaces do better and aiding employers and employees alike.

We Are The HR Plug:

Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.

In this episode we are discussing "How To use FMLA as A Mental Health Resource" with our special guest Jasmin Forts.  

Jasmin Forts, MBA enjoys being a certified Yogi + Meditation Coach as she currently works 9-5 as Director, Talent Management within the HR industry. She focuses on siesta practices in her day and supports holistic wellness as a Black woman professional. She leads trainings on work life balance, career development, and FMLA & Career Leaves, with intentional career search strategies to encourages a healthy work-life balance and quality of life.

We Are The HR Plug:

Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.

In this episode we will discover how Krystal Anderson escaped A Toxic Work Environment As A Teacher.

Krystal is a wife, teacher, mom, Fit4 mom fitness instructor, and content creator (Instagram and Youtube). She enjoys writing and empowering women to define their lives on their own terms. When she became a mom it opened up a new world. She now has a passion for not only women but moms who need to be reminded of just how amazing they are. She uses her platform to encourage moms and teachers to embrace the "maintaining" moments of life.

We Are The HR Plug:

Our mission is to help you build a healthier work environment and help you enjoy what you do everyday. We offer HR solutions that will transform your workplace.