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HR Mixtape

HR Mixtape

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HR Mixtape is a weekly human resources and business leadership podcast for HR professionals, people leaders, and executives navigating the real work of managing people. Episodes cover human resources strategy, HR compliance, workplace culture, leadership development, employee experience, payroll and HR technology, and the future of work. Whether you work in HR, talent management, people operations, or business leadership, HR Mixtape offers practical insights, expert conversations, and real-world perspectives to help you lead with confidence in today’s evolving workplace.All rights reserved by WRKdefined Career Success Economics Management Management & Leadership
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  • Pizza Won't Save You: Daily Leader Habits That Keep People From Quitting

    Pizza Won't Save You: Daily Leader Habits That Keep People From Quitting
    20 Oct 2026
    Most companies know turnover is expensive. Plenty of them still answer it with a pizza party on Friday and call that culture. Dr. Sharon Grossman, Retention Strategist at Turnkey Retention Solutions, spent years as a psychologist coaching people out of burnout before she turned to the problem companies would pay to fix. She wrote Don't Buy Their Lunch, Buy Their Loyalty and has taken the idea to the TEDx stage. In this episode, she breaks down: Why one-off perks and three-day retreats fade, and what a daily "slow drip" of leader behavior does in their place How her HABIT system (huddle, appreciation, barometer, improvement, and tracking) fits into 10 to 15 minutes at the start of every shift What happens when you plug salary and turnover rate into a simple cost formula, and why the result wakes leadership teams up Timestamps [00:02:40] Why companies wouldn't pay for burnout prevention but will pay to stop turnover [00:03:59] The pizza party problem: one-off perks that get mistaken for culture [00:05:11] Why a three-day leadership retreat fades unless people apply what they learned within 24 hours [00:09:05] Promoting top performers into management with no training, and the turnover it causes above and below them [00:12:20] The daily huddle: 10 to 15 minutes at the start of each shift, mostly spent on people [00:13:22] The anonymous smiley-face mood check that leaders say they value most [00:15:28] Asking "what do you need in order to do an even better job?" and coming back the next day with an answer [00:17:02] HABIT spelled out: huddle, appreciation, barometer, improvement, and tracking as one daily system [00:21:40] The workshop formula that turns your turnover rate into a dollar figure leadership can't ignore [00:24:30] Why AI will probably double managers' workloads instead of freeing up their time Guest Bio: Sharon Grossman, PhD, is a psychologist and industry expert dedicated to solving the employee retention crisis. With over 20 years of experience and a Doctorate from Fordham University, Dr. Grossman moves beyond surface-level perks—a philosophy captured in her book, Don’t Buy Their Lunch, Buy Their Loyalty and shared on the global TEDx stage. She specializes in translating complex psychological research into high-impact strategies that stabilize workforces and sharpen leadership decision-making. From the stage, Dr. Grossman empowers organizations to transform their culture before disengagement turns into attrition, ensuring that top talent doesn't just stay, but thrives. Brought to You by Paylocity: Paylocity is the fastest growing unified platform for HR, Finance, and IT. Paylocity brings your people, processes, and data together in one place so HR leaders can spend less time managing systems and more time doing the work that actually moves their organizations forward. Learn more at paylocity.com Keywords: employee retention, turnover cost, employee engagement, disengagement, leadership habits, daily huddles, employee recognition, peer recognition, manager training, new manager development, burnout, workplace culture, culture consistency, pulse surveys, HABIT system, performance habit system, Sharon Grossman, Don't Buy Their Lunch Buy Their Loyalty, AI and workload, HR Mixtape
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    27 min
  • The CEO's View: Toby Williams on AI and What's Next for HCM

    The CEO's View: Toby Williams on AI and What's Next for HCM
    13 Oct 2026
    Every HR leader is being told to adopt AI faster than they can evaluate it. The harder question isn't whether to use it. It's whether the company behind it can be trusted with the most sensitive data your organization has. Toby Williams, president and CEO of Paylocity, joined the company as CFO in 2017 and has led it through the busiest product launch stretch in company history, culminating in the release of Ignite AI. In this episode, he covers: Why Paylocity built Ignite Hub to give HR teams visibility and control over every AI agent running on the platform How client feedback on high volume recruiting led Paylocity to acquire the Grayscale application What happens to client data once AI enters the picture, and why it never trains outside models Timestamps [00:01:36] How a career spanning product and finance shaped Toby's focus on usability and integrated data [00:03:23] The one question every leader is asking right now about using AI productively [00:05:13] Inside Paylocity's busiest launch stretch in nine years, from Elevate and retirement to recruiting AI [00:06:00] Why Ignite Hub gives HR teams visibility into, and control over, every AI agent on the platform [00:07:22] Ignite AI utilization has doubled every quarter since launch, and what that signals about adoption [00:08:10] Why direct client conversations, not internal guesses, drive Paylocity's product roadmap [00:09:25] The recruiting pain point that led Paylocity to acquire the Grayscale application [00:11:41] Paylocity's direct answer to whether client data is ever used to train AI models [00:12:42] Why a great HCM platform still isn't enough without the service to back it up [00:14:22] The simple standard Toby uses to decide whether a new feature is worth shipping Guest Bio: As President and CEO at Paylocity, Toby is responsible for articulating Paylocity's vision, driving the company's go-to-market strategy, and ensuring operational excellence across the company. Key areas of focus include serving our clients, supporting our people and teams, capitalizing on our growth opportunities, and delivering our vision of a modern HCM platform. He joined Paylocity in 2017 as Chief Financial Officer before being promoted to President and Co-CEO in 2022. Most recently, he was named sole CEO in August 2024. Toby came to Paylocity with a breadth of software operating experience, most recently serving as Chief Product and Strategy Officer at global higher education software leader Ellucian. He also brings significant payroll and HCM industry experience, having led mergers, acquisitions and corporate development at Paychex from 2006 to 2011. He started his career as a securities and M&A lawyer in D.C. and New York and worked as an investment banker at Citigroup in New York. Toby earned a B.A. from Houghton College and an M.B.A and J.D. from Ohio State University. Brought to You by Paylocity: Paylocity is the fastest growing unified platform for HR, Finance, and IT. Paylocity brings your people, processes, and data together in one place so HR leaders can spend less time managing systems and more time doing the work that actually moves their organizations forward. Learn more at paylocity.com Keywords: AI in HR, Ignite AI, Paylocity, HCM technology, AI trust, data privacy, AI governance, HR technology leadership, recruiting AI, Grayscale acquisition, product roadmap, co-creation, AI adoption, client feedback, HR innovation, workforce technology, AI agents, data security, unified HCM platform, CEO leadership
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    15 min
  • Change the World Tuesday: Rethinking Recruiting for the Age of AI and Flexibility

    Change the World Tuesday: Rethinking Recruiting for the Age of AI and Flexibility
    6 Oct 2026
    Pay used to decide who took the job. Now the first question most candidates ask is whether they can work from home, and companies still writing postings around salary alone are losing candidates before anyone even applies. Myla Ramos, co-founder and CEO of SearchPros, built the company from a local Sacramento staffing firm into a nearly $175 million global managed service provider. She cut her company's time to hire by 45% using AI while keeping retention above 70%. In this episode, she covers: Why flexible job postings pull in 10 times more applicants than office-only roles, and why candidates will take 30% less pay to get it How SearchPros cut time to hire by 45% by pointing AI at candidates it already had, instead of chasing new ones What determines whether a new hire survives the first 90 days, and why Ramos calls it a two way responsibility Timestamps [00:01:10] Myla's early years making 200 calls a day, and the shift required to stop doing the job yourself so the company can scale [00:03:45] The origin of "Change the World Tuesday," SearchPros' internal term for rebuilding a broken process by the start of the next week [00:05:04] The widest gap between what employers say they want and what candidates actually bring to the table right now [00:08:41] What leaders get wrong about hiring and keeping Gen Z, beyond the usual complaints [00:09:21] Why SearchPros dropped its call and placement quotas in favor of measuring results [00:13:08] Why flexible postings draw 10 times more applicants than office-only roles, and why candidates will take 30% less pay for remote work [00:15:43] The real hiccups of adopting AI in recruiting, and why there's no single tool that does all of it [00:17:48] How SearchPros uses AI to mine a database of millions of existing resumes instead of chasing new candidate sources [00:19:44] Why an estimated 85% of applicants inflate their information, and the in-person interview SearchPros added to catch it [00:24:10] What actually determines whether a new hire survives the first 90 days, and why Ramos treats retention as a two way responsibility Guest Bio Myla Ramos is the CEO and Co-Founder of SearchPros, a full service provider of human capital and workforce solutions. A member of the 2024 SIA Global Power 150, Ramos has earned numerous leadership awards, including the Business Journals Most Admired CEO, Power 100, and Women Who Mean Business; and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Outstanding Women Leader of the Year. She is a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award. Ramos is proudest of SearchPros' "Best Place to Work" recognition from numerous organizations, including Inc., the Sacramento Business Journal, and SIA. Brought to You by Paylocity Paylocity is the fastest growing unified platform for HR, Finance, and IT. Paylocity brings your people, processes, and data together in one place so HR leaders can spend less time managing systems and more time doing the work that actually moves their organizations forward. Learn more at paylocity.com Keywords: AI in recruiting, staffing industry, talent acquisition, Gen Z hiring, employee retention, flexible work, remote work, managed service provider, recruiter productivity, candidate experience, resume fraud, pay transparency, onboarding, contingent workforce, HR technology, time to hire, work from home, new hire retention
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    28 min
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