Heroes of HR

About 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

Publisher

WRKdefined Podcast Network

Category

business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Dec 2024

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

112 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   HR Can’t Be Strategic While Doing Everything. Tony Buffum Says Build the Ecosystem | SHRM ‘26

   Amy Miller and Ryan Leary interview Tony Buffum, who explains how HR builds strategic value by creating an ecosystem of external partners instead of doing everything internally.

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Your Org Chart Is Already Outdated. Tom McCarty on What AI Changes | SHRM ‘26

   Amy Miller and Ryan Leary interview CEO Tom McCarty about how AI necessitates dynamic org charts for effective workforce planning and understanding evolving work structures.

3. 

   25 Sept 2026

   AI Gives HR Time Back. Todd Bertsch Says Don’t Waste It | SHRM ‘26

   Amy Miller, Ryan Leary, and William Tincup interview Todd Bertsch, who explains how AI frees HR to focus on human connection and strategic work, not just productivity.

Who has been a guest on Heroes of HR

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Tony Buffum
• Tom McCarty
• Todd Bertsch
• Steve Safier
• Susan Richards

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

74,414

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.7 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

299 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

97

Social presence

100

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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