HR Break Room

About HR Break Room

HR Break Room is a podcast from your friends working in human resources, dedicated to bringing you interesting break room conversations with experts on the latest buzz surrounding HR and HR tech. HR Break Room brings together industry experts to discuss brewing trends and robust solutions to today's workplace challenges.

Publisher

Paycom

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jan 2017

Latest episode

23 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

23 of 155 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   23 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   How to Develop Effective, Empathetic Leaders With Unreasonable Hospitality Author Will Guidara

   When it comes to understanding hospitality and organizational culture, nobody has a perspective quite like Will Guidara. As the author of Unreasonable Hospitality and co-producer on the award-winning FX series, The Bear, Guidara has championed a bold approach to hospitality, transformational leadership styles and organizational culture. Listen to this episode of the HR Break Room® podcast to hear him discuss: unreasonable hospitality as a concept and how to bring it to your organization the importance of caring for people in your workforce consistency as an important ingredient for leadership leveraging digital technology for the benefit of organizational culture For anyone interested in a fresh, inspiring approach to culture, leadership and technology, make this episode a priority!

2. 

   21 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   A Sit-Down With Serena Williams: Changing the Rules and Bringing a Championship Mindset to Your Work

   Serena Williams discusses how her championship mindset translates from tennis to venture capital, offering insights on employee development and achieving success in any field in this interview.

3. 

   29 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Close the Skill Gaps: Upskilling Your Workforce With Dr. Michelle Weise

   Host [Host Name] interviews Dr. Michelle Weise, an award-winning author and Chief Impact Officer, on closing workforce skill gaps through strategic upskilling and reskilling.

Inside a recent episode

How to Develop Effective, Empathetic Leaders With Unreasonable Hospitality Author Will Guidara

Published 23 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And really, it all comes down to this idea that hospitality, it's just being creative and intentional in pursuit of relationships. And anyone regardless of discipline or position has the opportunity to do that. It's just about seizing that opportunity, choosing that it matters that in doing so you can make a difference in other people's lives and by definition your own as well. And that's a beautifully empowering idea. Absolutely. I think that's so impactful and just such a good perspective to have that it can transcend any industry. It doesn't have to be the hospitality industry. We are all, we can all be hospitable in who we serve. […]

Who has been a guest on HR Break Room

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

• Serena Williams
• Dr Michelle Weise
• Tom Gordon
• Dr Jessica Sharp
• Dr Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

129,693,093

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

73 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

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

Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

92

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