HR Stories Podcast - A Lesson in Every Story!
Hosted by Chuck and John · John Thalheimer, MS Org Leadership and Chuck Simikian, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
5.0from 26 ratings
- 233
- Episodes
- 141
- Transcribed
- 26
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 7K
- YouTube views
About HR Stories Podcast - A Lesson in Every Story!
Welcome to the HR Stories Podcast — making work better one story at a time. Every workplace has stories. Some are about organizations that got it wrong. Others are about leaders who got it right. And sometimes, the most important lessons come from the everyday decisions that shape how people experience work. Your storytellers, John Thalheimer MS and Chuck Simikian SPHR, SHRM-SCP, use real workplace stories as the teaching tool. LISTEN to what happened. LEARN from the decisions, successes, mistakes, and warning signs. ACT on practical ideas that can make your workplace better. Each episode starts with a story — a court case, a leadership challenge, an HR misstep, an employee experience, or an organization trying something different. John and Chuck then break down what happened, why it matters, and most importantly, what we can learn from it. Sometimes that means understanding an employment law or avoiding an expensive mistake. Sometimes it means becoming a better leader, building trust, improving communication, or creating a workplace where people can do their best work. That balance is what HR Stories is all about: practical HR, thoughtful leadership, and real-world lessons you can use. John and Chuck have spent their careers helping HR professionals, business owners, and leaders navigate the people side of business through consulting, training, coaching, and thousands of live learning experiences. Their goal with HR Stories is simple: Tell good stories. Find the lesson. Make work better. John is the Founding Director of True Star Leadership™, which focuses on helping managers and leaders learn performance management principles. Chuck is the Founding Partner of Alliance HR Partners, which provides HR consulting and training to businesses nationwide. Together, they have over 40 years of experience navigating the challenges of HR and recently published their book, The Ultimate Guide to HR: Checklist Edition. Go to https://ultimateguidetohr.com/ for more information, download a free sample, and watch their webinar on the Secret Power Behind Successful Businesses.
- Publisher
- John Thalheimer, MS Org Leadership and Chuck Simikian, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
- Category
- business · business · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Aug 2020
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
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141 of 233 episodes have a transcript.
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Ep176: Don't ask for feedback if you're not ready for the answer
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Right. They're going back to the old movie. But, right, and so the workplace is where people can raise an issue without immediate having to calculate personal risk is what we want. This is what we looked at when Amy Edmondson did this whole thing about psychological safety and how those individuals who have psychological safety, which allows them to come up and complain and talk about things that's going on in the workplace, without retaliation, those teams work a lot better. Yeah. Look, I don't want employees walking around saying I better not tell HR because it'll go back to my manager. I better not put that on the survey because they'll figure it out. […]
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Chuck and John host the show. Published by John Thalheimer, MS Org Leadership and Chuck Simikian, SPHR, SHRM-SCP.
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