About the show

The Bob 'n Joyce Talk HR 'n OD podcast, hosted by Bob Stapleton and Joyce Wilson-Sanford, is for Human Resources and Organizational Development change-makers committed to bold work in an era that calls for the skills, values and partnership of these two disciplines. Bob and Joyce are former HR and OD C-suite executives who share their successes, failures, and hacks. They believe that it's an exciting time for this work and give specifics around acquisitions, policy nightmares, and grand moments. This podcast is to support your work and to take a moment to step away from the daily chaos. Come on in, grab a snack, and welcome!

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Episodes

  • Episode 17: Honor Thy Managers

    May 3rd, 2021  |  42 mins 49 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, middle managers, od, organizational development

    In this episode, Bob’nJoyce focus on line supervisors, and middle managers who are critical to getting the important work done.

  • Episode 16: 10 Criteria for a CEO/OD Partnership to do Bold Work Together

    April 28th, 2021  |  28 mins 13 secs
    business, ceo, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development

    In this episode, Joyce shares the criteria that she and the CEOs she's worked with agreed to that enabled them to do bold work.

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    Episode 15: Managing the Discomfort of Transition

    April 20th, 2021  |  27 mins 53 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development, william bridges

    In this episode, we dig into the challenge of keeping an organization moving forward in times of turbulent transition.

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    Episode 14: Meeting Magic and Gaffes

    April 13th, 2021  |  26 mins 55 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, meeting gaffes, meeting magic, od, organizational development

    In Episode 14, we lean into the discomfort of learning from meeting facilitation gone awry. The magic is to act, in the moment, to get back on track.

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    Episode 13: Following Your Energy – It Never Disappoints

    April 6th, 2021  |  21 mins 45 secs
    business, csuite, executive, follow your energy, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development

    In Episode 13, we continue our conversation on 2021 leadership being reimagined. Joyce’s article on the “C’s” of leadership created a context for a new model of modern leadership. Today, we followed our energy to focus on feminine characteristics of leaders, many of which are included in the “C’s.”

  • Episode 12: 2021 Leadership Reimagined

    March 30th, 2021  |  28 mins 47 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development, the big "c's"

    Old patterns and norms of leadership just don’t work anymore. In this Episode, Bob ‘n Joyce share the Big “C’s” of Leading – a framework for reimagining 2021 leadership.

  • Episode 11: The Performance Management Dilemma

    March 23rd, 2021  |  32 mins 29 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development, professional development

    In Episode 11, Bob’nJoyce take on the topic of best practices in performance management and professional development.

  • Episode 10: Hacks and Hiccups - Part 2

    March 18th, 2021  |  23 mins 45 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hacks, hiccups, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development

    In this Podcast, Bob and Joyce continue to share funny, quirky, and true events that didn't work too well (we needed 2 episodes because we have so many). This episode reminds us that learning often comes from painful, cringing moments.

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    Episode 9: Hacks and Hiccups

    March 2nd, 2021  |  32 mins 35 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hacks, hiccups, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development

    In this Podcast, Bob and Joyce share funny, quirky, and true events that didn’t work so well.

  • Episode 8: In the Quagmire

    February 23rd, 2021  |  38 mins 8 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development, quagmire

    In today’s episode, we explore the many quagmires that we find ourselves in as HR/OD professionals. Easier said than done when we are in the quagmire too.

  • Episode 7: Unexpected Details Matter

    February 16th, 2021  |  21 mins 22 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development, small things

    In this episode, BobnJoyce talk about less recognized elements of interventions that support good results and give examples.

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    Episode 6: Learning Groups – Part 2 – Interview with Scott Harrison

    February 9th, 2021  |  37 mins 52 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, learning groups, od, organizational development, scott harrison

    In this episode, Bob’nJoyce interview Scott Harrison, one of the original members of Hannaford’s first store manager learning group.

  • Episode 5: Learning Groups - A Switch From Training to Learning

    February 2nd, 2021  |  36 mins 8 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, learning groups, od, organizational development, store manager training

    Bob ‘n Joyce will explore this thing called learning groups - what they are, how they work, and how they transformed the work culture in retail.

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    Episode 4: Power Shift - Embracing small 'd' democracy

    January 26th, 2021  |  27 mins 52 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development, search conference, small d democracy

    With the recent shift in power in our nation’s capital, this episode suggests a path forward to neutralize the polarized politics that defines our times.

  • Episode 3: HR OD Approaches to Dealing With Trauma

    January 12th, 2021  |  29 mins 40 secs
    bill bridges, business, chaos, community, csuite, executive, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development, polarity continuum, tool, trauma

    Trauma is shockingly fast change done to you, not with you.

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    Episode 2: Remembering Katherine Maxim Greenleaf – An HR/OD Leader Who Inspired

    December 31st, 2020  |  21 mins 35 secs
    business, csuite, executive, hannaford, hr, human resources, leadership, od, organizational development

    In this episode, we remember our friend and former boss, Kathy Greenleaf. It was not our intention to have our first episode be a tribute to Kathy but it is because we promised we’d keep it real. Kathy died unexpectedly on December 3rd and her passing weighed heavily on us as we met to record this podcast.