SMA Speaks HR: Recent Episodes

SMA South Florida

SMA Speaks HR is brought to you by SMA South Florida an award-winning boutique HR chapter that provides outstanding networking and professional development opportunities to the HR community. We focus on recruiting, staffing, and retention in South Florida while providing our members with exclusive resources. Some of which are discounted tuition rates, timely HR Laws updates, and discounts to HR meetings/seminars/discussions as well as to local events.

SMA Speaks HR will help you build your HR competencies while discussing the hottest HR topics and trends.

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On this episode we will be talking about “The Need for Employees to Complain – How to objectively Listen and Implement Strategies for Change”.

Questions answered includes:

  • Why is it importance for employees to complain?
  • Is it safer to complain today than it was twenty (20) years ago?
  • How can a complaint be used to improve the organization as a whole?
  • What effect if any does choice of words affect the attitudes of an employee when they are responded to by HR? How can this affect the brand of the organization?

Hosted by: Brandon Campbell – Employment Lawyer at Jackson Lewis and Noya Hastings-Ritchie-SHRM-CP; HR Consultant

Interested in joining SMA South Florida? Send email to membership@smasouthflorida.org

Keep up with SMA South Florida by visiting our website @ www.smasouthflorida.org follow us on Facebook and Instagram @smasouthflorida

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On this episode we are talking about diversity and what it means to belong within an organization. We will also be discussing code code switching and how it is used.

Hosts: Brandon Campbell – Employment Lawyer at Jackson Lewis and Noya Hastings-Ritchie-SHRM-CP; HR Consultant

Interested in joining SMA South Florida? Send email to membership@smasouthflorida.org

Keep up with SMA South Florida by visiting our website @ www.smasouthflorida.org follow us on face book and instragram @ smasouthflorida

Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast please consider leaving a review as it helps us reach more listeners. You may send your feedback to programs@smasouthflorida.org

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SMA Speaks HR is brought to you by SMA South Florida.

SMA South Florida is an award-winning boutique HR chapter that provides outstanding networking and professional development opportunities to the HR community.

On this episode we are talking about COVID-19 Vaccine: What Florida Employers Should Know.

Areas to be discussed includes:

  • Talking about the extent to which employers can do workplace testing
  • Can employers mandate vaccine in the workplace
  • How are businesses handling vaccinations and if they are requiring it, as well as how do they handle / accommodate exceptions
  • What should be the response of employers if an employee decides to take the COVID-19vaccine
  • Are there any liability protecting employers as it relates to COVID-19

Hosts: Brandon Campbell – Employment Lawyer at Jackson Lewis and Noya Hastings-Ritchie-SHRM-CP; HR Consultant

Interested in joining SMA South Florida? Send an email to membership@smasouthflorida.org

Keep up with SMA South Florida by visiting our website @ www.smasouthflorida.org follow us on face book and instagram @smasouthflorida

Thank you for listening.

If you enjoyed this podcast please consider leaving a review as it helps us reach more listeners. You may send your feedback to programs@smasouthflorida.org

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On this episode we are celebrating our women.

March is women's history month, and on March 08th 2021 it is recognized as international women’s day. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. During the month of March, we are giving a little extra attention to all of the amazing accomplishments of strong, determined women.

We will be highlighting the experiences of successful women in the corporate environment through the lens of our guest speaker Danielle Weaver-Rogers, Esq. You will be hearing her story on how she got started in her career, the challenges she faced and how she overcame them as well as insights to help women navigate through their career.

We will also feature our VP of membership where she will highlight to listeners what they need to know about becoming a member of SMA South Florida.

**Guest #1: Latoya Malcom – VP membership SMA South Florida.

Guest #2: Danielle Weaver-Rogers, Esq. – featured guest.**

Hosts: Noya Hastings-Ritchie-SHRM-CP; HR Consultant and Brandon Campbell, Esq – Employment Lawyer at Jackson Lewis.

Interested in joining SMA South Florida? Send email to membership@smasouthflorida.org

Keep up with SMA South Florida by visiting our website @ www.smasouthflorida.org Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @smasouthflorida

Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast please consider leaving a review as it helps us reach more listeners. You may send your feedback to programs@smasouthflorida.org

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SMA Speaks HR is brought to you by SMA South Florida an award-winning boutique HR chapter that provides outstanding networking and professional development opportunities to the HR community. We focus on recruiting, staffing, and retention in South Florida while providing our members with exclusive resources. Some of which are discounted tuition rates, timely HR Laws updates, and discounts to HR meetings/seminars/discussions as well as to local events.

SMA Speaks HR will help you build your HR competencies while discussing the hottest HR topics and trends.

Join Tashania Morris, SHRM-CP, Noya Hastings-Ritchie, SHRM-CP, and Brandon Ulysees Campbell, Esq., as they discuss various HR  topics on a monthly basis. SHRM recently launched Together forward @work and the research suggests that 46% of black American workers say their manager does not support a discussion of racial issues at work.

In this first episode of the podcast, you will learn about the following: 

  • How microaggressions affect minorities in the workplace

  • How unconscious bias can make the workplace uncomfortable for employees of color?

  • How should corporations respond to social unrest

If you are interested in learning more about the chapter or becoming a member please visit us at www.smasouthflorida.org.