Episodes
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Fire Away: compassionate workplace investigations and mental health advocacy.
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
John Rodriguez returns for a discussion on why compassionate interview skills are the difference maker for workplace investigations; plus, we explore the mental health advocacy side of his work and why that is so important in the workplace.
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Fire Away: security culture in today’s workplaces.
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Brittany Taylor is joined by John Rodriguez, founder of Empathic Security Cultures LLC.
https://www.empathicsecuritycultures.com/
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Fire Away: the experience of non-standard worker in today’s workplaces.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Dr. Catherine Connelly is professor of organizational behaviour at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. Her research focuses on the attitudes, behaviours, and experiences of non-standard workers (e.g., temporary agency workers, contractors, temporary foreign workers), the effects of leadership styles on leader well-being, and knowledge hiding in organizations.
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Fire Away: security and threat assessment in the workplace.
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
It may seem as though violence is becoming more prevalent, with increasingly more headlines about incidence taking places in schools and other workplaces. Denise Koster is back on the show to talk about threat assessment, security, and managing internal or external threats to workplaces.
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Fire Away: working through bias and making safe space at work.
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Stuart Rudner is joined by DEI consultant and corporate speaker Risha Grant for a discussion on our own unconscious bias and how we can work through that to create safer spaces, where everyone feels respected and included - especially at work!
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Fire Away: Navigating conflict and toxicity in the modern workplace.
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Stuart Rudner is joined by Carlos Cadogan and Shawnee Love for a conversation about the modern workplace and how people approach conflict, whether it be microaggressions, offensive jokes, or harassment claims, and what we can do to not only navigate this kind of toxicity, but make positive change away from toxicity in the workplace.
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Will Smith & Chris Rock; Lessons About Workplace Violence
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Stuart is joined by Brittany Taylor for a discussion on the Will Smith/Chris Rock incident at this year's Oscars Awards and the lessons about workplace violence it brought up.
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Kyle Beach and the Chicago Blackhawks: Lessons for HR/Employers
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Stuart is joined by John Curtis and Larissa Donovan. John is a lawyer, mediator, investigator, and former Olympic athlete in the sport of sailing whose practice is focused on resolving workplace conflict. Larissa is an articling student currently working with John; she is a Board Member of the Dandelion Initiative, which focuses on survivors of sexual violence. This episode looks at the Kyle Beach sexual assault lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks organization, and how this case translates into lessons for HR professionals and employers.
Monday Sep 27, 2021
The New Normal? COVID-19, Workplace Harassment, and Mental Health
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Denise Koster returns to Fire Away to talk about how COVID and remote work have changed how we see and deal with workplace harassment and mental health.
Hosted by Brittany Taylor, Partner at Rudner Law.
Monday Mar 29, 2021
COVID-19, Privacy, and Workplace Safety
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Stuart is joined by Evert Akkerman, HR Director and Principal Advisor with XNL HR & Communications, and Michael Hartley, Founder and CEO of Minetell. Stuart, Evert, and Michael, discuss matters of privacy and workplace safety when it comes to COVID-19 and what responsibilities or obligations employers and employees have when it comes to reporting, testing, vaccinating, etc.