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Meghan M. Biro

Like most people who gravitate toward HR, Meghan loves people. Early in her career, Meghan realized she was a rare people person who understood tech. As a high tech recruiter, Meghan worked with hundreds of companies, from early-stage startups to global brands like Microsoft, IBM and Google. Meghan founded TalentCulture in 2008 to lead a conversation about the future of work with her peers in HR and leadership. These days, she is consistently included in lists of top online influencers and writes about HR tech and talent management at Forbes.com, SHRM.org and a variety of other media outlets. Her career background spans recruiting, tech, marketing, branding and digital media. As an HR tech analyst, author and brand strategist, Meghan is sought after for her ideas about the future of work, is a regularly featured speaker at global business conferences, and serves on boards for leading HR and technology brands.
Picture of Meghan M. Biro

Meghan M. Biro

Like most people who gravitate toward HR, Meghan loves people. Early in her career, Meghan realized she was a rare people person who understood tech. As a high tech recruiter, Meghan worked with hundreds of companies, from early-stage startups to global brands like Microsoft, IBM and Google. Meghan founded TalentCulture in 2008 to lead a conversation about the future of work with her peers in HR and leadership. These days, she is consistently included in lists of top online influencers and writes about HR tech and talent management at Forbes.com, SHRM.org and a variety of other media outlets. Her career background spans recruiting, tech, marketing, branding and digital media. As an HR tech analyst, author and brand strategist, Meghan is sought after for her ideas about the future of work, is a regularly featured speaker at global business conferences, and serves on boards for leading HR and technology brands.

3-2-1, Switch: How to Roll Out New HR Tech Without Disruption

Choosing the best HR technology is vital to your company’s efficiency and effectiveness. Just as important as the HR tech itself is how well you roll out the technology within your organization. Your adoption of new HR technology should be happening often enough to keep pace with advancements in the HR marketplace—which means you’re probably working hard at mastering the transition from one technology to the next. Advance planning is essential to ensuring a successful HR tech rollout and limiting the amount of disruption to your staff. A truly seamless tech transition will take your employees from the old system to

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#WorkTrends Preview: Gravitas. Do you have it?

Gravitas has become the newest “it” factor in separating oneself from the pack. People with gravitas stand up, stand out and simply STAND when others may crumble or hide. As you take stock of your professional brand, ask yourself, “do people take me seriously or do I sabotage myself?” Do you need to bump-up your “cred” in order to move things forward in your professional life? On Wednesday, May 31 at 1pm ET #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro and special guest Deborah Thomas will be discussing what distinguishes someone with gravitas from someone who lacks it. Gravitas. Do you have it?

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AI: 5 Ways to Reenvision the Workforce Before the Next Big Wave

What do you do when you’re not ready? Either get ready or wing it. So, imagine that waiting outside that door is your brand new team. They’re nice and shiny and, per the paperwork, each is extremely well qualified. In fact, they are specifically qualified to do their job. Because they are robots. Let’s not get all I, Robot here. But I’m watching a new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) heading towards today’s world of work, and you’re probably watching it too. You may be wondering when we’re going to have to face this new trend. “Trend” is not actually the

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Business partnerships

#WorkTrends Recap: Building Successful Business Partnerships

Whether you’re an employer or an employee, young or aging, health care is a big deal. It’s ever-changing and businesses are fighting to keep up with the evolving regulatory landscape and an increased desire from prospective employees to offer some level of health insurance. This week on #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro was joined by special guests Cristy Rewenko, AVP, WEX Health and Craig Silverstein, Product Manager, Paychex. They discussed how their respective companies forged a successful partnership to deliver unprecedented service to their clients, while enjoying the benefits of their mutual partnership. Here are a few key points Cristy and

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Closing the Gap: How to Leverage Tech to Engage a Remote Workforce

Closing the Gap: How to Leverage Tech to Engage a Remote Workforce

Today’s managers and HR directors face the challenge of creating a sense of camaraderie amongst employees who may never meet in person. 43 percent of the workforce is working remotely at least some of the time, according to the latest Gallup survey. Although today’s workers tend to be self-starters with a strong desire to manage themselves, which is conducive to work-from-home arrangements, they are equally hungry for interaction, feedback, and connection. Using technology to engage remote workers and streamline communications can help managers achieve that necessary balance between micro-managing and providing clear guidance and direction to a distant workforce. From deploying

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Successful Business Partnership

#WorkTrends Preview: Building Successful Business Partnerships

Whether you’re an employer or an employee, young or aging, health care is a big deal. It’s ever-changing and businesses are fighting to keep up with the evolving regulatory landscape and an increased desire from prospective employees to offer some level of health insurance. On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 1pm ET, #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro and her guests Cristy Rewenko, AVP, Wex and Craig Silverstein, Product Manager, Paychex will be discussing how their respective companies forged a successful partnership to deliver unprecedented service to their clients, while enjoying the benefits of their mutual partnership. Building Successful Business Partnerships Join

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CSR

CSR Today: How Mission Is Driving CEOs to Act

Today, whether it’s because of social media or a very intense political climate, consumers are making purchasing decisions—and aligning with brands—based on how CEOs act, what they say they believe, and even with whom they associate. In short, corporate leadership is under the microscope. Every comment that CEOs or other top brass make in an interview, every tweet they send, every cause they choose to support (or not) can have implications on the company’s bottom line. As illustrated by the #DeleteUber campaign that went viral within a few hours of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick maintaining a “business as usual” policy in response to

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Employee Experience

#WorkTrends Recap: Reprogram the Employee Experience

Culture is not just an HR “thing.” It is a business thing. Culture is the collective mindset and attitude of your staff​,​ ​so ​it impacts​ customer service, retention, and profits. Brands can improve the collective attitude or culture when they reprogram employee experience​. Employee experience is based on key considerations such as Values, Selection, Orientation, Recognition, Communication​,​ and Leadership – all of which can be shaped by business leaders. But how do you do this effectively? This week on #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro was joined by special guest Shane Green. They discussed culture, customer experience, and the impact both have

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Be the Change: Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility

I’m sure you’ve heard all about the millennial generation. Those 20- to 36-year-olds, pampered throughout their lives by their baby-boomer parents, have grown up to be self-absorbed, entitled narcissists, right? Actually, this isn’t an accurate picture of millennials—and since they now represent the largest share of the American workforce, that’s good to know. Despite widely held perceptions about their supposedly “me-first” ways, these younger workers rank social responsibility as an important tenet of life and are looking to work for companies that share their sense of social responsibility. In case you doubt the desire of millennials to align themselves with socially responsible

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Employee experience

#WorkTrends Preview: Reprogram the Employee Experience

Culture is not just an HR “thing”, it is a business thing. Culture is the collective mindset and attitude of your staff​,​ ​so ​it impacts​ customer service, retention, and profits. Brands can impact the collective attitude or culture by improving the employee experience​, ​which is based around key considerations such as Values, Selection, Orientation, Recognition, Communication​,​ and Leadership. On May 17, 2017 from 1pm-2pm ET, #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro and her guest Shane Green will be discussing this ever-important topic. Reprogram the Employee Experience Join Shane and Meghan on our LIVE online podcast Wednesday, Mar 17 — 1 pm ET

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Employee engagement

#WorkTrends Recap: Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement. This is a workplace topic that is steady and strong, but why do so many brands fail at this all important relationship? Research has shown time and time again, the myriad benefits of employee engagement to both employers and employees. According to the Wharton School of Business, they found that brands are three and a half times more profitable when employees are engaged versus brands with average engagement levels. This week on #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro and her special guest Kevin Sheridan discussed the topic of employee engagement and the pros of having better engagement and cons of

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harness data for recruiting

Six Tips to Harness Data and Keep Your Talent

Why do employees leave a job? Do they leave because they have issues with their managers, or are they unhappy with the benefits their employer offers? Or is it a disconnect between their values and the corporate culture? It’s important to understand the reasons people are leaving because, as you know, whenever you need to replace an employee, it costs your business money—and time. There are plenty of jobs in today’s marketplace, but recruiters aren’t always able to find the talent to fill those positions. Today, when it comes to recruitment, competition is fierce, and job candidates often have the upper

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recruitment

Seven Powerful Ways to Use Tech to Overcome Recruiting Bias

Sometimes bias creeps into hiring processes without anyone even realizing it. When you favor a white male candidate over a non-white or female candidate, is it really because he or she is the best person for the job—or is there a subconscious bias at work? HR technology tools are available to help recruiters weed out bias. But, do these recruiting tools really work? The answer is a qualified yes—if the companies that use them are serious about achieving diversity. Here are seven ways you can use tech to overcome recruiting bias. Eliminate subconscious bias. Organizations that want to overcome bias might

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employee engagement

#WorkTrends Preview: Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement. This is a workplace topic that is steady and strong, but why do so many brands fail at this all important relationship? Research has shown time and time again, the myriad benefits of employee engagement to both employers and employees. According to the Wharton School of Business, they found that brands are three and a half times more profitable when employees are engaged versus brands with average engagement levels. On May 10, 2017 from 1pm – 2pm ET, TalentCulture #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro and her special guest Kevin Sheridan will be discussing the topic of employee engagement and

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Dishonesty at work

#WorkTrends Recap: Science of Uncovering Dishonesty at Work

People lie. It’s an ugly fact of life. Lying in the workplace can be detrimental to morale among other things. Often times people lie in ways that make it difficult for others to recognize. We get a “gut” feeling, but that is just that… a feeling and not evidence. This week on #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro was joined by Phillip Maltin, attorney-at-law and developer of The READ System, to discuss the intricacies of lying in the workplace and how to actually use science to identify who is lying. In this fascinating conversation, Phillip shed some light on a few common

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Dishonesty at work

#WorkTrends Preview: Science of Uncovering Dishonesty at Work

Liar, liar pants on fire. Well, not exactly, but often times people do lie and in ways that make if very difficult for others to recognize. We get a “gut” feeling, but that is just that… a feeling and not evidence. On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm, #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro and her guest Phillip Maltin, attorney-at-law and developer of The READ System will be discussing the intricacies of lying in the workplace and how to actually use science to identify who is lying. Science of Uncovering Dishonesty at Work Join Phillip and Meghan on our LIVE

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Hiring

4 Reasons Not to Base Hiring on Skills

The competition for talent isn’t going away. Nor is the need to hire people who know how to do the job and won’t leave. With the average life expectancy of an employee on the job in the U.S. shrinking — from 4.6 percent in 2014 to 4.2 percent in 2016 — we’re all looking for that perfect way to predict hiring success. Among the questions hiring managers face: Rely on the old standby and hire based on gut? Or go straight to the science, and if so, what data? Skills tests do give a crisp, black-and-white reality as to what a

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Robots at work

Send in the Robots: The Good and Bad of Automating Your Hiring Process

Futurist and tech billionaire, Elon Musk, believes we may not be far from a time where robots and various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) will perform most jobs. He cautions that a day will come when there will be few jobs a robot will not do better than a human being. But this reality is still years away. In the meantime, we need people to fill an increasing number of jobs—today. And we can use AI to our advantage to automate the more tedious tasks of HR, speed up the recruiting process, save companies money and enable them to be more

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job interview

Why Job Interviews Are Not Foolproof

Here’s the reality of hiring today: work itself is undergoing rapid changes, shifting to a new kind of workscape that’s digital, global, diverse, leans on automation and functions across multiple platforms — including social media and mobile. The job market is highly competitive: the unemployment rate was at 4.7 percent in February of 2017. Business cycles are shorter, with faster rates of new demands and needs to match. In this state of constant disruption and an ongoing race for talent, HR is being challenged to rethink how to recruit and hire more effectively. The Bottleneck Adoption of new technologies tends to

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Personal Branding

#WorkTrends Preview: Known: Build and Unleash Your Personal Brand

Building a personal brand in the digital age can be a mystery to many people and companies. We all want what we want and we want it now, however creating a reputation of excellence take time and the right experience. On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 1pm ET, acclaimed marketing expert, Mark Schaefer and #WorkTrends host, Meghan M.Biro will be discussing the factors that Mark has identified in his latest book, KNOWN, as being what people really need to know when building and unleashing their personal brand… to gain results. Known: Build and Unleash Your Personal Brand Join Mark and Meghan

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Leadership Gap

#WorkTrends Recap: The Leadership Gap

According to this week’s guest, one of the most sought-after leadership coaches in the world, Lolly Daskal, being successful as a leader takes persistence and patience—and the investment of a lot of time and energy. It, also, takes the willingness to get up day after day, putting in long hours and hard work, navigating the roadblocks, as well as the detours as they come. But during the journey and in the end, it’s so worth it! This week, Lolly and #WorkTrends host Meghan M. Biro discussed what Lolly has identified as the essential elements every great leader needs to align with

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Talent Management

Five Tips to Win the War for Talent in 2017

When you have a low unemployment rate and a growing economy, it’s a job seeker’s market. In fact, 63 percent of full-time employees are looking for a new job right now. In other words, the companies that offer the best employee value will attract not only those who are out of work but the best of the best who are seeking greener pastures but not necessarily in a rush to jump ship. With 70 percent of Gen Y employees and 50 percent of Gen X workers planning to spend fewer than five years in their current roles, don’t you want your company to be the

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