HR Vision Podcast

If you haven't heard it yet, Microsoft is merging its Dynamics 365 HR module into Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations. This means that Dynamics 365 HR ends as a standalone SaaS application and all the functionalities within the former HR platform move into the bigger environment of Finance & Operations. Microsoft has been working hard to make this merge happen, so we figured it was time to get an update from the source! Tulsi has a solid track record with Microsoft Business Applications. First as a Consultant and now on the other side, as a Product Manager at Microsoft. She came on the podcast to give us an update on this major project she's spearheading, its most recent developments, updates about licensing, timelines and more. We hope you find it insightful!

Payroll is everywhere. It is a process that concerns every single business organization in the world. How do you process it, how do you make it efficient and secure, that's what might differ. To help us with this topic we decided to invite someone that works for the global market leader in payroll technologies: ADP. Why not? Raquel Ek is a Channel Sales Consultant at ADP, and was kind enough to join us to talk about payroll, and more. You'll hear about the leading role that ADP has been having in this field for so long and why, how their technology is helping companies globally, and we even touched some interesting things that are coming up in the near future. An insightful episode.

You should never stop learning. There's no better way to grow and be better at everything you do. At work, learning never stops. Either because you keep getting involved in new projects that naturally build up your skills, or because you take training to develop yourself. And that's where this episode comes in. Britt van de Weerd is our Learning and Development Manager. Her career has been filled with diverse experiences, but focusing very much on training, learning and development in the last 4 years. In this episode we discussed the importance of learning and development, its benefits for all organizations and Britt also shared some tips on how to start your internal training academy. Quite insightful!

This episode is quite special for our host. After all, it's not everyday that you have the chance to interview an old friend! With a background in Computer Sciences, Luís Parada worked in the high-demanding VFX industry and he's now the Head of Engineering in one of the most prominent and growing companies in Portugal. Because his career took a path towards managing teams and people, we went through the pains of getting there, how much of a role HR and HR Tech has in his day-to-day, and we went over some tips and data points that might help you manage people more efficiently. A nice conversation that we hope you enjoy as much as we did. -- More information about Luís: https://aleadersmindset.com/

Phenom is one of our oldest partners for talent acquisition that helps companies hire faster, develop better, and retain longer. On the last episode we gave you the side of one of our consultants working with the platform. This week we got an insider! Joe Pierce is a Principal of Elevated Experience at Phenom, and he's there almost since its beginning. He saw the company growth and grew with it! He joined us on this episode to tell us more about Phenom, its main value proposition, game-changing features like automated interview scheduling and to share what the future looks like at this exciting partner of ours. Enjoy! More information about Phenom: https://www.fourvision.com/solutions/candidate-experience/phenom-txm/

Phenom empowers you with a solution that maximizes your recruitment potential from the early stage of your candidates’ journey. To help us describe this partner of ours and their offering, Pinar joined us on this episode. She was the first FourVision's implementation consultant certified to work with the platform and came on the podcast to explain how the platform works, what can it do for you, expected challenges and how does such an implementation project looks like. More information about Phenom: https://www.fourvision.com/solutions/candidate-experience/phenom-txm/

Andrew Bartlow is a man of talent. He has 25 years of Human Resources and Talent Management experience at organizations across a wide range of sizes and industries. He's an entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the People Leader Accelerator, an executive development program designed to help HR leaders propel their organizations forward. He's also Founder and Managing Partner of Series B Consulting where he helps organizations design management processes. And that's not all! He's also the co-author of the book “Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High Growth Organizations”. In this episode, he joined us to discuss the importance of having a People Strategy, how to prioritize, and he shared his views on talent management considering the current trends in the market. An insightful conversation that we hope you enjoy as much as we did! -- Learn more about Andrew's People Leader Accelerator at www.peopleleaderaccelerator.com and download his guide to help you get your People Strategy started at https://www.peopleleaderaccelerator.com/guides/strategic-people-planning.

Dan Reader is one of our Iron men. Not only because he just completed an Iron Man race two days before the recording of this episode (!), but also because he's always willing and able to come on the podcast to give us his perspective on things. This time we went over a very timely subject around Microsoft, and Microsoft HR specifically: Dynamics 365 Human Resources and Finance & Operations infrastructure merge. This merge was announced last year and much has been said about it. We felt it would be time to give an update from an HR department standpoint. We hope you find it insightful!

Directly from Pakistan, Baqar joined us for a very insightful episode. He's an Implementation Consultant at FourVision with more than 14 years of experience in Human Capital Management systems. In this episode, we discussed not only his expertise in HR Tech, but especially we went deeper into what are the common challenges in HR Tech implementation, how to overcome them from a consultant and client perspectives. Some very good tips for everyone thinking about or going through a tech implementation. Check it out!

We're back and with a great one! Zenah works as a Project Manager for Fourvision. She is an entrepreneur and has an impressive 20 year track record working as a Project Management Professional for big companies in more than 26 countries. Not only that, she had a successful professional sports career in basketball that taught her much of what she preaches today about Project Management and Leadership. In this episode, we discussed her expertise in Project Management, common challenges and how to overcome them and tips to take your Project Management skills to the next level. Definitely worth a listen.

"People analytics is for everyone. It’s not just for big companies. It’s for all companies that want to enact change through their people." In this episode, we sat down with Joseph Ifiegbu, Co-Founder & CEO at eqtble, to talk about the importance of people analytics. Analytics that are relatable, that tell a story. We got to learn more about Joseph path from data science to his recent entrepreneurial experience, never forgetting what brought us here: people analytics, its importance and where to start. An interesting end to our 3rd season that you don't wanna miss!

This week we stepped away from HR Tech for a moment, and talked about Project Management processes. Especially because they're also important to HR Tech implementations! Biljana Grbic is our PMO (Project Manager Officer). She has more than 15 years of experience in project management processes, and she came in so we could get a pick into the world of PMOs. In this episode we get to know her and her view on the Project Management Officer role, the important skills to have, the common challenges she’s seen, and what can the future hold for this crucial role.

Greg Horn was on the podcast before discussing his expertise has a consultant, but today we went in a different direction. He's our Boarding Web App product specialist and we talked about that super important process in HR; which is welcoming your new employees in a way that they feel part of the team from day one, increasing your chances of retaining them. We went over the default onboarding functionalities on D365 HR, FourVision's Boarding Web App main features, implementation requirements and cool developments in the pipeline. If you're interested in Onboarding, Cross-boarding or Offboarding, then this is for you.

The Great Resignation, is an ongoing economic trend in which employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs. This is a topic very much discussed in the last year and a cause for concern for HR professionals and management teams alike. Max Schiffelers is a Talent Experience Implementation Consultant and came on the podcast to give his perspective on the subject and provide some ideas on how businesses can navigate this trend. Is it Great Resignation or Great Transformation? Listen to draw your own conclusion.

Hans de Jong likes to wear many hats. From political science to being with FourVision for almost 11 years, he's a Sr. Consultant and our Payroll Interface Product Specialist. In this episode, we discussed his expertise in HR Tech and, especially, his most recent work as our Payroll product specialist. We broke through the complexity of the payroll process and how he and our team can help companies with their HR technology endeavors. It gets technical at times, but it's worth it!

Chris Coolen is one of our most experienced consultants. For more than 25 years he's been working in HR and HR Technology, and for the past 4 and a half years at FourVision as an Implementation Lead Consultant. In this episode, we discussed the evolution he has seen in HR Tech and his most recent work as our Performance Management product specialist. Great insights, as usual!

It is not every day that we have the chance to get a clear overview of what is it like to work in HR Technology Consulting. That’s what Stephan Schoeman took us through in this episode. We discussed the ins and outs of a Consultant’s life, common challenges and he’s given us a great step-by-step overview of what to expect from an HR Technology implementation. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Time to move away from the technical side of HR Technology for a moment. With a psychology background, Maria worked in multiple IT companies and has a very interesting view on HR. In this episode we went over employee engagement, the importance of building relationships and a people-centric culture. Enjoy it!

This week we’re going technical once more. With just another amazing member of our team. Matthew Bonnici is a Medior Technical Consultant and he belongs to Edward’s team that was our guest last week. He’s involved with the development of all the solutions we provide, specially focused on product integrations. He helped us simplify some technical concepts and show the potential of HR Technology. Enjoy!

HR Technology needs talented people to develop it. And that’s the case with our guest this week. Edward Moll is the Lead Product Engineer at FourVision and one of the most experienced members of our team. He’s the technical responsible for our entire product stack. In this episode we got technical and explored that side of the solutions we provide. Enjoy it!