HR Wine Bar
HR Wine Bar is a candid and practical podcast for HR professionals who want real conversation, real community, and real insight.
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Ep. 18 - What Are We Funding: Benefits, Behavior, and Brunello (opens the original)
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Benefits decisions shape behavior earlier than most organizations recognize. Data exists, reports are reviewed, and costs continue to rise. In Episode 18 of HR Wine Bar, host Amy Luckenbill, President of the Human Resource Association of the Midlands, welcomes Kevin Handzlik, VP of Employee Benefits at Ellerbrock-Norris Insurance, for a focused conversation on self-funding, transparency, and what it actually means to use data in benefits strategy. Titled What Are We Funding: Benefits, Behavior,
Ep. 17 - Informing Employee Identity: Generations, Gaps, and Grenache (opens the original)
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Generational conversations are happening in real time across today’s workplace, often framed as differences in mindset, expectations, or work style. In this episode of HR Wine Bar, host Amy Luckenbill, President of the Human Resource Association of the Midlands, and co-host Jennifer Tritz welcome Tami Williams, Ed.D., for a conversation that reframes what HR should be paying attention to. Titled Informing Employee Identity: Generations, Gaps, and Grenache , this episode shifts the focus away fro
Ep. 16 - How to Speak CHRO: Leadership, Leverage, and Lambrusco (opens the original)
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In this episode of HR Wine Bar , co-hosts Jamie Mohrman and Amy Luckenbill turn inward to the role that carries the people agenda at the highest level: the CHRO. Speaking CHRO isn’t about title or hierarchy—it’s about mindset. This conversation explores how CHROs think at the enterprise level, balancing advocacy and accountability, culture and risk, long-term sustainability and immediate pressure. Jamie and Amy unpack what differentiates functional HR leadership from CHRO-level leadership, and w
Ep. 15 - How to Speak COO: Operations, Outcomes, and Ortrugo (opens the original)
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In this episode of HR Wine Bar , co-hosts Jamie Mohrman and Amy Luckenbill focus on one of HR’s most critical operational partnerships: the COO. Speaking COO requires a different lens than speaking CEO or CFO. This conversation explores how operations leaders think about flow, execution, constraints, and consistency—and how HR can align people strategy with the realities of day-to-day work. We unpack what COOs listen for, what frustrates them, and where HR can either accelerate results or uninte
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