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HR as the White Swan: Season 3, A Podcast Series from Madison

Hosted by Elliot Clark, CEO of HRO Today, and featuring Judd Weisgal, Senior Vice President of Madison, this series provides HR teams with the tools to navigate the current "Black Swan" event and serve as the "White Swan" leaders who turn negative energy to positive.


Each podcast is a quick-listen and only a few minutes long, while focusing on a single question relevant to today's workplace and specifically managing through today's workforce environment. Season 3 will focus on the 'road to recovery'.


Beginning Thursday, October 1st and continuing each Thursday after, both HRO Today and Madison will publish a new installment of the third season of White Swan until the letters W-H-I-T-E S-W-A-N are spelled by the nine podcasts.


Below are the published podcasts in the series:

  • Podcast 1 (W): What drives engagement? (10/1/2020)

  • Podcast 2 (H): How to simplify rewards and recognition (10/8/2020)

  • Podcast 3 (I): Inclusion. How to make your program the right fit for ALL. (10/15/2020)

  • Podcast 4 (T): Transparency and proper budgeting (10/22/2020)

  • Podcast 5 (E): Enterprise-level rewards and recognition (10/29/2020)

  • Podcast 6 (S): Senior leadership sponsorship

  • Podcast 7 (W): Wow your employees

  • Podcast 8 (A): Addressing disconnect and bringing people together

  • Podcast 9 (N): New expectations of organizations and employees

To listen to previous seasons of White Swan, visit:


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