{"podcast":{"title":"Good Morning, HR","slug":"good-morning-hr-4101361","podcast_index_feed_id":4101361,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/good-morning-hr","website_url":"http://www.goodmorninghr.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/pq-xjs_ERB6E-puusatwJxe5rHen5KdjmdVbu7rZ5hk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Yzc3/MTM3MzQ3ODczMzQ1/NDZjM2Q0MGQ3Mjc1/YWJiZC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Imperative – Bulletproof Background Screening","episode_count":262,"summary":"HR entrepreneur Mike Coffey, SPHR, SHRM-SCP engages business thought leaders about the strategic, psychological, legal, and practical implications of bringing people together to create value for shareholders, customers, and the community. As an HR consultant, mentor to first-stage businesses through EO’s Accelerator program, and owner of Imperative—Bulletproof Background Screening, Mike is passionate about helping other professionals improve how they recruit, select, and manage their people. Most thirty-minute episodes of Good Morning, HR will be eligible for half a recertification credit for both HRCI and SHRM-certified professionals. Mike is a member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) Fort Worth and active with the Texas Association of Business, the Fort Worth Chamber, and Texas SHRM.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T18:20:19.528655+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-morning-hr-4101361"},"episode":{"title":"HR News: The Great Flattening and the AI Future of Middle Management  with Blair Doran","slug":"hr-news-the-great-flattening-and-the-ai-future-of-middle-management-with-blair-doran","published_at":"2026-06-25T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-morning-hr-4101361/hr-news-the-great-flattening-and-the-ai-future-of-middle-management-with-blair-doran","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-morning-hr-4101361","url":"https://goodmorninghr.com/episode-258-hr-news-the-great-flattening-and-the-ai-future-of-middle-management-with-blair-doran/","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/1a7c1859/c286b0b3.mp3","summary":"In episode 258, Coffey talks with Blair Doran about the “Great Flattening” of middle management, AI adoption in HR, and the thawing job market's impact on employee retention. They discuss the Great Flattening and the causes of middle management cuts; the risk of losing institutional culture and coaching capacity when middle managers are eliminated; poor selection criteria for promoting individual contributors into management roles without leadership training; AI adoption shifting employee self-service away from managers and freeing them for strategic work; HR's evolving role in understanding business operations rather than acting purely as a compliance gatekeeper; state-level AI employment law developments in Colorado, Illinois, and New York amid federal disparate impact uncertainty; confidentiality and trade secret risks when employees use AI for brainstorming and content creation; a recent study comparing passive AI cut-and-paste use versus active AI collaboration on employee engagement and output quality; job security concerns and the thawing job market's effect on long-tenured employee retention; and proactive employee engagement strategies to prevent turnover before it becomes a retention crisis. For HR teams who discuss this podcast in their team meetings, we've created a discussion starter PDF to help guide your conversation. Download it here https://goodmorninghr.com/EP258 Good Morning, HR is brought to you by Imperative—Bulletproof Background Checks . For more information about our commitment to quality and excellent customer service, visit us at https://imperativeinfo.com . If you are an HRCI or SHRM-certified professional, this episode of Good Morning, HR has been pre-approved for half a recertification credit. To obtain the recertification information for t…","meta_description":"In episode 258, Coffey talks with Blair Doran about the “Great Flattening” of middle management, AI adoption in HR, and the thawing job market's impact on…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2962,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/good-morning-hr-4101361/episodes/hr-news-the-great-flattening-and-the-ai-future-of-middle-management-with-blair-doran/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-morning-hr-4101361/hr-news-the-great-flattening-and-the-ai-future-of-middle-management-with-blair-doran.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}