{"podcast":{"title":"The HR Life Podcast","slug":"the-hr-life-podcast-7368906","podcast_index_feed_id":7368906,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-hr-life-podcast","website_url":"https://thehrlifepodcast.transistor.fm/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BVjrIn3cLzcZ9amAQWcRnMP_HccdWgMf8DJ0MnI2Q0w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jODk0/MWQzOTZhY2IyMDVi/ODhhMWZmY2EyZTFl/ZGU0Ny5wbmc.jpg","author":"Tony Benjamin","episode_count":61,"summary":"The HR Life Podcast is a show about the work-life experience of those of us in Human Resources and business leadership. This long-form podcast is a conversation, casual, and not always the corporate line. Hosts and guests touch on everything from serious or even controversial topics to the absurdity of modern American business practices. Your hosts are Tony Benjamin, owner and founder of The Grange Strategic HR Consulting, and Steven J. Smith, Author of The Hiring Tree: Laws of Applicant Attraction and all-around important guy. Guests include the best minds in the HR world. Join the show weekly.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T00:17:32.802408+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906"},"episode":{"title":"EP 40 The SAFE Framework and Gamified Confetti with Andrea Hollingsworth","slug":"ep-40-the-safe-framework-and-gamified-confetti-with-andrea-hollingsworth","published_at":"2026-03-17T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-40-the-safe-framework-and-gamified-confetti-with-andrea-hollingsworth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/7fce6dc7","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/7fce6dc7/bb6b443a.mp3","summary":"Listen as Tony and Steve are once again joined by Andrea Hollingsworth. In this fantastic episode Andrea lays out the SAFE Framework that helps HR and leaders cope with RIF's, Layoffs, and survivors. They discuss how to survive extremely difficult conversations with those leaving the business and those who are staying. They also touch on gamifying the workplace and performance reviews. Quote of the episode: \"Can we say chicks on the podcast?\" - Tony Benjamin Learn more about Andrea Hollingsworth at: https://hollingsworthconsulting.com/ Get Andrea's book here: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+compassion+advantage+book&crid=3IFCIXBF6LBEE&sprefix=the+compassion+advan%2Caps%2C158&ref=nb_sb_ss_p13n-expert-pd-ops-ranker_1_20 Learn more about Tony Benjamin at: https://www.thegrangellc.com/ Learn more about Steven \"Big Deal Smith\" at: https://thehiringtreebook.com/ See a list of all of the books referred to on the Podcast at: https://thehiringtreebook.com/hr-life-podcast Learn more about our sponsor, MegaStar HR, at: https://www.megastarhr.com/ Steve and Tony highly recommend supporting the Thrive Life Project. Learn more at: https://www.thrivelifeproject.org/ Andrea Hollingsworth, Ph.D. , is an acclaimed keynote speaker, bestselling and award winning author, and trusted consultant who’s spent years studying the transformative power of compassion. Since 2008, she has been speaking and writing about the science and spirituality of human emotions and relationships.","meta_description":"Listen as Tony and Steve are once again joined by Andrea Hollingsworth. In this fantastic episode Andrea lays out the SAFE Framework that helps HR and lea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5290,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/episodes/ep-40-the-safe-framework-and-gamified-confetti-with-andrea-hollingsworth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hr-life-podcast-7368906/ep-40-the-safe-framework-and-gamified-confetti-with-andrea-hollingsworth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}