Speaker Profile
NEELIE VERLINDEN
"Neelie Verlinden is the host of the popular HR Debatable podcast. For the past eight years, she has been exploring trends related to HR and the world of work while at the same time trying to get closer to her own raison d'être, her Ikigai. As such, she has been speaking, writing, and podcasting about HR and the Future of Work and presented various popular HR courses at the Academy to Innovate HR."

Neelie Verlinden
May 27 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
When there is no HR for HR: How to Prevent Burnout and Improve Your Well-Being Today
As HR professionals, we are the backbone of the organization, supporting employees and their managers, navigating workplace challenges, and taking on an increasing number of big topics, the latest one involving (generative) AI and related policies. But in the midst of caring for everyone else, how often do you prioritize your own well-being?Barely ever, statistics show.According to a 2024 report by Sage, 84..

Neelie Verlinden
June 16 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Recruitment for Retention: 10 Elements that Will Make Your Employees Want to Stay
Recruitment is one of those topics that is talked about a lot. There are two main reasons for this: 1) a lot is happening in the field of recruitment, both in terms of developments and technology, and 2) there is always room for improvement when it comes to your recruitment process. Often, what happens when someone unexpectedly resigns is that both the team manager and HR go into panic mode. Where will they..

Neelie Verlinden
July 18 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Offboarding 101: 10 Simple Tips to Create an Effective Employee Offboarding Process
We talk a lot about onboarding (and rightly so, as there is still so much room for improvement there), but what about offboarding? The last impressions people have of their time at a company last, just like the first impressions do. A well-structured, thoughtful offboarding process mainly works in two different ways: It shapes the leaving employee’s critical last impressions of the company while also minimi..

Neelie Verlinden
August 28 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
From In-House HR Professional to Solo HR Entrepreneur: 5 Key Lessons for Success from a Seasoned Freelancer
Starting your own business is exciting, especially if you’ve been working for (large) organizations for a long time. Finally, you’re fully in charge of how you organize your day, what clients you work with, etc. But what some people forget, or don’t consider enough, is the other side of working for yourself. How do you make sure you get paid enough, for example? What are the taxes going to be like? Where wi..