Trauma comes to the workplace in a lot of different ways. There is personal trauma - from home or workplace events. There is organizational trauma, such as a merger, lay-off or natural disaster that hits the workplace. There is macro-trauma, something that affects the larger population such as a natural disaster, a terrorist attack (such …
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We love them, we hate them, we love to hate them. You know them: those buzz words/phrases that pop up all. the. time. And a lot of HR thought leaders will jump on them quickly as it helps drive traffic to their posts. Rarely do these phrases bring up something new to the world of …
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One of the HR Buzzwords is Employee Engagement. Every organization wants their employees to be engaged, but do we really understand what that means to the organization or how we know whether or not our employees are truly engaged? I think one of the things we forget is that even our most engaged employees aren’t …
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One of my favorite parts of the podcast is the new feature we started recently by asking our guests to provide a question for the next podcast guest. The questions you, our listeners, have come up with have ranged from deep and thoughtful to silly and fun. Jon and I thought it would be fun …
It’s #PrideMonth! As the month comes to an end, we know this is an opportunity to review how you as the an individual or as an organization contribute to the community or to supporting the community. If you aren’t part of the LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 community, it can still be difficult to know how to create …
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In 2016, I attended the HR conference in DC. I reached out to folks I knew on HR Twitter to make coffee and happy hour dates. I'm sure I knew Jon would be attending, but we had not made specific plans to meet. We ran into each other on the Expo floor, said a quick …
One of my favorite duties in my current role is finding ways to build strong, long-term talent pipelines in an environment like the one we are in now. I've been in talent acquisition for a very long time and I've said it before and I'll say it again, we've not seen this type of environment …
I love a good panel discussion. Strong panelists can play off each other, bringing out new insights that the moderator may not have expected. I've enjoyed being a part of these panels and leading them. So it is fitting that the first session I sat in on at Unleash was the CHRO panel, with CHROs …
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The last big conference I attended in person was in 2019 - Jon and I had been invited to the Embarc Conference by Career Arc. 2019 had been a big year for #HRSocialHour, lots of travel and by the time Embarc came around, I was tired. It was a great conference, and a great way …
Burnout feels like the new buzzword - look at any list of recent HR blogs and you are sure to see quite a few articles about burnout. What to do about it, how to avoid it, what it is, what it isn't, and what you can or can't do about it. Burnout is something different …
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