NEW YEAR, still the same slightly snarky and sarcastic force in your inbox.

Going strong on being me!!! I hope you still love me.

A new year means a new quarter, new goals, new content. NEW NEW NEW.

✨2025 will be *OUR* year. I’m SO EXCITED. ✨

Before I go any further - I should come clean.

I’m keeping secrets from you… I’m working on some very very very exciting things but I can’t tell you all the details yet. Sorry I have ZERO chill and couldn’t even pretend! Keep an eye out for these announcements in the coming weeks.

I wasn’t joking when I said 2025 was gonna be huge.

Starting with the podcast!

🎧 A NEW season of the I Hate it Here pod drops TODAY. Sarika Lamont drops a masterclass on me about compensation, what you should be thinking about and how to build programs that actually work for your organization. Every week expect to hear from guests in AND outside of HR. I’m bringing some cool guests to the table this season.

❤️ HR Therapy is BACK! We're kicking off the year with a session on how gratitude can spark organizational strength. You know gratitude is one of my core values so I'm excited to kick this year off with this session!! Join me?

Now, onto today… maybeee you caught my reference in the subject line??

If not, read on!

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HR’S ROLE

The Miseducation of HR:

^^ me everytime someone says something outdated and ill informed about HR.

I’m a huge music lover and one of my favorite albums is The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Ms.Lauryn Hill.

The album is meant to educate oneself on love and its various components from complex relationships and heartbreak to motherhood and faith. She touches on it all!

And I bet you’re wondering WTF does this have to do with HR???

Well upon my millionth listen last week I started to think about the miseducation of HR.

Yes, I'm corny and think about HR a lot!

I thought about how people may not understand the real power of HR and how we’re often forced to confront these stereotypes about HR in order to do the work we want to do.

So this quarter, I’m focusing on just that!!

I’m going to look at HR through the lens of our:

Role
Skills
Impact

Let’s look at what that actually means!

Role:

Am I being too bold if I say no job function has changed as dramatically as HR’s in the last few years?

The pandemic absolutely played a part in that and it’s become increasingly clear how multifaceted HR actually is.

From things like crisis management to remote work there’s more being added to HR’s plate than ever before.

And that’s good BUT that can also be tough for people in this role!

So, how do you manage it all?

This quarter I'll cover things like:

What actually is HR’s role?
HR isn’t (and shouldn’t) be anyone's friend
When HR doesn’t make the decisions but carries out the decision

And how educating everyone (including ourselves) on HR’s role is crucial.

Skills:

If there’s one thing I won’t STFU about it’s the skills and abilities required to work in HR.

TBH: this isn’t the job for everyone.

Somedays I even wonder if this job is even for me but that’s a spiral for another day…

There’s so much that comes in when doing this job and as the workplace evolves our skills need to as well.

✨ Enter excitement and growth ✨

This quarter I’ll tackle:

Skills that are nice to haves vs need to haves in HR
Skills and abilities: the difference between learning and what comes naturally
What the future looks like for HR
Personas of HR leaders

This might actually be the thing I’m *most passionate* about helping HR leaders understand.

📣 Because how we talk about our skills and abilities can help us build better relationships, secure new opportunities, or even decide where we want to focus our career.

Impact:

Something I want us all to stop saying is that HR isn’t revenue driving.

Because WE ARE.

Our work is impactful and can help an organization thrive and succeed.

Say it with me: my work makes an impact.

On really hard days I like to hold on to memories of all the times I've impacted an organization for the better. It might sound silly but it reminds me to keep effing going.

And if you want a pep talk about this, you’re gonna get it!

I’m going to cover:

The real impact of HR
How we drive business value
When we can’t fix things
How to prepare yourself for the future

You’ll never wonder “what am I doing here” again.

Maybe…

What’s next:

So, I’ve just outlined my plan for this quarter and I hope you’re pumped.

And I'm coming in HOT as Hades next week with a newsletter dedicated to what exactly our role is, the history of HR and what the future holds for us.

If you read this and got pumped and have something you want me to cover please reply to this email!

I always want to hear from you and what you want and my goal in 2025 is to answer more emails.

Yeah, I said that. 🙂

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(HUMAN) RESOURCES

JetBlue fined for delayed flights
American workers are becoming MORE productive (ugh I don’t love it)
AI generated phishing scams… more to worry about?
What President Carter did for human rights and health equity

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

📚 What I’m reading: Women Living Deliciously by Florence Given. This book came highly recommended and you know I love ANY piece of content that encourages women to find their joy. Life is too dang short, let’s have some FREAKING FUN!!!! I also love that it's illustrated, like I want to see some ART.
📺 What I’m watching: XO, Kitty i’ve mentioned this before but i’m doing a rewatch before S2. I love anything Jenny Han creates and this show was no exception. And seriously the soundtrack from S1 was BANGING. I discovered so much new music!
🍲 What I’m obsessing over: ITS SOUP SEASON. I love any/all soup recommendations you have. I loooove when it's cold and I get cozy with my blankets and soup.

SONG OF THE WEEK

🎧 Ex-Factor, Ms. Lauryn Hill

No matter how I think we grow

You always seem to let me know

It ain’t working

I’ve been in situations where I’ve outgrown friendships, relationships and even roles.

Sometimes when you grow you have to face the uncomfortable truth that sometimes what used to work doesn’t anymore.

That's all for this week! I hope you enjoyed this, please let me know what you think and what other topics you'd love for me to cover. I'm allll ears.

Reminder: Take care of yourself and know that I support you.

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