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Hi y’all,

Another Monday, you know the drill.

☀️ I’m sliding into your inbox to brighten up your Monday and deliver some of my snarky takes.

But before that, can I be honest for a sec?

I’m really feeling myself at the moment.

The temps are warmer, my allergies are under control, and it’s the perfect weather to be outside. I worked out twice this weekend and realized I really thrive with an endorphin boost.

Can you tell I’m a warmer weather person? I’ve been waiting all winter to emerge.

🦋 AND EMERGE I SHALL. 🦋

Mental health walks and fitness classes hate to see me coming. I may even pick up a new hobby this Spring! Who is she???

TBH, I’ve been asking myself that question every day since I was 13. I wish I was kidding, I was a daily existential crisis kind of teenager. Somewhat insufferable and dramatic. I own up to it!

👑 Your self-awareness queen reporting for duty. 👑

I'm bringing that self-awareness vibe to HR Therapy this month! No, we won’t be covering my teenage years (i'll spare you from that). Instead we’ll focus on the role of self-awareness in leadership.

📺 Leadership lesson 101: authentic leadership relies on self-awareness. Are you struggling with your leadership? Maybe you don’t know how to help them connect with others? HR Therapy will get into all that AND MORE! Join us for a good time.

Now, onto today… a BIG question with some BIG answers!!

What do employees want???

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ENGAGEMENT

Employees just want _____

^^live footage of HR trying to figure out what employees want.

🎵 Last quarter Lauryn Hill inspired my theme of the miseducation of HR and this quarter I pulled some inspo from another music icon.

Cyndi Lauper once sang “girls just want to have fun” and it made me think… If girls just want to have fun, what do employees want?

Am I a dork that thinks about HR? Unfortunately (or fortunately for you) yes.

So, now I’m gonna spend a quarter examining what do employees ACTUALLY WANT?

And filling in that blank in the headline every week!

Yes, there’s the obvious things that instantly come to mind like to be paid fairly but then there’s also things like to be inspired or a part of something bigger.

If I took the time to list everything employees truly want, the list would be long. So for the sake of clarity, I’ve identified three core pillars of employee wants.

Let’s look at each and what’s to come this quarter! Consider this your preview of all the juicy newsletters to hit your inbox this quarter.

❤️ If you feel like something’s missing, reply to this email and I'll make sure it gets covered!

3 pillars of employee wants:

^^ Every career site. (JK JK!!)

Not going to lie, when I started planning this quarter, I got a bit overwhelmed by all the things I came up with that employees may want.

So I took all those topics and I tried to break them down into 3 core pillars:

💰 Employees want to be valued. They want to be seen, recognized and appreciated for their contributions. This can be everything from compensation to how employees are appreciated.

This quarter I’ll cover topics like:

Employees want fair pay (and how to explain they are paid fairly)
Employees want to know they matter
Employees want better benefits (to fit their changing needs)

🤝🏽 Employees want to be supported. They want to know they are set up for success. This can be everything from how someone is onboarded to what systems are in place to support wellbeing.

This quarter I’ll cover topics like:

Employees want to gain new skills not just advance up the career ladder
Employees want to know their wellbeing matters
Employees want clear guidance and actionable feedback

✨ Employees want to be inspired. They want to feel excited about their work and company. This can be anything from working on meaningful projects to having values alignment with their organization.

This quarter I’ll cover topics like:

Employees want to understand the vision
Employee want work on something interesting
Employees want to work with great leaders
Employees want to be a part of something bigger

Put it all together, what do you get? Other than a banger quarter of content…

📣 Employees want to be valued, supported, and inspired.

And, you guessed it, HR plays a major role in making that happen!!!

Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

But don’t worry because each newsletter will tell you what you need to do to potentially fill every employees’ hopes, dreams and needs.

Up next:

I’ve written quite a bit about compensation from why pay transparency matters to how to communicate about pay.

I thought I'd take another approach when it comes to compensation and employees feeling valued.

So next week I’m going full nerd on y’all and writing about the psychology of pay in an effort to get to the root of what actually makes employees feel valued.

What actually motivates and validates employees?

Well, guess you’ll have to wait until next week to see!

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(HUMAN) RESOURCES

Remote work made work more accessible
2025 compensation best practices
Pay transparency by state
Tariffs and market turmoil

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

📚 What I’m reading: Dear Writer, by Maggie Smith. I always dreamed of being a writer but frankly didn’t think I actually had the chops to pursue that path. But once I started writing it felt like a part of my soul felt more settled. Now, I doodle book ideas, silly poems, fiction plots, and snippets of dialogues in my free moments. My creative practices have kept me sane in moments of wild emotions. I have a lot of emotions, okay!!! So the second I saw this book, I knew I had to have it because sometimes I need the pep talk to keep going. This book delivers that and more.
📺 What I’m watching: All the Hunger Games movies. I did an epic rewatch this weekend and watched 3 of the movies… basically I forgot the whole plot?? Also feels weirdly timely to watch. Just saying…
💇🏽‍♀️ What I’m obsessing over: hair growth. I’m on the mission to grow waist length hair. I know, at a time when everyone is going for slick 90s bobs i’m doing the opposite! The hard part is dealing with long curly hair. And this week my fave hair mask for clarifying went out to stock!!! I’m devastated and need help.

SONG OF THE WEEK

🎧 We Fit Together, O-Town

I’ll watched alllll the shows about making pop groups from Making the Band to Popstars (If you know Eden's Crush we should be friends).

O-town emerged from the first season of Making the Band and I WAS OBSESSED.

Mind you, most of their music was WILDLY inappropriate for a gal my age.

We?? Fit?? TOGETHER???? Zero business singing the lyrics to this song.

As an adult, I've realized most of the music I was listening had waaaaaay too mature themes...

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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