It looks like you're new to Safe Space. If you haven't yet, make sure to sign up for our New Member Meetup. It’s the best way to find your people, say hello, and get the support you need right from the start.

Sup haters,

So many of you loved that option last week, I thought I’d bring it back for a min. 

And to be clear: I believe there is nothing negative about being a hater!!

Anyhoo, onto today’s special edition - the luck of HR!!! After all, tomorrow is St. Patty’s Day, I thought I'd bring some of the fun into the newsletter. 

Other fun things: 

🎧 The I Hate it Here pod: it’s the szn finale!! And I went out with a bangggg. I dug into engagement and what’s real and what’s not with Anne Maltese. It’s time we start measuring the things that actually matter… 

📺 ITS MY FAVE TIME OF THE YEAR - MARCH MADNESS. And keeping on theme with madness… this dang hiring market. This month’s HR Therapy is dedicated to getting you through these wild times with the no B.S. hiring playbook. I got together some of my biggest truth tellers Jessica Winder, Stacey Nordwall and Kathryn Victory join me to talk about what you need to know to hire in these times. 

☕ NEXT WEEEEK I descend upon Vegas and the annual coffee meetup is back for it’s 4th (!!!!!!!) year at Transform. It’s a pre-conference coffee and a chat to meet some new friends to attend sessions with. It’s open to all!! So plz swing through. 

🎉 I’m cohosting a Happy Hour at Transform! Spots are limited but the waitlist is officially open!!! If you want to grab a spot, def get on that waitlist. 

✨ Don't forget: You can always vent, celebrate a win, or find support in Safe Space

✨ Don't forget: You can always vent, celebrate a win, or find support in Safe Space

Was this email forwarded to you?

SPECIAL EDITION

This is a story about a girl named Lucky. 

Wait, no it’s a story about an HR team named Lucky. 

Honestly, this is a newsletter about HR and the lucky moments we sometimes experience. 

We're back baby!! 

Vol. 2 of lucky moments in HR because last year’s edition wasn't enough and honestly? We have so much more luck to discuss…

But before we get into it all, a quick note on how I’m using “lucky” here. 

I’m joking about lucky moments here but we in HR know that most of what looks like luck, it's actually years of building relationships, paying attention, and doing the unglamorous work that nobody sees. 

The trust you built with that hiring manager. The notes you kept on that employee. The follow up messages you continue to send. The training you ran for the fifth time hoping something would stick. The documentation you wrote and tirelessly reviewed.  ALL THE THINGS. 

So just know, I know you’re putting in work behind the scenes when it comes to some of these lucky moments below and I’m not trying to make light of your incredible hard work. ❤️

🍀 Happy early St. Patrick's Day, let’s have some fun.🍀

Have you ever gone HARD for a candidate, like, advocated to the max to hire someone? I sure have!!! And let me tell ya, it's not the easiest situation at times.

Maybe you saw something, a quality, an energy, a vibe, that just screamed "this person will thrive here."

Buttttt not everyone was convinced. There were questions. There were doubts. And there may have been a very long debrief.

Then the new hire start. 

And they are INCREDIBLE, adding value day one. People are obsessed. Suddenly everyone remembers that they "always had a good feeling about them."

Sure ya did.

What felt lucky to everyone else, is just you being so freakin’ good at spotting talent. 

You're not even mad though because you're too busy thinking about your next discovery. Who's next? Who's out there waiting to be found? You're basically a talent scout now. You're ready to find the next Britney. 🎤

There's no better feeling than when you flag something and BAM it happens.

Sometimes we see things that no one else sees. It's basically HR's superpower. So when we raise our concerns and they're not taken seriously it makes me infuriated.

But I'd rather raise my concerns and document the plan just in case, rather than stay silent and not try to get ahead of things.

Nobody wants to lose a good employee. 

🔮 But there is something deeply validating about predicting what is coming…

Was it luck? Maybe.

Or maybe we're just really, really good at this.

Hard conversations are… hard. (I know, groundbreaking.) 

As HR we spend a lotttttt of time coaching managers to have them, living in fear of how they'll go, and then bracing for the potential fallout. 

So when a manager delivers difficult feedback AND the employee actually receives it, sits with it, and comes back better?

That feels like pure magic!!!!! 

No escalation. No he said, she said. Just two humans communicating like adults. 

🍀 Was it the coaching? Was it the timing? Was it luck? Honestly, maybe all three.🍀

Next week, I’m diving into the mindset shift of NEW. 

All quarter I’ve been writing about new ideas, new processes, new, new, new. 

But new things can be a lot to manage…so next week we’re going on a mindset deep dive. 

So you can tackle newer things easier in the future.

(HUMAN) RESOURCES

• Meta planning layoffs because their AI costs are skyrocketing
• Switching jobs might not give you the pay bump you thought anymore
• Labor market impacts of AI 

• Giftly makes employee gifting ridiculously simple*

• Blizzards and heatwaves in the same week? 

*This one is brought to you by one of my amazing brand partners

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

• 📚 What I’m reading: Evil Genius by Claire Oshetsky I was hooked from just reading the description but the cover is also chef kiss perfection. 
• 📺 What I’m watching: Southern Hospitality. Listen I loooove reality TV. Think what you want but reality tv is a study in human behavior and therefore I AM HOOKED to southern hospitality. I’m conquering bravo shows one day at a time. 
• 📱 What I’m hitting up the group text with: Advice on conference wear. Idk if it's the fact that I haven’t been in an office full time since 2020 but sometimes I get sooo much stress about dressing for the outside world. Next week is Transform and I've already been preparing to be in REAL clothes for multiple days in a row. 

SONG OF THE WEEK

I was obsesssssed with this song the first time I heard it and it makes sense because it’s co-written AND produced by one of my faves - Rostam. 

It’s folksy and haunting and I won’t judge you if it’s the only song you listen to today. <3

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. 

Join 9,787 other HR and People leaders in Safe Space

The conversation doesn't have to stop here
Keep learning and connecting in Safe Space

EVENTS  |  FEED  |  LIBRARY  |  DIRECTORY

Get your brand in front of 167,000+ HR and people operations leaders.

Workweek Media Inc. 
1023 Springdale Road, STE 9E
Austin, TX 78721

Want to ruin my day? Unsubscribe.