Career Crossroads

✍🏽 How, as HR, do you know when it’s the right time to quit? Context: I’m generally frustrated with my organization and the leadership, but I can’t figure out if I can work through the frustration to solve organizational problems, or if it’s just time to leave. Looking for guidance on how others have navigated…

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When HR is the one quitting…

^^I reference this movie and this exact scene at least once a month…  Working in HR from 2020 – now feels like one long fever dream.  When the pandemic started more and more responsibilities were added to HR’s plate. In fact, I can’t name any other department whose responsibility and scope increased the way HR’s…

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What’s my level again?

I hate to state the obvious but if employees don’t currently know where they stand in the grand scheme of growth, then how could they possibly understand where to go next? It’s like taking a road trip without a map, or well, without GPS now.  Something that can be a gamechanger? Having a leveling framework…

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📓driving hr excellence

✍🏽 What are the most effective ways to ensure equitable evaluations take place? Are leader-involved, open discussion calibrations even considered best practice? Context: Performance reviews bring so many mixed feelings and input across the workforce. We all want to encourage an equitable process in determining employees success and growth opportunities. Often, open-leader calibration session are…

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Why is growth at work so confusing?

^^live footage of employees trying to figure out growth, promotions, compensation and all the struggles that come with growing a career in corporate America.  Have you worked somewhere that you constantly questioned: how am I ever going to advance my career here??? And when you asked questions about growth opportunities you left with more questions…

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📓 navigating negativity

✍🏽 How soon is too soon to leave? Context: I’m a new HR professional struggling with the culture and lack of support from my direct managers and upper management. I entered this role with an eager attitude but my manager is an extreme pessimist and I’m having a hard time seeing a path to success.…

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