The engagement tools you can leverage:
In your tech stack is there an engagement tool or tools?? There probably should be! Because engagement dropped for the first time in decades in 2020 and continues to decline, with only 32% of employees engaged in 2022. Not surprised! The pandemic was tough for a lot of employees and employers as we learned a…
Read More3 things HR teams are grateful for:
Fun fact: being grateful is consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude is being thankful for things in life, either tangible or intangible. It’s about affirming the goodness in life and acknowledging the sources of goodness outside of yourself. Gratitude can help folks: I list gratitude as one of my 3 core values alongside curiosity and…
Read More🍗 winging it & serving it up
✍🏽 How do you help a business owner see the need for a formal HR program when they’ve gone 40+ years just “winging it”? Context: Trucking industry, 140 drivers (30% company, 70% contractor), 40 full-time staff (not including drivers). Family-owned business second/third generation. For example, no performance reviews, no ombudsman program, just an “open door…
Read MoreThe struggles of performance management:
If you’ve been reading I Hate it Here for a while you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I loathe performance management. 😂 So much so that one of my earliest editions was all about how performance management doesn’t actually assess performance. Despite most People teams knowing that there are issues with performance management,…
Read MoreThe challenges of hiring
If I said hiring is broken, would you disagree? Probably not. We’ve all heard stories from candidates about awful experiences like hiring processes that take weeks to reach a decision to hiring managers who don’t actually know what they want. Been there, experienced that! On the flip side, recruiting teams are dealing with: It’s a…
Read Moresaboteurs and superiors
✍🏽 How deal with a boss who does/tries to sabotage you, has you do their work, and takes credit for your ideas? Do you continue to share your ideas regardless, or should you regress ask for expectations? Context: Associate director reporting to a senior director. Mid size company. Small enough where gossip is prevalent in…
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