Empowering HR Leaders: Advocating for Change in the Workplace
Empowering HR Leaders: Advocating for Change in the Workplace
Colleen McCreary’s recent LinkedIn post caught my attention. It highlighted a recent quote from Jennifer Aniston where she succinctly captured the essence of a pervasive challenge that many individuals, particularly women, face in the professional world: the struggle to assertively ask for what they want and deserve.
Aniston stated, "There was a time in my world, my career, where I realized it's not being aggressive or combative or bitchy or emotional to stand up for what you deserve and what you want. It's a tough muscle to build. And also be loved and respected. It's hard to achieve."
Leveraging AI in HR: Enhancing Functionality while Embracing Human Expertise
Everywhere you turn these days, there’s an article on how AI is already transforming the way we live and work. I know I’ve been experimenting with it a bit in my own work, utilizing Chat GPT to help me get started on blog posts like this one. I find it’s a great way to get the creative juices flowing, especially when I’m pressed for time or just stuck.
So, this month, I thought that I would see what Chat GPT had to say on this topic.
Reimagining the HR/Leadership Partnership
Whether you are an HR Leader or Business Leader, listen up! I’m on a quest to revolutionize the role of HR. This means that HR needs to be ready and able to assume the strategic partnership role AND business leaders need to engage HR in ways that they may never have thought of before. Think of this as a sort of “open letter” from HR to their organization’s leaders on how they can work better together today.
Boost your Wellbeing by Staying Connected
As an HR leader, you understand the importance of building strong relationships with employees and other stakeholders within your organization. However, it's equally important to cultivate connections outside of your organization on an ongoing basis.
The HR/IT Partnership in Enhancing the Hybrid Work Environment
As the world continues to adapt to the new normal of hybrid work environments, it has become increasingly important for HR teams to partner with IT departments to create worker archetypes that can support employee enablement and increase productivity.
Want to boost your business? Invest in Your HR Leadership
I’ve been there…you’re hesitant to ask for permission to attend that seminar, conference or other professional development opportunity. Why? Well, no one likes to be rejected and let’s face it, HR budgets are tight.
How Are You Connecting in the New Year?
Now that we’re well into the new year, it’s natural to think about all the changes we want to make on this fresh, new, blank slate laid out in front of us. Before you get too caught up in resolutions (if you make them), I’d like to challenge you to think about how you’re connecting with others this year.
The Changing Face of Layoffs Post-Pandemic
In hearing about the layoffs that have impacted technology companies in recent months, I was surprised to learn that many of them notified their employees via email. As someone who has managed my fair share of layoffs over the past 20 years, this approach was a new one to me and I questioned the humanity of it.
The Struggle is Real: The Great Rebranding of HR
Time and time again, I hear from HR leaders that they are expected to do more (and would like to do more) strategic work, but are mired down in the administrative aspects of the role, with limited budgets, lack of resources and leadership support.
ROI of Trust & Vulnerability in the Workplace
One of my colleagues recently raised an interesting question: What is the ROI of trust and vulnerability? Is there one? Or is it just a "nice thing to have"? Here’s my anecdotal thinking from my own personal experience as well as what some of the research shows.
Returning to the Office: Mitigating Your Workplace Violence Risk
How’s the return to the office working out for you? I know many companies are easing back into the workplace and taking a measured approach, which is great, as there are so many variables we need to consider to ensure employee safety.
In addition to the obvious precautions against COVID-19 outbreaks, an even less pleasant aspect that experts agree may be an increasing area of risk is that of workplace violence.
How to Create a Thriving Culture in a Hybrid Work Environment
We know from the research that a thriving team culture results in top performance. It can also create a level of employee “stickiness”, that is instrumental in attracting and retaining the talent we want and driving away those we don’t. As many organizations are returning to the office (at least in part), a big challenge we face as leaders is how to create a thriving culture with an increasingly distributed workforce.
Resist the Workcation
What’s the downside to not ever being able to ever fully disconnect from work? It’s bigger than you might think. Rates of employee burnout have skyrocketed over the past year and there’s no sign of things letting up. Rest is essential for optimal function. Learn some do’s and don’ts to set yourself up for a proper break this summer!
5 Tips to Managing the Transition Back to the Office and Hybrid Work
Now that vaccines are ramping up and more and more businesses are opening their doors, the return to the office has begun. But it won’t be the same as it once was. Most office workers will assume a sort of hybrid working scenario, where they do a mix of working from the office as well as their home or other remote location of choice.
The “remote work doesn’t work” theory was debunked by the pandemic and employees are not so eager to give up their newfound freedom and autonomy remote work provided. Employers are now left with figuring out the right mix that will benefit both the company’s needs as well as the employee’s desires. And that mix really will depend upon the individual employee, their personal circumstances, and the nature of their work.
Building Resilience for You and Your Team
Burnout won’t go away once the pandemic is gone, so we must all learn ways to boost our resilience for the long-run. And for those leaders among us who are used to powering through and rarely, if ever, taking the time to refill our tanks, we need to shift our mindset. We need to recognize these tips as ways of making ourselves a more efficient leader by putting our own wellness first and adopt a “do no harm” mentality towards our team.
Increasing your resilience takes time and intentionality. There are four core components—connection, wellness, healthy thinking, and meaning.
HR Best Practices for New Leader Success
Now that we’ve been working remotely for almost a full year and it seems that we’ll be continuing to do some level of hybrid work going forward, HR leaders have had to adapt so we can continue to move our businesses forward. Performance discussions and promotions continue to part of our normal business cycle. And we continue to fill vacancies with external hires as well. But how is HR adequately preparing new leaders (whether newly promoted, first-time leaders, or new to the organization) to lead their teams?
Reimagining the HR/Leadership Partnership
Whether you are an HR Leader or Business Leader, listen up! I’m on a quest to revolutionize the role of HR. This means that HR needs to be ready and able to assume the strategic partnership role AND business leaders need to engage HR in ways that they may never have thought of before. Think of this as a sort of “open letter” from HR to their organization’s leaders on how they can work better together in 2021 and beyond.
Building Emotional Resilience to Avoid Burnout
There are many factors that affect an individual’s natural propensity for resilience, some we have control over and others we do not. So, with burnout skyrocketing across organizations, how can we build our resilience, specifically our emotional resilience, to prepare for 2021 and the undoubtedly long road ahead?
Must-Have Skills of Successful Managers
I remember when I first moved into a managerial role leading a small team. Making that transition was tough! I was great at getting things done myself, but being responsible for others and trying to get work done through others was a whole new ball game.
Combat Virtual Meeting Madness
Now that many of us have just passed the six-month mark of 100% remote working, we’re all feeling fatigued by the bleeding of our work into our home lives, with little to no transition between the two. Attending back-to-back virtual meetings every day adds to the drain, leaving us feeling exhausted and burnt out. Zoom fatigue is very real!
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