Five Things Great Coaches Have in Common
Quick — who’s been a favorite coach in your life? Whether it’s a sports coach from your youth or a career mentor, chances are there’s been someone who shared their skills and encouragement to help you grow. One of my favorite coaches is Mala Singh, who I first met when I worked for her at […]
What HR Needs To Do in the Wake of #MeToo
Reposted from Seattle Business Magazine Good news: more women are reporting workplace harassment, and the press is paying attention. The bad news is most women, such as those at Nike, must advocate for themselves. A 2017 Harris poll found that just 20 percent of women surveyed thought their company would support them if they spoke […]
How To Manage Your Unmanageable Workload: 5 Easy Tips
How many hours are you working on a workday? How many days during the week are you working? What about those who help run your business, do you know how many hours and days they are working? If you don’t know the answers to these questions, you should find out. Work is good, but you […]
5 Ways to Give Your Team an Energy Boost
As we power through our day-to-day work, we can sometimes lose steam in the monotony or intensity of tasks. Even when teams are succeeding, it’s nice to reward people with a little something extra. As leaders, it’s important to remember to recognize our teams, not only for their productivity, but also to keep them engaged […]
Hard Conversations: When to Have Them, Why It’s So Hard, and How to Prepare
Unless you employ a team of robots, it’s only natural that sometimes there’s conflict in your workplace. That conflict can only be resolved by conducting difficult conversations, sometimes one-on-one, other times with an entire group or between groups. While you can’t avoid hard conversations, there are ways to minimize the pain by being more thoughtful […]
Seattle HR Collective: Shannon Anderson of Madrona Talks Goals for Talent Strategy and Moving Beyond Order Taking
The energy was buzzing at the last Seattle HR Collective MeetUp, the fourth in a series of monthly meetups featuring top Seattle area HR leaders. The meetups have a goal of elevating the status and impact of the Recruiting and Human Resources in the Seattle area. Word must be spreading because the turnout last […]
Diversity Best Practices: How to Bring Diversity and Inclusion to Your Organization
In today’s world, more and more companies are embracing diversity and inclusion to strengthen their teams, their culture and their bottom line. Earlier this year, Forbes cited a report providing evidence that diverse teams produce greater profitability. So, if you’re an HR professional at an organization that wants to increase inclusion, where do you start? […]
When should you Invest in Management & Leadership Training?
Like a beloved schoolteacher, the memory of a great boss can stay with you for a lifetime. The way they motivated you, brought out the best of your talent and helped you reach your greatest potential. Alternately, you’ll never forget the leader who prevented you from reaching your professional goals. Whether they lacked coaching skills […]
Five Tips for Hiring Your Next HR Leader
When I first launched Reverb, I could not have imagined the success that we’ve had so far. I’m truly grateful for the rapid growth of the business, and for the team that sustains us. Credit goes to my network of friends and colleagues for helping me kick-start the company by hiring HR leaders that I’m […]
Our Clients Hate HR, and That’s OK
When I talk so business leaders – CEOs, COOs and CFOs – they often tell me they hate HR. Or disdain, or despise, and never plan to hire an HR person. We’ve come to recognize that these are the perfect clients for us. That might sound strange, given I’m an HR consultant with HR in […]
