Raised Funding? Now Raise Leaders.
Proof points? Check. Funding? Nailed it. Development? Underway. Team members led? Errr…maybe??? Before you dive too far into the startup or scaling vortex, consider the importance of raising leaders while you grow your company. Raising leaders with as much vigor and determination as you apply to the rest of your business will pay off as […]
Negotiating Compensation with Confidence & Conviction
We have all heard more than a few times the importance of salary negotiations. Especially for people who typically get paid less in the workplace like women and people of color negotiating salaries is huge. Below are some reminders of good ways to negotiate, without abandoning humility. Practice! As recommended by the Battle Tactics for […]
The One Attribute Leaders Need to Thrive
Recently I participated in a survey last year about the future of leadership. There was only one question: “What is the number one attribute that successful leaders will need to thrive in the next decade?” I thought hard about this and many things came to mind – integrity, perseverance, grit. Each time I started to […]
Career Growth Improves Retention: Here’s Your 5 Step Plan
In the early stages, startups are keenly focused on building a viable product, getting customer feedback, and making payroll. But as soon as you have team tenured team members, they’ll start asking about their career growth – how to gain new skills, get a bigger role, become a manager, etc. Experienced founders will anticipate people’s […]
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 […]
I Thought I Built a Great Culture, What Happened
As an executive coach and HR professional I work with leaders every day who experience wins and losses, sometimes minutes apart. They face failures big and small, and the most confident have learned to reframe those failures as learning – fail fast, fail well – and move on. Stats vary, but current research shows that […]
Seattle HR Collective: What’s Up in the Wake of #MeToo, Part II
There was such high turnout at our first Seattle HR Collective meetup on the subject of #MeToo, that we decided to have #MeToo, Part II to keep the conversation alive. We believe our meetups come alive with the sharing of personal stories and our speaker gave us a heartfelt sharing to solidify our learning together […]
The Words You Choose Matter, Especially When You’re Hiring: When Word Choice Has a Direct Impact on Your Time to Fill
On a day somehow simultaneously rainy and not-rainy, dozens of business professionals scaled 23 floors to attend this month’s Seattle HR Collective MeetUp, hosted by augmented writing platform company Textio in their beautiful space. With a bit of office envy, we learned a ton. The topic: how to write job posts that attract diverse and […]
Seattle HR Collective: One Company’s Approach to Employee Engagement with Rebecca Clements from Moz
At Our fifth Seattle HR Collective MeetUp, where current and aspiring HR professionals come to engage in a conversation with industry leaders who share their secret sauces and network together with the goal of elevating the impact of HR functionality in the Seattle area, we welcomed Rebecca Clements, VP of HR at Moz. Anyone who […]
Seattle HR Collective: Gender Diversity in Leadership and Why it Matters
Guest Author: Seattle HR Collective “We are passionate about helping to build and support strategic and effective HR leaders. We are a startup friendly HR community that provides professional development beyond the basics of HR in the form of training, best practices, guest speakers as well as networking. We want to fill the gap for […]
