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“There’s a lot of blame going around. Rumors, gossip, people are on their guard.  So this kind of hidden anger and passive aggressiveness that I have seen, [what’s] always an eye-opener with clients is how many people need to be CC’d on any given email. So the more people that are CC’d in anything gives…

“So the nerdy neuroscience about the brain is that your brain can’t distinguish between a real-time event or if you visualized it.  But when you when you walk yourself mentally, emotionally, visually through those things, and you just see yourself doing them and being successful, that’s the really key piece.” Roger Kitchen, Mental Skills Coach…

“What I see is that we’re no longer working from home. We’re living at work. And so how do we help employees work differently?” Maribeth Bearfield, Chief Human Resources Officer, Bright Horizons   We’re Only Human — Episode 114   In the last year, employers have struggled with how to support workers in a rapidly…

“If this week a leader acknowledges [employee feedback], next week, the person is eight times more likely to participate again than if the leader said nothing the week before.”  Ruby Kolesky, Co-CEO and Head of Product, Joyous We’re Only Human — Episode 113   What’s your stance on employee feedback and anonymity? In today’s conversation…

My preference in work was not towards optimizing machinery, but helping optimize work processes for people. Tim Gardner, Former Organizational Development Consultant at Kimberly-Clark (retired)   We’re Only Human — Episode 112   If you’re an introvert in HR, you’re not alone. Recently I shared a piece on LinkedIn about introverts in HR and the…

One of the most difficult things about running your own business is knowing when it is time to hire employees and how to do so. If your business has until now been carried out solely by yourself or a pair/group of cofounders, making the jump from “self-employed” to “employer” can feel daunting. Here is everything…