As we head into the busy fall season, prioritizing wellbeing and preventing burnout is key. Check out this blog post for actionable strategies to boost workplace wellbeing. Plus, discover specific strategies for leadership burnout prevention and wellness!

Employers often ask how they can help employees prevent burnout, manage stress, and prioritize wellness. My go-to recommendation is implementing an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).Learn more about the benefits and myths of EAPs in this article.

Discover essential resources and tools for taking breaks, automating tasks, and conserving energy to be your best at work. Plus, stay informed on important HR topics, including 2024 pay projections, the new exempt salary threshold, and more.

What Nonprofits Need to Know About the New Overtime Rules. Join this important workshop to learn more about how nonprofit leaders can ensure compliance with the new rules and other ways to prepare. Presented by INA Business Ally Skye Mercer of Skye HR Consulting, LLC. Register here: www.iowanonprofitalliance.org/events

The federal government has been busy! Here are 4 recent HR compliance updates for employers to be aware of, including new overtime regulations, the FTC’s prohibition of most new non-compete agreements, the EEOC’s newly released regulations on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and the EEOC’s new guidance on harassment in the workplace.

Join Skye Mercer, HR Consultant for “How to Build an Equitable, Transparent Pay System,” an online HR and leadership training on April 16, 2024 (recording to follow). You receive 90 minutes of training, step-by-step guidance on how to build a pay system, a template pay policy, and a pay equity/pay transparency checklist.

What’s AI Got to Do with HR? And why your employee handbook needs an AI policy. Read this blog post for ways AI can help you save time with HR administrative tasks and what to include in your employee handbook AI policy.

Are you ready to update your employee handbook? A lot happened in the legislative world this past year prompting a need for employers to update their handbooks. Here is a checklist of important updates to be sure to include in your 2024 handbook update.

It was an honor to be invited to speak at Disrupt HR! Watch this video for strategies on how to set people leaders up for success.

Three (3) Important HR Compliance Updates for 2023. Read this for details on the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act, and the recent National Labor Relations Board ruling on employee severance agreements.

Does your employee handbook need updating? You’ve come to the right place. Here is a handbook update checklist, including key updates needed for compliance and employee engagement. Read this for tips on how to create a handbook employees will want to read!

What is your 2023 People Strategy? What I mean by "people strategy" is what are your HR and Organizational Culture goals and plans to increase employee engagement and retention in 2023? Creating your People Strategy may seem like a daunting endeavor. To support you in your efforts, here are the succinct steps to take to build your 2023 People Strategy. These strategies can be applied at the organization level, department level, or even if you supervisor just one employee or if you supervise volunteers.

Creating systems for feedback (aka systemic feedback, continuous feedback, feedback loops, etc.) is a great way to make feedback with and among your team more frequent, effective, and comfortable! There is often discomfort that comes along with giving and receiving feedback, especially without having a lot of practice. Systemic feedback helps teams build trust, stay engaged, and work better together.

Watch this episode of The Nonprofit Show about "Creating Community in the Workplace." In this video, you’ll learn more about: Differences between teams that operate as a family vs. as a community; the best way to ask for employee feedback during the great reshuffle (aka the great resignation); and, 3 key priorities for retaining employees in this economy.

Not only is celebrating your personal accomplishments important, but celebrating yours and your team’s accomplishments together is a great way to team-build. Here are 5 teambuilding activities to help you and your employees start 2022 with positivity and purpose!

In the spirit of offering practical HR and leadership resources, in this blog post, I talk about solutions to 3 common workplace holiday challenges, including.... 1) How to navigate increased holiday stress in the workplace, 2) How to make your workplace holiday party COVID-safe, 3) How to be more inclusive at work during the holidays.

Free Download: Your year-end HR Checklist. Annual Checklist for HR Compliance, Payroll, Benefits, and more…Useful for anyone who performs HR duties!

Have you received negative feedback recently that you're not sure how to handle? Read this blog post to receive: Guidance for avoiding getting defensive (hat tip: Radical Candor); helpful tools for processing negative feedback; and resources to improve skills in giving and receiving feedback.

Hiring a remote, out-of-state employee is a great way to fill a recruitment need….and….it is also a tricky, complex process. The good news is that if you answer these 5 questions prior to hiring a remote, out-of-state employee, you’ll be in much better shape from both a compliance perspective as well as the employee’s onboarding experience (which is key to employee retention!)

Would you agree that employee performance management is arguably the toughest part about being a leader? Hands down, the best tool I've found for increasing employee engagement and success is the "Performance Check-In." Read more here for: What to say in a performance check-in, the #1 way to make check-ins more effective, and tips for remote employee performance check-ins.