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.

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.

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.

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.

Has the "great resignation" impacted your organization? If not yet then, are you bracing for it? Read this to learn more about: Why employees are leaving, what to ask employees in a "stay interview," and much more. May you retain your best employees in 2021 and beyond!

Building an engaged team, especially during times of uncertainty, takes focus. As a leader and small business owner, it takes the ability to set goals, leverage support from experts, and take consistent action. Read this for concrete actions you can take as a leader to build an engaged team, even in times of uncertainty.

Need help creating your compliant Hybrid/Remote Work Policy? Download the Free E-Guide to receive a checklist of the compliance issues your Hybrid/Remote Work needs to cover. Download your free E-Guide to receive: A checklist of what to include in your compliant policy, sample policy verbiage you can use for your policy, best practices, and more…

Who is responsible for setting boundaries at work? As we continue into this world of working remotely and hybrid work (working remotely some of the time + working from the office some of the time), boundaries are more important than ever. Read this for who is responsible for setting boundaries and how to set boundaries to increase employee retention.

Were you in a leadership position back in 2008? If so, you likely remember what it was like during the "great recession." And, you may also remember how challenging it was to recruit and retain quality employees after the economy started to improve. We are facing similar circumstances now as we emerge from the pandemic. Don’t lose your employees to the upcoming “turnover tsunami.” Prevent employee turnover through these 5 HR strategies.

Do any of these leadership mistakes sound familiar to you? They do to me! Delivering difficult performance feedback is a skill. And like any skill it takes time to develop. It also takes ongoing training and practice. As a leader, I've made all 3 of these mistakes when delivering difficult performance feedback to an employee. What was the cost? Broken trust with my employee and increased risk to my company.

Do you struggle with giving your employees difficult performance feedback? Are you uncertain of what to do or say when an employee has a performance issue? You are not alone! This interactive (not boring) leadership webinar will give you the roadmap and tools you need to feel more confident and effective during difficult employee performance discussions.

Are you looking for ways to build more employee engagement and connection while working from home? Check out this blog post for one effective way to start building a less lonely and more productive remote workplace culture.