Are you ready for 2025? As we enter the new year, the workplace continues to evolve rapidly. Here are 5 key HR and leadership focus areas that will significantly impact workplaces in the coming year.

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.

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.

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…

I’m often asked by employers… "What can we do to help our employees.......prevent burnout...manage stress...prioritize wellness?” Here's what I recommend.

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.