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!

If you are anything like me, you tend to gloss over your accomplishments and move right into “goal setting mode” every new year.Before you move into "goal setting mode" for 2021, consider these small, but impactful ways to celebrate your accomplishments and to recognize the accomplishments of your employees:

There are two types of micromanagers out there: 1) Leaders who feel good about micromanaging and actually like to exercise control over others. Or, 2) Leaders who have developed a micromanagement style due to some factors within their control and some factors outside of their control, such as a distrustful work environment where they are not supported or trusted by their own leadership. This article is about helping those leaders who fall under #2.

A good personality assessment, along with a high-impact facilitated discussion, is my favorite team building activity of all time. Read this for strategies on how to effectively team-build using personality assessments. Plus, I include a list of my favorite, low-cost assessments