Soaring to New Heights
Balancing Employee Autonomy and Accountability in Hybrid Work Environments
Hybrid work is here to stay. But with flexibility comes a new challenge for HR and people leaders: how do you empower employees with autonomy—without letting accountability slip through the cracks? The answer isn’t more oversight. It’s smarter systems, clearer...
Mid-Year Performance Check-Ins: A Smarter Approach to Feedback
How HR Can Help Managers Use Mid-Year Reviews to Drive Engagement and Course-Correct Early June is the halfway point of the calendar year—an ideal time to take stock of progress, reset expectations, and re-energize employees around their goals. But too...
Summer Schedules and PTO: Setting Expectations Without Burning Bridges
Summer is peak season for vacations, long weekends, and adjusted schedules. It’s also when workloads can become lopsided, team coordination more difficult, and employee frustrations more common. For HR leaders, this is a chance to get ahead of the chaos...
Signs of Burnout and What HR Can Do About It
Burnout isn’t just about being tired. It’s a deeper form of exhaustion—emotional, physical, and mental—that can leave employees disengaged, withdrawn, and ultimately ready to walk away. And in a world where workloads are high, boundaries are blurry, and downtime is...
The HR Leader’s Role in Mental Health Awareness
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but for HR leaders, supporting employee wellbeing can’t be a once-a-year campaign. Mental health challenges are now one of the leading causes of workplace stress, absenteeism, and turnover—and the way companies respond matters more...
Trusting Your Team: The Key to Better Leadership
When you lead a team, the expectations you set matter more than you might realize. People tend to rise — or fall — to meet the level of trust you show them. If you trust your team and work to...
Understanding the Roles We Play in Conflict
When tensions rise, it’s easy to fall into old patterns without even realizing it. One helpful framework for understanding these patterns comes from transactional analysis, a psychological approach that shows how we often slip into familiar “scripts” when interacting with...
Delegating tasks can feel daunting — not because we don’t want to empower our employees, but because deep down, we worry they might fail. Ironically, holding too tightly to tasks out of fear can create more problems than an honest...
The Power of Mentorship: Uplifting Women in the Workplace 🤝
In today’s workforce, women continue to face unique challenges on the path to leadership. From breaking through the glass ceiling to navigating workplace biases, professional growth can often feel like an uphill battle. One of the most effective ways to...