Thought Leadership Articles: 2021 / 2022
“Dear Helga” on Tougher issues faced by HR practitioners
By: Katie Calabrese
Michael Cohen, Partner, Duane Morris LLP, led the 2022 Philly SHRM Symposium’s fictional HR advice columnist session “Dear Helga.” This session was once again an educational yet lighthearted look at some of the tougher issues faced by HR practitioners. The session covered three main topics. READ MORE
Beyond Performance Reviews: How to Have Coaching Conversations on the Hard Stuff
By: Katie Calabrese
Sarah Noll Wilson, Executive Leadership Coach and Author of “Don’t Feed the Elephants!”, led a 2022 Philly SHRM Symposium session on difficult conversations providing a great discussion of how to maximize the impact of coaching sessions. Wilson started by walking through some hard-to-swallow truths about delivering feedback to others. READ MORE
Trust: The Key to Attracting and Retaining Talent
Part 1: What is Trust?
By: Emily Anthony
This year, employees are leaving workplaces in masse (if you haven’t heard of “The Great Resignation” yet, where have you been), baby boomers are retiring faster than previously thought, and we’re still not completely out of the global pandemic. Organizations are scrambling this year and struggling to find and retain key talent, and the employees that remain are burnt out and doing the work of several employees. It feels like a ticking time bomb, just waiting for it to go off. We’re all trying to seek the magic formula for retention – is it more pay? Well, yes, but that’s not the full picture. Is it more employee recognition? Benefits, paid time off? Perks?… READ MORE
Trust: The Key to Attracting and Retaining Talent.
Part 2: Designing a Trustworthy Recruitment Process
By: Emily Anthony
W. Edwards Deming, in his book, Out of the Crisis, estimated that 94% of organization troubles and opportunities for improvement lie within the systems themselves. So, how do you design a recruiting system that fosters a sense of trust from beginning to end?… READ MORE
A New Era – The Future Workplace
By: Mary Chan
The Covid-19 pandemic has posed several challenges within the workplace. Most of these challenges revolve around flexible and hybrid workspaces and has created the “Great Resignation” era. As we enter the precipice of 2022, if we do not adapt the path ahead will be grim. In times like this, agility is important for companies to be sustainable for the future. Now is the perfect time to seek opportunities during this rapid evolution. This is the time to build a foundation for the future workspace to adapt to shifting workspace paradigms. The most important core value is reassessment and strategizing for this new era, and how we create value for our organization during this opportune time… READ MORE