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

• June 1, 2021
  Ten Minute Talk
  By: Melissa Sims
  Join Melissa Sims, from Philly SHRM’s Thought Leadership team, as she speaks with Daphne Curtin, Director of People for a global ecommerce company, on the topic of organizational effectiveness.

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• June 1, 2021
  Leading Through a Pandemic: A CHRO Panel Discussion
  By Brooklyn EspositoWhat is the most important role HR plays in a business? Keynote presentation, “Leading Through a Pandemic: A CHRO Panel Discussion,” hosted at Philly SHRM’s 2021 Annual Symposium, fashioned that very question with provoking answers that revitalize our collective understanding of HR’s significance.   View more…
• June 1, 2021
  Rethink and Reinvent Diversity and Inclusion Edition
  By Mary Chan
  Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) have been buzzwords for several years, but in the most recent months, the pressure for social and racial equality has intensified, as did with diversity and inclusion in the workplace. In response to the pressures, many companies have publicly promised to create a diversified and inclusive work environment. Recruiters across many disciplines of businesses have been instructed and challenged with seeking diverse candidates for open positions. Increasing the minority headcount to satisfy the Affirmative Action Plan is not enough to make an impact. There is more to diversity than race, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, and disability. And where does inclusion fit in? How does it impact the organization? And one equally important question: Does inclusion in an organization mean acceptance or tolerance? View more…
• June 1, 2021
  Traumatic Stress in the Workplace: Leading Post-Pandemic Growth and Beyond
  By Katie Calabrese
  I had the privilege of attending this engaging and educational session on the second day of the 2021 Symposium. Led by Dr. Debra Lindh, renowned trauma specialist, attendees learned about the concepts of stress and trauma, as well as how to address them in the workplace.View more…