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Leading with Compassion: The Key to Building a Loyal Team

April 7, 2025 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

Every so often, something happens in your career that you instantly know will stay with you forever. As someone who coaches leading with compassion as a core principle, you experience one of those rare experiences that doesn’t just mark your professional identity; it validates who you are and quietly reveals the kind of leader you’ve become. One […]

Filed Under: HR Stories Tagged With: burnout, chro, compassionate leadership, culture, emotional intelligence, employee relations, employee retention, labor laws, managing employees, mental health, personal development, productivity, professional growth, small business, wellness

HR Ethics: How to Protect Our People When Policy Puts Them at Risk

March 5, 2025 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

In the early stages of this new administration, we’ve seen a major shift in the HR world—with policies that are changing some fundamental human rights beliefs no matter where your party affiliation falls. We have to acknowledge the reality: politics has entered the HR conversation in a way that we have never seen before. As Fractional […]

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: compassionate leadership, covid-19, culture, dei, diversity, employee benefits, employee relations, fmla, labor laws, politics, small business, workplace conflict

Leadership Through Support: Unifying a Divided Workforce

December 4, 2024 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

We’ve officially entered the holiday season! Hopefully, you made it through Thanksgiving without the dinner table doubling as a political roundtable. But as we turn our attention to the new year, most agree that those political differences are here to stay. So, how are we supposed to keep the peace in a divided workforce? The […]

Filed Under: HR Strategies Tagged With: compassionate leadership, culture, diversity, employee relations, labor laws, managing employees, politics, workplace conflict

Taking off the mask: Embracing authenticity is scary but essential

October 30, 2024 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

For many, Halloween is an excuse to show off their creativity, to revisit childhood for a day, or to just wear a costume for the fun of it. Others use Halloween to reveal hidden parts of their subverted personalities — a dark side, a playful side, or a version of themselves that others rarely see. […]

Filed Under: HR Strategies Tagged With: compassionate leadership, culture, diversity, employee feedback, employee relations, leadership development, managing employees, politics

HR is Broken: DEI’s been axed… and that’s just the beginning

September 3, 2024 by Nathaniel Kruska

I hate to break it to you, but HR is typically one of the least popular departments in any large organization. Many employees think HR is broken, who see it as an overly bureaucratic source of unnecessary rules and paperwork. HR is also viewed as the gatekeeper of benefits and as the corporate grim reaper […]

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: compassionate leadership, culture, dei, diversity, employee benefits, employee retention, layoffs, workforce planning

The New ‘Office Politics’: Effectively Managing Political Conversations in the Workplace

July 29, 2024 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

In today’s climate, political tensions are at an all-time high, permeating every aspect of society, including the workplace. For many organizations, particularly those connected to public policy or social issues, or those with an especially diverse workforce, the political landscape can have a significant impact on various aspects of their business. Public-facing businesses like restaurants […]

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: compassionate leadership, culture, diversity, employee training, managing employees, mediation, politics, professionalism, workplace conflict

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