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Don’t Sweat Summer Staffing: 7 Challenges HR Can Help Solve

July 14, 2026 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

Summer brings a welcome change of pace. Longer days, sunny skies, and a bit more flexibility give everyone a morale boost. But as HR professionals, we know that what feels like freedom to the team can very quickly turn into friction when it comes to keeping things moving for a business. Summer staffing gets complicated, […]

Filed Under: HR Strategies Tagged With: burnout, chro, compassionate leadership, culture, employee benefits, employee relations, employee retention, employee training, fractional hr, leadership development, managing employees, mental health, productivity, staffing, workforce planning

Time for a Strategic Goal Makeover: Continue, Do More, Start, Stop

January 15, 2025 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

Business Goal-Setting Framework: Continue, Do More, Start, Stop

It’s that time of year when New Year’s resolutions start to fade — but your business goals don’t have to follow suit. Now’s the perfect moment to reassess and refocus. And if this all feels like déjà vu, it might be time to try a fresh approach: Continue, Do More, Start, Stop. Over the past […]

Filed Under: HR Strategies Tagged With: career development, covid-19, fractional hr, leadership development, personal development, productivity, professional growth, professionalism, small business, workforce planning

The Stress of Scaling: How a fractional HR person can solve problems and streamline growth

July 1, 2024 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

Understanding and navigating the HR needs of your business can be challenging, especially for growing companies and new startups. There is a varied list of roles and responsibilities that a company’s HR team or a fractional HR person must be able to handle, from navigating complex, constantly-changing labor regulations to designing effective workplace policies to […]

Filed Under: HR Stories Tagged With: chro, employee relations, fmla, fractional hr, hiring employees, labor laws, managing employees, small business, workforce planning

5 years as a Fractional CHRO: 5 lessons we’ve learned about the mental health of employees

May 21, 2024 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

June marks an exciting milestone for Flynn Barrett Consulting as we celebrate five amazing years of providing strategic HR consulting services. Before we get there, however, we wanted to call attention to Mental Health Awareness Month during May. We have long been advocates for raising awareness about emotional and psychological well-being, and we feel a […]

Filed Under: HR Strategies Tagged With: burnout, chro, compassionate leadership, diversity, fractional hr, mental health, productivity, wellness, workplace conflict

The HR Fixer: We Clean Up People Problems

April 23, 2024 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

Dealing with people problems is a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it. Human resources professionals are often the unsung heroes of the workplace, especially when a company doesn’t prioritize efforts to recognize and thwart challenging behavior early on. These dedicated individuals work tirelessly behind the scenes to skillfully manage everything from minor inconveniences to […]

Filed Under: HR Stories Tagged With: chro, diversity, employee relations, employee training, fractional hr, labor laws, managing employees, workplace conflict

A day in the life of a fractional HR consultant: 4 ways we spend our days

June 12, 2023 by Kerry Flynn Barrett

At Flynn Barrett Consulting, we offer Fractional HR consulting services to provide both upper-level strategic vision as well as practical, operational expertise. A Fractional HR consultant is a flexible, cost-effective alternative to the traditional team or department model. With a Fractional HR consultant, companies can save money by accessing C-suite level expertise on an as […]

Filed Under: HR Strategies Tagged With: culture, employee relations, employee retention, fractional hr, leadership development, managing employees, workforce planning

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