“Ask Us Anything” episodes are some of the most fun to make, so we knew we had to include one in our Future of HR miniseries. In the spirit of a well-meaning (but often toothless) HR feedback box, all the questions are anonymous.

On today’s episode, Rodney and Sam look at what arrived in our mailbag and try to solve listener questions. But did they beat the Brave New Work record of answering more than four questions in a single episode? You’ll have to tune in to find out.

Some of today’s questions include:

• Will Mission-Based Teams make Platform Teams feel “less than”?
• How do I make HR my career without any formal training?
• How can we change our HR department’s perception within our own company?
• How do I identify a toxic boss or workplace during interviews?
• Will Agile HR ever be a thing?!?

Mentioned references:

• Liberty Belle, from Glow
• Tobias Fünke, from Arrested Development
• Ron Swanson, from Parks and Rec
• "Jets and the Sharks": Westside Story
• "Contracting episode" : FoHR Miniseries, Episode 3
• Jason Beck, PhD, Partner at The Ready

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Have a burning HR question for Rodney and Sam to answer? Email us at fohr@theready.com.

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00:00 Intro + Check-In: What is a favorite Halloween costume of yours from the past?

03:21 Question 1 - How do you get Finance and Strategy teams to collaborate in Level 4?

07:17 Question 2 - How does HR engage with higher FoHR levels without making Platform Teams feel “less than”? How do you plan budgets for this?

13:53 Question 3 - How can we change the current perception of HR within an organization?

16:22 Question 4 - How can I sell the value of creating more transparency and inviting more non-management team members to participate in this?

21:45 Question 5 - How do you get a leadership team to truly work together if their remits are very different?

26:43 Question 6 - We’re having trouble identifying our shared work, often popping in and out of silos. Can you help us get unstuck?

30:53 Question 7 - How do you enable collaboration and drive accountability in a fast-paced matrix company?

33:47 Question 8 - We have a traditional HR team with defensive processes. How can we start to shift that into a service mindset? Will Agile HR ever be a thing?

37:55 Question 9 - I have lots of experience in operational leadership and company culture roles, but no formal training. What should I do if I want to make this my career?

41:39 Question 10 - I’m working in a toxic work environment with a bad manager and I didn’t see this during my interview. What questions should I ask in future interviews to uncover this?

46:27 Wrap Up: Share this episode with your HR friends!