The HR Hub

How do you go about managing organizational culture?  It is a nebulous  concept, hard to measure and difficult to change, but Lorne Rubis,  culture guru, has insight to share.     You should be intentional about your culture and put some thought and  resources into ensuring it helps your organization achieve its goals.   But how?  Lorne has some specific advice for that too i.e. where to  start in achieving a thriving culture!     HR also controls many of the levers that help us create a thriving culture or  prevent one from developing.  Listen here! https://lornerubis.com/  https://belongify.com/  The ten elements listed (and the course):  https://lornerubis.com/course

In this video we talk about equity, diversity and inclusion in the  workplace with an HR lens.  Sometimes HR is tasked with this - but is  that the right approach?  Marcie Hawranik of Canadian Equality  Consulting says HR plays a critical role and can help get it set up  right including ensuring leadership from the top and accountability -  but then make sure that the organization knows and accepts that it's  their responsibility as well. Canadian Equality Consulting: https://canadianequality.ca/  (Ex)clusion Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ex-clusion/id1468598869

Are you in HR and interested in supporting or building a safety culture  at work?  This video shares tips for HR from someone who has won awards  for safety transformation.   Culture is critical to safety success so Paula Bernat and I talk about  this quite a bit.  We also discuss roles, joint occupational health and  safety committees and barriers to safety success. While HR professionals  are sometimes intimidated by safety, we can and should play a role.

Do you have questions about HR consulting?  What are the HR needs of  small businesses?   Vered Levant of Vimy HR is an HR consultant to small business in  Calgary, Alberta and she shares her insights into this work.  We talked  about clarifying what the business wants and what might be more impactful, managing the relationship and how people typically become  consultants. https://www.vimyhr.com/

Automating recruitment? It's something you're thinking about or you have  done a little... but what else could you do?  There is lots of insight  and details in this episode around automating sourcing, scheduling  interviews, ATS, making more of your HRIS, ditching your HRIS (at least  for recruitment), reference checks and more! Find Serge on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/serge-boudreau-861b267/  The Recruitment Flex:  https://www.therecruitmentflex.com/podcast

So you need to write an employee manual.  Or maybe you want to improve  the one you have.  I talk to Beverly Somers who writes manuals for her  clients. Manuals, while not that exciting, are a fundamental piece in  the employee experience.  They create consistency and fairness which  creates trust and allows employees to focus on their work. Bev Somers, Principal Consultant, SMART Human Resource Solutions Inc. http://www.smarthrsolutions.ca/

Workplace investigations can be tricky and intimidating to manage.  You  have to gather evidence, do it quickly, be mindful of the things you  CANNOT ask, consider the balance of evidence, AND remain unbiased during  the process.  Then, conceptually, we may want to take a less confrontational approach -  but, whatever we do, it must be done consistently.  It seems like a lot, but Alexandra Montanaro a seasoned labour relations professional, has advice for us.

What is HR's role during crisis?  COVID has been a crisis for almost  everyone - so what should HR be doing at a time like this?    It may depend on the type of crisis; however I talked to Shondee Nye  about her experience as HR Director for a medium-sized company during  COVID-19.  She emphasized internal communication, planning, and  protecting employees.  These are priorities that may apply across most  crises.  We also discuss the importance of making it seem easy and projecting confidence and what she thinks about the future of remote work.

Does your organization and HR department REALLY want the best candidates  or is it just words?    SHOULD recruitment and selection be in human  resource management at all???   HR tends to be put junior people in recruitment who don't like it and leave as soon as possible.  So recruiters aren't developing the skillsets they really need to be effective recruiters.  Their most  important role is to connect with potential candidates and work with  hiring managers to understand the organization.   Too often HR doesn't provide the budget that good recruitment needs.   AND, as Serge Boudreau says, good recruiters should act more like sales  and marketing people than your typical HR person.   There's a lot to learn from Serge's perspective on recruitment  that challenges our preconceived notions of recruitment's place in  organizations.  Many HR departments can certainly do better. Find Serge on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/serge-boudreau-861b267/  The Recruitment Flex:  https://www.therecruitmentflex.com/podcast

Are you thinking about designing an onboarding process for your company?   Or you are revamping your orientation program?  I talk to Bev Somers  who consults to small business about the onboarding she designs for clients.   Most importantly what are we striving for in an onboarding process?  Bev  looks for opportunities to WOW new employees and make sure they feel   like moving to the organization was the right thing to do. Bev Somers, Principal Consultant, SMART Human Resource Solutions Inc. http://www.smarthrsolutions.ca/