Employee Feedback is Uncomfortable — That’s a Good Thing
Developing your people through learning programs is essential, but you’ll need to tie these efforts to broader organizational goals. Tracking learning and development KPIs (key
Tori has spent her career dedicated to growing herself, her teams, and supporting the growth of others around her. During her 10-years in HR, Tori became a trusted HR partner with strengths in process improvements, program management and building trusting relationships cross-functionally. As a true HR generalist, she has experience in HR compliance, total rewards, global mobility, talent management and development, and employee engagement.
Using her HR experience, Tori became employee #3 at GoCoach/SkillCycle, responsible for building and scaling employee coaching programs and leading significant operational changes to influence scalable product growth. Today, Tori drives the learning success and enablement strategies, improving user ability to access the right content and resources that will help them utilize the SkillCycle platform in ways that contribute to their own successes. She is also a coach on the platform and manages SkillCycle’s talented coach community, always advocating for continuous learning and development for all SkillCycle users.
Poor leadership also racks up lost dollars because it damages overall creative thinking, future innovation, diversity and inclusion, and mental health, along with inciting a fear factor about an employee’s next job — the fear that leadership there will be the same. It doesn’t need to be this way.
I think we can all easily agree that the interviewing process can be awkward. We have all likely had at least one bad experience, whether we’re on the candidate or company side. Which is why I feel so many of us can relate to the process, especially if we are interviewing candidates.
Did the pandemic disappear? Has everyone had a test to see if they are asymptomatic? Is there a vaccine I may have missed that is available to everyone right now? The answer is “no” to these questions. And until it is “yes,” then the answer to whether people (who have the ability to work from home) should return to work will also be “no.”
Many leaders worry that if they cannot see their employees working, then they have no way of knowing if they are being productive. We are calling BS on that. Just because we cannot see what people are doing, does not mean we should automatically assume bad intent.
As leaders, we need to ensure that every single one of our employees feels safe coming (or logging) into work. It is not just about hiring diverse candidates — we must also provide a space for everyone to be their true selves and shape the culture in their own unique ways. It is never too late to build a safer, more inclusive workplace.
This isn’t news to anyone, but the world is changing. Now more than ever, people are looking for ways to improve the way they work to have a better impact on their overall lives. Not surprisingly, we’ve seen a rise in remote work as technology has evolved. But right now, it’s mostly innovative and cutting edge companies that support remote work, and it’s not yet become the “new normal.”
Most companies have already invested in technology that supports remote work. The framework and resources are there, and it’s just a matter of learning how to use it to embrace this shift. When we come together to embrace change and re-learn our work habits, we can fundamentally change the relationship that people have with their jobs.
SkillCycle, formerly GoCoach, is excited to welcome Terry Pauzer as our new strategic HR Advisor and Elise James-DeCruise as our new Learning and D&I Advisor. Welcome!
Our CEO and Co-Founder, Kristy McCann Flynn shares her tip on how to move past the early stages of founding a company, as seen on Technical.ly.
