Burn down HR? Say it ain’t so! Jessica Winder, Senior VP of People at Refine Labs, thinks traditional HR is cruising for a bruising. She has found tremendous success by turning the world of people ops on its head.
Cut the b.s. and treat professionals like adults!
If HR feels a bit like the Wicked Witch of the West peering over your shoulder, you’re not alone. While traditional HR is focused on compliance and risk aversion, modern day people ops should spend their time and energy improving the employee experience and setting the team up for success.
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Jessica on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/refinelabsjessica/
Jessica’s website: https://www.hiddengemcareercoaching.com/
The Refine Labs culture playbook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/refinelabsjessica/overlay/1635492068682/single-media-viewer/?profileId=ACoAAAyNGFUBsPSUrYTlRaiEN7ziBg0AjIrOxmI
Time Stamps of the Episode
0:45- 1:48 (Why traditional HR should “burn, baby burn.”)
1:50-3:50 (A look into Jessica Winder’s background and how that ties in with her outlook.)
3:53-4:49 (Pushback Jessica’s received on modernizing people ops.)
5:01-7:27 (The moment Jessica realized things needed to change in HR.)
7:28-9:52 (Turning an employee handbook to a culture playbook.)
9:53-12:12 (Advantages of cutting the b.s. and treating professionals like adults.)
12:14-13:34 (The importance of having and being a mentor.)
13:35-15:28 (Jessica Winder explains what annoys her most about HR.)
15:30-16:49 (Tactical ways to get your company to shift the way they think about HR.)
16:52-18:38 (Jessica debunks an ‘unpopular opinion.’)
18:40-20:25 (Closing notes, where to find Jessica.)