• The Silent Collapse: Why Your Company Needs Psychological Safety

  • Building a disruptive employee communications program

  • Employee Culture Playbook: The Blueprint for Authenticity

  • Stop the revolving door: Building an employee onboarding program that sticks

  • Credit Hog Showdown: How to Outsmart Spotlight Thieves

  • The Rise of ‘Lazy Girl Jobs’ and Quiet Quitting in the Workplace

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    Employee Recognition Programs Should Be Feeling-Focused, Not Gift Or Monetary-Based
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    Appreciation-focused recognition programs

    We’re not recognizing our team members the right way

    Companies should create a culture of appreciation through their recognition strategies and programs that don’t focus on fancy trophies, expensive gifts, or money, but on a feeling.

    Appreciation is an ongoing effort

    The goal is to move the strategy to where every employee feels appreciated, not just a few. Organizations must make recognition occur for all of the small things that matter and make a difference, not just the big ones. With continuous recognition, people feel valued and appreciated. Above all, the efforts must be genuine, meaningful and inclusive.

    Check out these resources we mentioned

    • Link to her website
    • Link to the mentioned free resources
    • Link to Debra’s LinkedIn profile


    Time Stamps of the Episode

    0.36-1:58 (Debra on employee recognition programs being feeling-focused, not gift or monetary-based)

    1:59-2:53 (Debra’s work history and how it ties in with her take)

    2:54-7:00 (Pushback on her approach and why we keep doing things just because “we’ve always done them that way.”)

    7:01-9:24 (When did this concept “click?”)

    9:25-10:47 (Can anyone become a rebel?)

    10:49-13:13 (On mentorship)

    13:14-16:34 (What annoys Debra about traditional HR)

    16:35-19:56 (Steps to joining the “rebelution.”)

    19:59-25:51 (Debunk an unpopular opinion, closing notes)

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    Burn Traditional HR to the Ground and Treat People Like Adults—featuring Jessica Winder
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    Burn down HR

    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. 

    Check out these resources we mentioned

    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.)