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PACK A BAG, WE'RE GOING TO CAMP! 🏕 From Monday, 7/22 to Friday, 8/30, Ethena will be hosting a 6-week long virtual summer camp filled with activities, advice, and conversation around what goes into a healthy, functioning, and well-trained workforce. We'll tackle major HR pain points like: • Complaints about training • Lack of support • The pressure to be the culture bearer We'll get our hands dirty exploring the icky stuff like burnout, terminations, complaints, and employee investigations, and we'll talk by the fire with our peers about how to approach tricky situations. Still with us? Here's the sched! 👇 🛶 Week 1, Whitewater Rafting: Navigating unexpected circumstances and keeping your teams productive and safe 🎨 Week 2, Arts & Crafts: The art of avoiding training complaints 🐻 Week 3, Wilderness Skills: Building culture when leadership is lost in the woods 🏊♀️ Week 4, Swimming: Drowning in an endless sea of culture problems? We'll teach you how to tread water. 🎭 Week 5, Talent Show: Hear from current Ethena customers about the pains and challenges they experienced with their previous training providers. 🧡 Week 6, Wrap-Up / See Ya Next Summer: Camp highlights, what we've learned, and more! WILL YOU JOIN US? 🎒 Our LinkedIn page is the best place to stay in the loop about each day's activities, so make sure you're following us here! You can even turn on post notifications for Ethena by clicking on the bell 🔔 icon in the upper right hand corner of our profile header. Stay tuned... #hr #humanresources #hrcommunity #peopleops #hrbp

Wow, what an incredible event we had yesterday at the iconic One World Trade Center! 🏙️ It was a fantastic gathering of senior HR leaders from across NYC, filled with insightful discussions, actionable advice, and inspiring moments. Our VP of People, Melanie Naranjo, led a powerhouse panel of CEOs including Priscila Bala (CEO of LifeLabs Learning), Roxanne Bras Petraeus (CEO of Ethena), Jenny Podewils (Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Leapsome). Here are some highlights: 📈 Actionable strategies for building a compelling business case for People initiatives 🤝 Tips on navigating pushback from CEOs & leadership teams 🔝 Insights on leveling up the CEO & CPO partnership. Thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to the vibrant discussions. Looking forward to many more events like this! 🚀

Gather 'round the campfire ya'll, it's time for S'MORES. 🔥 🍫 Check out some of the insights we uncovered during this week's webinar on reasonable accommodations.

Today, July 26th, is Disability Independence Day! Disability Pride Month was officially recognized in 2015, marking the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The #ADA was a huge step forward in ensuring civil rights protections for folks with disabilities. While it's a time to celebrate, it’s also a reminder of the ongoing work needed to achieve full inclusion and equality. Despite the progress we've made so far, plenty of barriers still exist that prevent people with disabilities from fully participating in society. These can include physical barriers, like inaccessible buildings and transportation, as well as attitudinal barriers, like discrimination and misconceptions about disabilities. As an employer, here are some things you can do to make your workplace inclusive and accessible for all. 👇 #disabilitypride #disabilitypridemonth #disabilityindependence #ADA

Reasonable accommodations imply the existence of... well, UNreasonable accommodations. During Tuesday's webinar, Melanie Naranjo opened things up by asking Justine L. Abrams, Esq. of Ogletree Deakins a simple question: is #HR required to approve *every* accommodation request that comes across their desk? "There are 3 reasons why the answer to that question is no," says Justine. And one reason is that the accommodation request is unreasonable. 💡 In order for an accommodation to be considered reasonable, it must be: • Reasonable on its face: meaning doable, feasible, or plausible • Effective: meets the needs of the individual by providing them the help that their disability causes them to need #reasonableaccommodations #hrcommunity #humanresources

In the same way that HR pros are often up to our eyeballs in unpredictable scenarios, whitewater rafters navigate through chaotic waters, requiring quick decision-making and adaptability to changing currents and obstacles. 🛶 In our latest "Letters from Home" for 🏕 #CampEthena, we explore 5 uncomfy situations HR folks are guaranteed to encounter at some point in their career, and offer tips on how to handle them like a pro. So grab your paddles, your life jacket, your kayak, and your other safety equipment — and let’s get to it. 👇 https://lnkd.in/dGPkGZBd

IT'S BUG JUICE TIME! LET'S MAKE SOME FRIENDS! 👇 Picture this. Employee terminations that don't go as planned. Struggling to win leadership approval for People initiatives. Being thrown into your first workplace investigation. Ringing any bells? 🛶 Whitewater rafting is all about navigating the unexpected. Today at #CampEthena, while we're sippin' on our bug juice 🥤, we want to hear about the 'rocks' you've hit while whitewater rafting through your HR career. 🚣♀️ HOW TO PARTICIPATE If you're an HR newbie, ask a question in the comments below. If you consider yourself more of a seasoned pro, find a question to answer and respond with your advice! #hr #hrcommunity #humanresources #peopleoperations #hrbp

Do you think a company that uses words like "ethics" and "honest" is more likely to actually be ethical? It seems like the answer is, "no." Susan Frank Divers writes about the relationship between talking the talk and walking the walk for the Ethena blog. She shares a Journal of Business Ethics study that found a correlation between the use of “trust” words in companies’ securities filings and issues like higher audit fees and comment letters from the Securities and Exchange Commission. My blunt version is that companies that used good words were more likely to be doing bad. I puzzled on whether I thought this was surprising and came away with the conclusion that I don't think it is. When I was in the Army, I became skeptical of commanders who went on and on about their Open Door Policies. Often, these same commanders would then signal that they actually wanted to sweep issues under the rug. On the flip side, I noticed that commanders who spent little time on rhetoric and instead just did the quiet work of showing, through actions, their commitment to things like a speak up culture did indeed build a speak up culture. To the extent there's a takeaway, I think it's this: every time you find yourself working on messaging, ask yourself, "Have I spent an equal amount of time on action?" Communicating is really important, but only when coupled with action.

Yesterday was International Non-Binary People's Day. Let's talk about it! 👇 Around the world, July 14th is recognized as International Non-Binary People’s Day. It shines a light on those who identify as #nonbinary and celebrates the rich diversity of the community. 💡 WHAT DOES NON-BINARY MEAN? The term “non-binary” describes someone who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman. Non-binary folks may identify with both masculine and feminine aspects, or they might fall completely outside these categories. Many non-binary people also identify as trans, though not all do. While societal norms often reinforce the notion that gender exists as a binary, we know there's so much more to it. Non-binary people show us every day that knowing yourself and your identity is a powerful thing that no one can strip away. Learn more about the importance of respecting gender identity in the workplace: https://lnkd.in/eFmivAv6

We're humbled to introduce some fresh G2 badges for Summer 2024! G2 is a leading peer-to-peer review site that gathers user opinions on business software, offering comparisons and insights to help companies choose the right tools for their needs. Every quarter, they award companies badges based on their peer reviews. A huge thank you to each and every one of you who left us a review. You rock! 🧡 If you haven’t yet, please consider leaving us a review here: 👇 https://lnkd.in/e7AVTWQR #compliancetraining #trainingplatforms #hr