Same Page HR

Our cofounders Matt Tanner and Callie Murray met through their work with Plywood People, a non-profit in Atlanta supporting start-ups doing good. They've also met countless other leaders via Plywood who have played large roles in both Same Page and their individual growth. With that in mind, Same Page was honored to jump on board with Plywood's event next week called Social Impact Leader. We're sponsoring the breakfast, so bagels on us! This one day event will include educational talks, facilitated small group conversations, and strategic connections. If you're around Atlanta, we highly recommend it. Register here! https://lnkd.in/eVwjFzvV Jeff Shinabarger Tuere Butler Kayla Stagnaro Bethaney Wilkinson Laura Balfour Theresa M. Ward April Stammel Aaron Fender Leroy Barber Doug Shipman (he/him) Erika Brown Chantel Cohen, LCSW, Certified Executive Coach Emily Giordano

Here are a few thoughts on employee engagement—how to track, how to improve, etc—highlighting a few tools we often recommend: 15Five, Culture Amp and Workleap's Office Vibe, for instance. We are also big fans of Slack's StandUp Bot! Any other favorite employee engagement tips or tools? https://lnkd.in/e_WTQBMC

Employer Branding is Intuit Mailchimp’s incredible 18-week parental leave policy—yes, for both mothers and fathers. It’s the “Top 100 Places to Work” seal CarMax plasters to their billboards. It’s BELAY's vision and values that resonated so deeply with a friend she cried upon reading them. It’s Zapier working fully-remote (before it was a thing), Chick-fil-A being closed on Sundays, and YNAB's human-voiced job posts. Of course, Employer Branding is also the high-paying Wall Street firm’s reputation for 80 hour workweeks, Teach for America’s offer to join and do work that is “hard and never done”, and the military’s offer to put your life on the line to serve your country. There is no “right” employer brand, and the truth is that every company already has some degree of Employer Branding in place. The question is, does your employer brand match what you say it is? And do you like what it says? Read more in our article about Employer Branding: https://lnkd.in/dKs_rjAM #employerbranding #hrmanagement #humanresources

Talent acquisition and recruitment are NOT the same. ➡️ Recruitment is about filling roles ➡️ Talent acquisition is about building teams These are two key strategies to attract and hire personnel, but they are not the same. Recruitment is kind of like when you're hungry right now, so you grab a snack. It's about finding someone quickly to fill a job that's open right now. It's like shopping for what you need today. On the other hand, Talent Acquisition is more like meal planning for the week. It's about thinking ahead to what your company will need in the future, and then getting to know the right people even before you have a job opening for them. It's like planning your grocery list and recipes for the whole week to make sure you have everything you need. Read more about talent attraction strategy in our latest article: https://lnkd.in/e9m5wUKS #hrmanagement #talentattraction

Dumb company rules 🙅 Every company has some kind of dumb rule. These rules exist because people don’t want to have hard conversations. When we caught up with Blake Howard and Craig Johnson from Matchstic about lessons learned running their business, they shared stories of hard-earned values, practices and secrets. We call these “Working Theories.” In this video, Craig explains what he means by “dumb company rules,” and shares a few examples. Listen to the full interview with Blake and Craig from Matchstic here: https://lnkd.in/gHTFU-YV #hrmanagement #humanresources

Listen, then add value 👂 A few months ago we hosted an in-person event in Atlanta. Small business leaders came to share their hard-earned values, practices and secrets, and the stories behind them. We call these “Working Theories.” In this video, Ike Ubasineke explains his working theory, “Listen, then add value” by sharing a story of a deep conversation he had with a stranger in the gym that lead to a meaningful connection. Listen to this and more working theories here: https://lnkd.in/gHTFU-YV #hrmanagement #humanresources

People wearing the HR hat (who never intended to wear the HR hat) generally feel one of two things: bored, or scared they are going to mess something up and wind up in jail. It’s never quite the work they want to do. Nor the work they feel comfortable doing, and it all feels a bit … mucky. We call this the HR swamp. So how did you find yourself here? 👉You’re likely a founder, a head of ops or finance, or the do-it-all office manager or executive assistant. 👉You’re at a growing company that has plenty of HR needs, but you do not yet have an HR department of your own. 👉You’re figuring things out as they are asked of you—either by an employee or an ominous letter from an official Department of Government Something. 👉You’re often thinking, “I just don’t know what I don’t know”. Like any field, HR is always evolving (ahem, pandemics), but we’ve defined ten fundamentals of human resource management, along with benchmarks, examples, and resources along the way: ◼️Talent Acquisition ◼️Hiring & Onboarding ◼️Compensation, Benefits & Rewards ◼️Payroll ◼️Engagement & Development ◼️Performance ◼️Policies ◼️Issue Escalation ◼️Compliance ◼️Offboarding If you’re stuck in the HR Swamp, read this useful guide: https://lnkd.in/gvwNMUJx #hrmanagement #humanresources

When in doubt, be generous. 🤲 A few months ago, we hosted an in-person event in Atlanta with Blake Howard and Craig Johnson from Matchstic where they shared their “working theories” — hard-earned values, practices and secrets, and the stories behind them. In this video, Blake explains that when you start to grow a team, policies and decisions need to be made. If you want to foster a strong company culture, lean into generosity. Listen to the full interview with Blake and Craig from Matchstic here: https://lnkd.in/gHTFU-YV #hrmanagement #humanresources