I’ve been in meetings where leadership said they wanted honest employee feedback, then became visibly uncomfortable when they actually received it. HR often encourages openness while quietly managing reactions behind the scenes. Do organizations really want honest feedback, or just positive feedback?

These "graduations" are getting out of hand. Over the past few weeks, I've had to rework shifts for dozens of employees because their kids had midday prek, kindergarten, 5th grade, 8th grade, etc., graduations. Are all of these necessary?

What is your go to ice breaker for meetings? I’ve been given the order to start running Monday morning staff meetings. These will be at 8am, so I need creative ways to get everyone pumped.

HR dept of one for 207 employees in California healthcare industry , is this feasible? While at the same time going thru leadership transition, restructuring of organization, implementing new systems , turnover is at 33%. Feels like I’m getting slammed, just had a new born so my baby bonding time essentially non existent i feel pressured by new CEO and new COO to continue moving their initiatives forward , feels like they are quiet firing existing management. What would you do?

I recently submitted a candidate that was qualified for a role. The HM looked at the video and passed on her before I even submitted the info. I asked why she said nothing just move on. The candidate asks why she wasn’t moving forward and feedback listing her qualifications vs the job description. I agree go back because I want to know what I’m missing in efforts to submit proper prospects. I was told we don’t have to give a reason and she didn’t fit the culture but don’t tell her that. 😔