We are social animals, we humans. We survive by associating with our tribe and distancing ourselves from not-our-tribe. It’s deeply wired in. No matter how much we want to, there is no known way to completely eliminate our tendency to prize the characteristics common to our in-group, whether that’s our gender, race, sexual orientation, favorite
Let me explain. By “fair pay”, I mean the measures of fairness typically used by a business when setting pay – education, experience, market rate, and negotiating power. By “feel fair” I mean to you, the person in the role, pay is a non-issue. You aren’t beset with a painful sense that you are paid too little for the value
You’ve seen it happen. The team meets, discusses issues, and comes to apparent conclusions largely influenced by the biggest-title-in-the-room. Then, after the meeting, a few people huddle in the hallway saying the things that should have been said in the room. The color interpretations. The queries about “what that really meant when so-and-so said that
These days, smart and humble people know that flatter is more better, networked holocracies are the new bestest way to generate business utopia, and all hierarchies are bureaucratic soul-sucking entities. That’s the narrative. And it’s crap.
Nope. Not even most people and maybe not even you. Not even if everyone gets trained in the latest, most coolest leadership capability model you or your CEO have read a book about. Not even then. The most effective leaders are born with baseline talents AND they do the work of building skills, knowledge, and
We’re not your standard blocking and tackling HR professionals, therefore, we’re quite easy to talk to and level with. Schedule a consultation with us if you’re seeking an HR partnership and ready to Unleash People Energy™ to propel your team’s growth. Whether you need us for an hour or a standing meeting to build and run the leanest and simplest people practices, we’ve got you!
