EP 85. How HR Can Make or Break Your Leadership – and What to Do About It with Lisa Young

HR can be your greatest asset as a leader - or it can feel like a frustrating roadblock.

The difference? How you engage and leverage your HR team.

In this episode, I sit down with Lisa Young, HR Coach and Founder of HRHQ, to unpack how new and emerging managers can build a strong relationship with HR to lead better, avoid costly mistakes, and create high performing teams.

Whether you’re navigating performance management, employee engagement, or leadership development, this episode will help you shift from viewing HR as a compliance function to seeing it as a strategic partner that makes leadership easier.

Here’s what you’ll learn: 

- Why HR is a critical function for leaders to engage with

- How to use HR strategically to improve leadership skills

- The biggest mistakes leaders make when working with HR

- What happens when leaders ignore or underutilise HR

- Three practical ways to leverage HR to lead better

HR isn’t just for policies and paperwork. It’s a tool that can help you lead better, faster, and smarter. 

If this episode resonated with you, let me know! Send me a DM on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ and let me know how you’re going to leverage HR in your leadership.

If this episode changed how you think about working with HR, share it with another new manager or business owner who needs to hear it.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

⁠⁠- The one minute manager [book] ⁠⁠

- Join the ⁠⁠Leaders Lounge⁠⁠ - The coaching and community membership for new and emerging managers who want to lead with confidence (without the overwhelm). Get real time coaching and strategy to level up your leadership skills without doing it alone! Join now before the next quarterly challenge kicks off in April!

Are we connected? If not, connect here:

Website: ⁠⁠tashpieterse.com⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@tash_pieterse⁠⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠⁠tashpieterse⁠⁠

Want to connect with Lisa?

Website: https://yourhrhq.co.nz/

Linked In: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-young-exceedhr/⁠⁠

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