Creating a Positive Work Environment: Insights from an HR Expert with Stacie Baird

What kind of experiences are people having within your organization? The human experience extends and encompasses our careers and work life. Stacie Baird who has 20+ years in Human Resources joins the show to talk about how as leaders, we can positively impact the human experience when people choose to work within our organization. A huge part of that experience takes place through communication, both verbal and written. Join our conversation and learn how you can positively affect the human experience of anyone working within your organization.

Find Stacie Baird online at: https://staciebaird.com/

Quotes from the Episode:

• Every time we send out an email, there's an opportunity to create an experience for someone. Every time we talk about launching a program, it's an opportunity to affect and change people's experiences inside and outside of the organization.
• The work is always inside out. We start inside and that's what reflects back out to the people that we work with every day.
• Everything in life, everything we do, influences others' experiences.
• Be mindful about written communication and do your best to understand how someone may accept and receive that information.
• I will say communication, and effective communication, certainly has a huge impact on people in their experience inside of the organization.
• We're constantly looking to evolve and see where people are. That's a really healthy practice.
• One of the big challenges in our business is that there is a lived experience, a human experience in our organization that is very heavy. We are working with people that are struggling with substance use disorder and opioid use disorder.
• The biggest thing we can do is reduce the stigma of getting help, and there is an incredible amount of stigma around seeking and accepting help for opioid use disorder.
• We are very focused on harm reduction. We don't expect perfection. We would love people to make progress.
• There are so many employees around us and team members around us that are dealing with emotional trauma in their life that their employers step away from.
• How do we look at the lens of trauma-informed care related to the human experience of people within work?
• When someone's failing, or not succeeding in a role, it's really challenging for them emotionally to continue to navigate.
• I think that unconventional leadership is by definition that everyone, every human has their own perspective, history, background, and experience. There is nothing better as a leader than showing up with who you really are, your strengths, and your vulnerable areas of opportunity to your team.

Join the conversation and share your ideas with us!

Mike Sipple Jr. "People Fusion: Best Practices to Build and Retain a Strong Team" (with contributions from various other authors)

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