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Recruitment & Retention

SoundCloud’s VP of people and culture on the hidden skills gap that’s quietly breaking your culture

Allie Shulman shares why gossip, blame, and burnout are skills problems, not personality problems, and more.


Ashley Bendell, Peter Phelan
Recruitment & Retention

You can’t spell ‘humor’ without ‘HR’: The role of comedy in the people function

“Humor is a trust accelerator, so use it…You’d be glad you did.”


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Recruitment & Retention

How Valvoline’s CPO maintains company culture amid major transformation for the automotive services business

A significant focus has been on internal mobility and maintaining corporate traditions.


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Recruitment & Retention

Are you a bad boss? Ask yourself these questions

Employees may have tolerated bad behavior from bosses before, but those days are over, Mita Mallick, author and workplace strategist, tells HR Brew.


Isabel Cruz, PayPal's chief people officer.
Recruitment & Retention

How PayPal’s chief people officer created leadership and career navigation frameworks to support the company’s turnaround

“We wanted to create clarity for all employees around what it will take to lead through this transformation, whether you are an individual contributor or an executive.”


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Recruitment & Retention

This people pro didn’t want to work in HR until she had a change of heart

“I started to see that there’s so much more to HR, the psychological safety part of it, improving the employee experience, the culture,” Siya Thakkar tells HR Brew.


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Recruitment & Retention

Efforts to improve company culture might be failing if employee motivations aren’t met

Many companies may have a misguided approach when it comes to motivating their employees, says Kelly Mackin, author of ‘Work Life Well-Lived: The Motives Met Pathway to No-B.S. Well-Being at Work.’

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