Author Archives: Jacquie Moeller
A Safe Place to Land
Some people believe HR is there for the business. Some believe they’re there for the staff. Some believe it’s somewhere in between. For me, if your HR and People function is being led the way it should be, it’s none … Continue reading
The Person at the Top Sets the Tone for Psychological Safety. And Tone Travels.
We talk a lot about psychological safety in HR circles. It has its own frameworks now, its own measurement tools, its own place on the engagement survey. Leaders go on training courses about it. Consultants get paid handsomely to come and assess it.
And yet, in every organisation I have ever worked in or alongside, the single biggest determinant of whether people feel safe to speak, to challenge, to bring their whole thinking to work, has never been a programme. It has never been a workshop. It has never been a carefully worded set of company values on a wall. Continue reading
What founders actually need from an HR person and why most of us get it wrong
Founders don’t need an HR function. They need someone who understands that their business isn’t a business to them. It’s everything. And that changes everything. Continue reading