by Kristen Ireland | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
My bag was heavy. I was lost in the woods of giant maple and oak trees (again), trying to find my golf ball for the gazillionth time in that 9-hole round. My 11-year-old self already felt like I shouldn’t be there: I was the only girl in the tournament, I had only...
by Kristen Ireland | May 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the last couple weeks, I heard myself answering questions about People Spark Consulting’s history, explaining that we incorporated over a year ago. Just like that, an entire year flew by, and we can officially say we’ve survived our first year. And anytime...
by Kristen Ireland | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Can I give you some feedback? You have an entire room of people in there who want to work with you, but don’t know what you’re offering.” Of all the feedback we’ve been given in the last year as People Spark Consulting, those two sentences are the two that made our...
by Kristen Ireland | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
At every speaking engagement Kristen and I have delivered, and in all of our roles before People Spark, we have coached leaders and managers on giving feedback to employees. Typically before our discussions progress, though, the defensive responses we often hear...
by Kristen Ireland | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Want to hear something scary? According to this article by Globoforce, 45% of U.S. workers surveyed in this study had not been recognized at work in six months or more. Even scarier? There was another group of 16% who reported they had NEVER (as in ever, ever) been...
by Kristen Ireland | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
I have found that many people view HR as the compliance people. HR makes sure that businesses have employee handbooks, personnel files are maintained, and everything is in place in case a third party comes into audit. I want to stress that YES, this is...
