Today Suzanne Campbell and I facilitated a zoom meeting  for our HR Executive Forum members as a way of adapting to our new Covid-19 reality. And the topic was (not surprisingly): Covid-19, and how companies in the Seattle area are responding to our new reality. Our meeting today was a precursor for a more in-depth […]

Disruption was the topic for discussion at my most recent peer executive coaching group. Michael Erisman, CHRO with DocuSign and a long term member, was a cohort in designing this session and we were both juiced up about the subject, which we approached both on a personal and organizational level with participants. We all agreed […]

    Enjoy the mix of professional and personal highlights in my May 2015 YakNews – loss, learning, and reflections, K9 search and rescue, coaching and peer group events, and family experiences – a medley of stories! http://bit.ly/1Hy1J7A  

A couple of weeks ago two dozen+ of my HR Executive Peer Group members met to discuss the shift from “wellness” to “well-being” strategies. The latter is a more comprehensive and holistic approach to defining organizational success than our traditional wellness initiatives. Wellbeing strategies often include physical, emotional, social, career and financial components. I walked away from this discussion with a […]

As I looked out over the debris field I had a sense of how heart wrenching the whole experience was, yet I found the scene one of inspiration and hope. There were literally hundreds of people working in unison with one purpose in mind, to save lives and bring closure for all the families and […]

Last week we had a session on “Keeping Your Brand Authentic: Is It All About Relationships? As always, this group of executives had a truly authentic dialogue that sprang from a number of powerful questions covering a spectrum. For example, we discussed how we all deal with change, we explored whether marketing at the core […]

Suzanne Elshult, http://hrnow.net Executive Yak, sponsors live round tables for senior marketing and human resources executives in the Seattle area and offers executive / professional coaching and virtual learning opportunities for leaders, business owners, consultants and coaches committed to growth and high performance. In my years as an HR executive (before I started my own […]

Suzanne Elshult sponsors live round tables for senior marketing and human resources executives and offers executive / professional coaching and virtual learning opportunities for leaders, business owners, consultants and coaches committed to growth and high performance. What happens when you put 50 high-powered HR and Marketing Executives in one room for three hours to explore: […]

This morning I facilitated a meeting with 25 senior HR executives from a very eclectic group of companies and industries, private/public/not-for-profit; large/small and so on. Topic: “executive compensation.” It was a fascinating and provocative discussion!!!! This group of HR executives “rocks!” I plan to address several critical questions that emerged in upcoming posts. Today we […]