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Some of the best “glue” is the person who sees the connection before everyone else does.That’s one of the things I remem...
09/04/2026

Some of the best “glue” is the person who sees the connection before everyone else does.

That’s one of the things I remember most from my conversation with Hope Breen.

Looking back on this episode, I keep thinking about how much of leadership happens in the spaces between people, ideas, and perspectives. The people who naturally connect those dots often make collaboration look easy, even though there is a lot happening behind the scenes.

And maybe that’s part of what being the glue really is. Seeing what could connect, bringing the right people into the conversation, and helping something meaningful take shape.

Watch Episode 12 with Hope here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mydhs5hFqu4&t=348s

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💛 Keep gluing, friends.

Change will happen whether you feel ready or not. The question becomes how you choose to respond to it. What response ar...
09/03/2026

Change will happen whether you feel ready or not. The question becomes how you choose to respond to it. What response are you choosing right now?

Reflect on one way you can respond with intention today.

Some conversations stay with us long after they end.The difficult employee conversation.The manager who is struggling.Th...
09/01/2026

Some conversations stay with us long after they end.

The difficult employee conversation.
The manager who is struggling.
The layoff discussion.
The complaint that landed unexpectedly.

While everyone else moves on, HR often carries the emotional residue.

A few signs you're carrying too much:

• Replaying conversations in your head
• Wondering if you said the right thing
• Feeling emotionally drained by difficult interactions
• Carrying tension home with you
• Losing sleep over workplace situations

💛 Not every conversation belongs in your backpack forever.

What helps you let go after a difficult day?

👉 Grab your HR Black Box: www.intheworx.org/hrblackbox

08/31/2026

🌱 Monday Mindset 🌱

Most people focus on what they are losing during a transition. Very few stop to ask what they might gain.

Every transition creates space for something new.

My question for you… what opportunity might be hiding inside your current season of change?

I used to think confidence was something I'd eventually just have. Like it would arrive once I'd accomplished enough, he...
08/27/2026

I used to think confidence was something I'd eventually just have. Like it would arrive once I'd accomplished enough, healed enough, figured enough out. So I waited. I held back on things until I felt ready for them.
But confidence doesn't really work that way.

It's not a feeling that shows up first and gives you permission to act. It's built in the opposite order. You do the small, uncomfortable thing. You keep the promise you made to yourself, even the tiny one nobody else would notice. And slowly, trust in yourself accumulates, not because you waited for it, but because you gave yourself evidence for it.

So I'm asking myself this week, and I'm asking you too: what is one thing you can do today to build trust in yourself?

I'd love to know what comes up for you. Share it in the comments. 👇

Most CHROs do not need another strategy session.They already know what needs to happen.Modernize the technology. Build A...
08/26/2026

Most CHROs do not need another strategy session.

They already know what needs to happen.

Modernize the technology. Build AI capability. Develop better leaders. Improve the employee experience. Strengthen the workforce.

The problem starts AFTER the strategy is approved.

Priorities compete. Ownership becomes unclear. HR, IT, Finance, Operations, leaders, vendors, and managers move at different speeds.

The initiative launches, but the organization does not fully adopt it.

Everyone stays busy, but the intended value never reaches the business or the workforce.

That is not simply a project management problem. It is a People Strategy Ex*****on problem.

I wrote this article to explore why organizations often know exactly what they want to accomplish, yet still struggle to turn strategic intent into coordinated action, operational adoption, and measurable value.

Because the future of HR will not be defined by who creates the most ambitious strategy.

It will be defined by who can make it real.

👉 Click here to read the full article: https://www.intheworx.org/blog

*****on *****on

As HR professionals, we build plans, goals, metrics, and strategies for everyone else.But what if you managed your own w...
08/25/2026

As HR professionals, we build plans, goals, metrics, and strategies for everyone else.

But what if you managed your own well-being with the same intention?

What if protecting your energy became a priority instead of an afterthought?

What if you measured:

• Your stress
• Your recovery
• Your boundaries
• Your joy
• Your capacity

As carefully as you track everything else?

💛 You are one of your most important investments.

What's one thing you could do this week to invest in yourself?

👉 Grab your HR Black Box: www.intheworx.org/hrblackbox

There's a pressure that runs underneath almost every transition. Move fast. Decide now. Fix it before anyone notices it'...
08/20/2026

There's a pressure that runs underneath almost every transition. Move fast. Decide now. Fix it before anyone notices it's broken. Slowness gets read as falling behind, like hesitation is something to apologize for.

But not every transition is meant to be rushed.

Some decisions need space to settle before you act on them. Some endings need to be felt before you can properly close them. The version of you that decides quickly out of pressure is rarely the version that decides well. Speed isn't always strength. Sometimes it's just avoidance wearing a productive mask.

So I'm asking myself this week, and I'm asking you too: where might slowing down actually serve you better?

I'd love to know what comes up for you. Share it in the comments.👇

Being reliable is a gift.But constantly being everyone's solution can become exhausting.The reality is:The person everyo...
08/18/2026

Being reliable is a gift.

But constantly being everyone's solution can become exhausting.

The reality is:

The person everyone depends on often has nobody checking on them.

You don't have to carry every problem.
You don't have to answer every question.
You don't have to save every situation.

💛 Sometimes the strongest thing you can do is put yourself back on your own priority list.

When was the last time you did something just for yourself?

👉 Grab your HR Black Box: www.intheworx.org/hrblackbox

The mind is convincing. It can build a case for staying somewhere long after it's stopped being right. It rationalizes, ...
08/13/2026

The mind is convincing. It can build a case for staying somewhere long after it's stopped being right. It rationalizes, justifies, finds a hundred reasons why now isn't the time to leave, to change, to admit the truth.

But energy doesn't lie the way the mind can.

That tightness before a meeting you've talked yourself into. The dread you keep explaining away. The lightness you feel the moment you're honest about what you actually want. Your energy has been trying to tell you something, probably for a while now, even when your mind kept building reasons to ignore it.

So I'm sitting with this question myself this week: where is your energy trying to guide you right now?

I'd love to know what comes up for you. Share it in the comments.👇

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