Hebba Youssef

Over the last few weeks I’ve covered how to properly set and track goals. Spoiler alert: your organization could do everything all right when it comes to setting goals and still potentially miss. There are always factors that we can’t control, like: And I’ve observed a lot of organizations that are afraid to talk about…

Transform was an incredible conference for over 3,000 HR leaders. Here are some key takeaways.

✍🏽 How do you address the CEO and COO of a company that are reactionary and rude to staff when they are legitimately injured or sick? They get so frustrated about things outside of their control and then take it out on the staff. They create false narratives in their heads about the staff and…

I’ve had the dreaded performing convo more times than I can count. 👎🏽 It usually goes like this: Manager: Someone on my team isn’t performing. Me: What feedback have you given them? Manager: None. So should I fire them? Me: No. If you’ve JUST had this conversation or one like it, I have something for…

✍🏽 I’m new to HR and I feel like there’s constant fires to put out with employees being upset about things or submitting complaints. Our HR team feels unappreciated and like we can’t win. Our organization always thinks we’re the bad guys, even though we work so hard and truly care so much about helping…

Ever seen that movie He’s Just Not That Into You? It was one of the first major ensemble movies and featured some BIG stars and some memorable lines. I saw it in movie theaters. I may or may not have uttered the phrase “you’re not the exception, you’re the rule” a dozen times while giving…

✍🏽 How soon is too soon to leave? Context: I’m a new HR professional struggling with the culture and lack of support from my direct managers and upper management. I entered this role with an eager attitude but my manager is an extreme pessimist and I’m having a hard time seeing a path to success.…

^^live footage of employees trying to figure out growth, promotions, compensation and all the struggles that come with growing a career in corporate America. Have you worked somewhere that you constantly questioned: how am I ever going to advance my career here??? And when you asked questions about growth opportunities you left with more questions…

✍🏽 What are the most effective ways to ensure equitable evaluations take place? Are leader-involved, open discussion calibrations even considered best practice? Context: Performance reviews bring so many mixed feelings and input across the workforce. We all want to encourage an equitable process in determining employees success and growth opportunities. Often, open-leader calibration session are…

I hate to state the obvious but if employees don’t currently know where they stand in the grand scheme of growth, then how could they possibly understand where to go next? It’s like taking a road trip without a map, or well, without GPS now. Something that can be a gamechanger? Having a leveling framework…