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A look inside HR at a small business

HR Brew

For over two decades, Britta Larsen has only worked at companies with less than 100 employees. I have always worked, for 25 years, at founder-led companies…with founders who are still involved,” said Larsen, who leads HR as the VP of people operations and culture at Bespoke Post, a subscription box service founded in 2011.

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World of HR: Finland is the happiest country in the world (again), partly thanks to its work-life balance

HR Brew

Hypothetically, if a 9-to-5 employee wanted to enjoy some daylight hours in January (when the sun doesn’t rise until around 9am in Helsinki), they could begin their day at 12pm without penalty. By 2011, 92% of Finnish employers offered flexible work arrangements. Satellite view.

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HR 101: The history of LinkedIn

HR Brew

The business also evolved, going public in 2011 before being acquired by Microsoft in 2016. At LinkedIn’s Talent Connect summit in October 2023, the company announced new HR-specific tools , including a generative AI update to its Recruiter service. Fast-forward. Today, LinkedIn has over 1 billion active members in over 200 countries.

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Interviewing Ryan Blair at the Economist's Talent Management.

Strategic HCM

Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Buy my book at Amazon. Buy my book at Amazon UK. 23 HR Most Influential UK Thinker 2011. 23 HR Most Influential UK Thinker 2011. Interviewing Ryan Blair at the Economist’s Talent Management Summit. ► 2011. ► 2011.

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Weaving Success: Building a People-First Culture at Wajax

Blu Ivy Group

In our latest episode of Blu Thread Conversations, we had the privilege of hearing from Mark Edgar , the Chief People Officer at Wajax. Listen to S01E03 – People First Cultures Wajax, an iconic Canadian company with a history spanning over 165 years, is at the forefront of an organizational transformation.

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There’s No Excuse for Not Offering Flexibility At Work

Turning the Corner

Since 2011, she has taken A New Leaf from an $800,000 organization to a $12.4M Mary says, that by offering flexibility at work, you can create an environment that fosters positive results. organization, from 20 employees to over 280 employees, and from $1,000,000 in net assets to over $22,000,000.

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IMPACT 2011 Wrapup – Watch the Keynotes

Josh Bersin

We just finished a thrilling week in Florida at IMPACT 2011: The Business of Talent®, our annual research conference. I sincerely hope that the 450 of you who joined us had as much fun as I did. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.