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### [Fixing HR Requires Vision and Strategy](https://blog.peoplefirstps.com/connect2lead/fixing-hr-requires-vision-and-strategy)

 March 29, 2023

Short-term, tactical, compliance-based, and transactional. That describes the typical HR function....

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### [The Price of Admission for that HR Seat at the Table](https://blog.peoplefirstps.com/connect2lead/the-price-of-admission-for-that-hr-seat-at-the-table)

 March 22, 2023

It’s been said that the senior HR manager should be the CEO’s right-hand. Some think of HR as the...

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### [Top HR Mistakes that Cause Employees to Leave](https://blog.peoplefirstps.com/connect2lead/top-hr-mistakes-that-cause-employees-to-leave)

 March 15, 2023

The HR function is evolving. Yesteryear’s personnel department was compliance- and policy-focused....

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 March 8, 2023

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 March 1, 2023

You’re hiring talented, smart people with the “right” credentials, background and education. So why...

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### [When HR Gets It Wrong Inside HR](https://blog.peoplefirstps.com/connect2lead/when-hr-gets-it-wrong-inside-hr)

 February 22, 2023

The very nature of the HR role is to look outside the HR function and support people practices...

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### [Accidental HR Errors Frontline Managers Are Making](https://blog.peoplefirstps.com/connect2lead/accidental-hr-errors-frontline-managers-are-making)

 February 15, 2023

HR errors are costly, usually preventable, and the responsibility of every management team member...

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### [Doing Too Much Is One of the Worst HR Mistakes](https://blog.peoplefirstps.com/connect2lead/doing-too-much-is-one-of-the-worst-hr-mistakes)

 February 8, 2023

Making the human resources department a dumping ground for all people-related practices is one of...

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### [Striking the Right Balance to Reduce HR Problems](https://blog.peoplefirstps.com/connect2lead/striking-the-right-balance-to-reduce-hr-problems)

 February 1, 2023

It’s been said that some organizations have forgotten the human in human resources. HR problems...

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 January 4, 2023

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