“Nicole is the Vice President of Human Resources at BrightView, a growing family of comprehensive outpatient addiction treatment facilities with locations across Ohio. She is responsible for the overall strategy and execution of Human Resources at BrightView, fostering and strengthening a culture of collaboration, excellence, and initiative. A high-impact HR professional with extensive proven experience throughout Human Resources, specifically in the manufacturing, telecommunications, and behavioral and veterinary medicine industries, Nicole has a passion for people-centric servant leadership, creating space for authenticity and connection – inspiring others to bring their best, most authentic selves to work each day. She has a proven record of establishing HR as a vital business partner with an earned reputation as an intuitive, wide-ranging HR Generalist. Nicole is a proud member of the SHRM A-Team, and she holds a volunteer leadership position as SHRM Foundation Chair on the Board of her local SHRM Chapter, GCHRA. Earlier this year, Nicole started a blog, HR Without Ego, where her faithful sidekick, Maximus the Minimus – her 10 lb Shih Tzu serves as mascot.”
We’ve all been there. Someone on our team or in our organization is behaving in a manner that would not exactly motivate us to want to help…may cause us to want to react defensively or simply ask “why should I help them when they are being so difficult?”
You may or may not have noticed that I have taken some time off from writing lately. I have done a few pieces for a new concept at SHRM #NotionsByNicole found here.
I've been a fan of Simon Sinek for years, and as such, I am subscribed to get a daily e-mail with a pearl of wisdom. I typically share these on various social media channels as I feel that great content and little tidbits that make you think are better shared than hoarded.
When a fellow HR Blogger invites you to be a guest on their blog, the answer is YES. EVERY. TIME. Wendy has thought this through, and she even provided writing prompts! While there were plenty to pick from, one resonated with me:
“If you could change one thing about HR (as in you have a magic wand), what would you change? What steps can we take today to make that change happen?”
