Axcient / GitHub HR Session

kellidrag commented 10 years ago

Running an experiment...having the Axcient HR team come up to GitHub for a two hour working session/brainstorming discussion... would love to keep doing this with other HR teams who want to try this!

Let's think about topics here:

leadership/management development
your performance feedback processes - what do you do, why, does it work?

cc: @github/hr

CrisBarrett commented 10 years ago

We're in

CrisBarrett commented 10 years ago

Initial list of topics from here. We will need to refine once the brainstorm is over, but ...

On-Boarding - what's working/not working when you bring new employees on board. Remote employee issues v. people working in HQ?
Culture - How are you actively maintaining and enhancing your culture as you grow?
Learning - how to build a learning-focused org with limited financial resources and demands on employees and leaders' time
Performance management - how to build the right amount of process and discipline here

STBNCRTS commented 10 years ago

Oh, I am really interested in reading or listening to these brainstorming sessions. I am not in SF. Not even in the US.

Plese let me know if there is a way to know the answers to these questions.

Cheers!

Esteban Cortés Crowd Interactive

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Cris Barrett notifications@github.com wrote:

Initial list of topics from here. We will need to refine once the brainstorm is over, but ...

On-Boarding - what's working/not working when you bring new employees on board. Remote employee issues v. people working in HQ?

Culture - How are you actively maintaining and enhancing your culture as you grow?

Learning - how to build a learning-focused org with limited financial resources and demands on employees and leaders' time

Performance management - how to build the right amount of process and discipline here

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bsteinbe commented 10 years ago

You know BrightRoll is very interested!

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Kelli Dragovich notifications@github.com wrote:

Running an experiment...having the Axcient HR team come up to GitHub for a two hour working session/brainstorming discussion... would love to keep doing this with other HR teams who want to try this!

Let's think about topics here:

leadership/management development

your performance feedback processes - what do you do, why, does it work?

cc: @github/hr https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/hr

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24.

-Beth Steinberg bethannsteinberg@gmail.com

natmcgrath commented 10 years ago

Coinbase is very interested!

kellidrag commented 10 years ago

Awesome, we are actually doing this from 2-4 pm PST on 10/7.

Let us know if anyone wants to join in person at GitHub or via live video. :+1:

natmcgrath commented 10 years ago

I'd love to attend in person. Let me know if I can help. Thanks Kelli.

Nathalie McGrath (415) 644-8926 Coinbase https://coinbase.com/

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Kelli Dragovich notifications@github.com wrote:

Awesome, we are actually doing this from 2-4 pm PST on 10/7.

Let us know if anyone wants to join in person at GitHub or via live video. [image: :+1:]

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55197049.

STBNCRTS commented 10 years ago

Hey there!

Is there going to be a stream of the session? I'd love to participate if possible.

We're based in Colima, México, so video conference is my only way to go.

Cheers!

Esteban Cortés Crowd Interactive

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:43 PM, natmcgrath notifications@github.com wrote:

I'd love to attend in person. Let me know if I can help. Thanks Kelli.

Nathalie McGrath (415) 644-8926 Coinbase https://coinbase.com/

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Kelli Dragovich notifications@github.com

wrote:

Awesome, we are actually doing this from 2-4 pm PST on 10/7.

Let us know if anyone wants to join in person at GitHub or via live video. [image: :+1:]

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55197049.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55212584.

aitchabee commented 10 years ago

Estaban, You and I have been on Bluejeans before. Did that work alright for you?

Heather A. Baldry GitHub

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Esteban notifications@github.com wrote:

Hey there!

Is there going to be a stream of the session? I'd love to participate if possible.

We're based in Colima, México, so video conference is my only way to go.

Cheers!

Esteban Cortés Crowd Interactive

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:43 PM, natmcgrath notifications@github.com wrote:

I'd love to attend in person. Let me know if I can help. Thanks Kelli.

Nathalie McGrath (415) 644-8926 Coinbase https://coinbase.com/

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Kelli Dragovich < notifications@github.com>

wrote:

Awesome, we are actually doing this from 2-4 pm PST on 10/7.

Let us know if anyone wants to join in person at GitHub or via live video. [image: :+1:]

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub < https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55197049>.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55212584.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55214469.

kellidrag commented 9 years ago

Sure thing at this point with the number of people in the room, anyone can join live on a BlueJeans as well that we will set up!

STBNCRTS commented 9 years ago

Yes. BlueJeans did great.

Looking forward to this!

Stbn

On Sep 11, 2014, at 12:01 AM, "Heather A. Baldry" notifications@github.com wrote:

Estaban, You and I have been on Bluejeans before. Did that work alright for you?

Heather A. Baldry GitHub

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Esteban notifications@github.com wrote:

Hey there!

Is there going to be a stream of the session? I'd love to participate if possible.

We're based in Colima, México, so video conference is my only way to go.

Cheers!

Esteban Cortés Crowd Interactive

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:43 PM, natmcgrath notifications@github.com wrote:

I'd love to attend in person. Let me know if I can help. Thanks Kelli.

Nathalie McGrath (415) 644-8926 Coinbase https://coinbase.com/

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Kelli Dragovich < notifications@github.com>

wrote:

Awesome, we are actually doing this from 2-4 pm PST on 10/7.

Let us know if anyone wants to join in person at GitHub or via live video. [image: :+1:]

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub < https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55197049>.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55212584.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55214469.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

Maiton commented 9 years ago

RichRelevance (I) would love to do this.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Esteban notifications@github.com wrote:

Yes. BlueJeans did great.

Looking forward to this!

Stbn

On Sep 11, 2014, at 12:01 AM, "Heather A. Baldry" < notifications@github.com> wrote:

Estaban, You and I have been on Bluejeans before. Did that work alright for you?

Heather A. Baldry GitHub

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Esteban notifications@github.com wrote:

Hey there!

Is there going to be a stream of the session? I'd love to participate if possible.

We're based in Colima, México, so video conference is my only way to go.

Cheers!

Esteban Cortés Crowd Interactive

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:43 PM, natmcgrath notifications@github.com

wrote:

I'd love to attend in person. Let me know if I can help. Thanks Kelli.

Nathalie McGrath (415) 644-8926 Coinbase https://coinbase.com/

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Kelli Dragovich < notifications@github.com>

wrote:

Awesome, we are actually doing this from 2-4 pm PST on 10/7.

Let us know if anyone wants to join in person at GitHub or via live video. [image: :+1:]

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub <

https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55197049>.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub < https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55212584>.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub < https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55214469>.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/github/hr-opensource/issues/24#issuecomment-55459332.

jenepstein1 commented 9 years ago

Hi! The Comcast Innovation Center is interested in participating as well.

kellidrag commented 9 years ago

Hi all. More context and dial in information for anyone wanting to join the 10/7 open HR session from 2-4 pm PDT

Re-grounding on why we are experimenting with this

We want to see if we can work across companies to accelerate our people learnings and practices in order to catapult the overall success of our individual organizations. We all have been to many “HR conferences” and “HR networking panels” which can be good, but more often than not I have heard they aren’t as helpful as folks would have have hoped.
My hypothesis for why this is the case (just a personal opinion) is that these sessions are usually a one to many communication where high level concepts are usually presented in a way that ca be too high level/abstract. While interesting, I find it often leaves an unanswered gap which is “How exactly did you do that? What did it look and feel like day to day vs. hearing only the high level theories or end result?”
So, we want to get into the gory details in this session. Unpack how we are all thinking about certain topics, how your leaders/employees are thinking about them, and day by day of how you are going about executing your ideas and programs so we can all walk away with some actionable new ideas and learnings. If this turns out to be successful, we are interested in using this same model/philosophy and seeing how we can expand it without getting “conference-y” and always trying to avoid the "one to many" learning dynamic.

Agenda/Flow for this first session

On-Boarding - what's working/not working when you integrate new employees? What do your programs look like? Is it working? Does it differ for remote hires vs. those who are based in SF? What creative ideas are you testing out that are working?
Performance Feedback Processes - the tide is definitely changing here from “annual reviews” to more of a frequent feedback dialogue mentality. Less forms, less corporate america process. How are you guys handling that, what are you doing, and where do you think you are going with these processes?

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See you on the 7th!

CrisBarrett commented 9 years ago

Hey Kelli & All,

Thanks for a fun and rewarding discussion two weeks ago. I wanted to drop a note to share the (Top 5) insights I gained listening to the GitHub & CrowdInteractive HR teams talk about on-boarding. FWIW, here is what I took away --

Start with a goal for on-boarding. What do you want to accomplish on Day One for new employees? By Week One? By Month One? 90 days out? Build a plan and set measurable goals to make sure that plan comes to life
Be great during the period from offer acceptance to Day One. Find ways to connect with your to-be-started employees during the typical "black hole" period. This isn;t about getting them to start working for you early or even getting them up to speed faster, per se. It's more about getting them fired up to work with you for the long-term
Be authentic, build strong connections and spend the right amount of time (lots) with new hires. You never get that 2nd chance to make the great 1st impression
Buddies are huge. There isn't another person in the organization that will have a bigger impact on the effectiveness and retention of the new employee. Select, train and empower the new hire buddies wisely
Travel isn't dead. GitHub relies on bringing people to HQ to on-board properly. This investment makes sense. If you can afford, it ... have your new hires travel early and often during your 30/60/90 day on-boarding period

There are way more insights I could included, but I decided to stick to my "Top Five".

The Axcient team and I appreciated the chance to interact with all of you very much. Hope we get to do this again soon. I like(d) our plan to focus on performance management as an engagement tool. Let's roll. :)

Cris (People & Places Team @ Axcient)

kellidrag commented 9 years ago

Hey all yep this was a great session thanks again for coming up! Totally down to opt into another session soon, maybe mid nov? :+1:

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Axcient / GitHub HR Session #24