by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — I am sick of seeing LinkedIn posts and having meetings about COVID vaccinations. In a meeting this morning, an attorney shared some guidance around mandating vaccines. In a LinkedIn post today, an attorney shared information on difficulties and costs with allowing weekly testing but said that decision leaves you between…

by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — Does anyone remember when Google’s motto was “Don’t be evil” (Basu, 2015)? If you work in the HR/Pops space or pay attention to news on LinkedIn, you’ve surely seen the story about Google’s new remote work compensation policy. If not, the gist is that Google will allow workers to opt…

by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — In the United States, there is a growing number of people who think the COVID-19 global pandemic is over. It is not (Fenster, 2021). Unfortunately, that fact is not stopping companies from setting “Return to Work” dates. This is problematic for several reasons. Unfortunately, that fact is not stopping companies…

by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — I am sick of hearing about Zoom fatigue. We’ve been in this pandemic for over a year now. We’ve adapted our strategies, figured out how to optimize our use of technology, and created new ways to come together to create a healthy remote culture. The big buzz after the first…

by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — If you work in HR, you are surely familiar with your learning management system (LMS). Unfortunately, many employees have negative connotations when thinking about using the LMS. It’s usually full of dull required trainings, annual refreshers for mandated courses, or other rather boring content. If that rings true for your…

by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is the trendiest topic in human resources these days. For good reason! My work in HR strategy has kept D&I on my radar for many years as I bake D&I into every philosophy and resulting strategy that I design, but I’ve always felt like something was…

by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — I think remote work is the future of work and also think that is awesome. While I’ve worked remotely for a while, we’re now in the 4th month of the global pandemic that shut all offices down. In this time, I have noticed a few things about myself that seem…

by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — As I talk to friends and clients, I’ve started to notice a new trend of diverging post-COVID realities. Some talk about how we will go “back to normal” while others are focused on what the “new normal” will look like. The “back to normal” camp seems to have this incredibly…

by Trav J. Walkowski, Partner & Chief People Officer, Employmetrics — Now well into our 3rd month of quarantine and working remotely, employees are starting to feel burnt out. Surprisingly, we found extremely high employee engagement levels when the pandemic started. Employees overwhelmingly felt like their leaders cared about their needs and made the right call to shut down most offices…