How to Make Remote Work... Work

A free HR Besties Webinar! If you’re in the middle of benefits renewals and feeling stressed, you’re not alone. And we’re here help! We’re teaming up with our friends at Take Command to show you how ICHRA (Individual Coverage HRA) can cut health insurance costs and give employees plans they’ll actually love. Join us for this seriously informative session that gives you talking points to take straight to your leadership - and helps make benefits a lot less stressful. 

Discover how to bring predictable budgets and real employee benefits together. We’ll share concrete examples to show how an ICHRA can make health benefits simpler, smarter and more impactful - all in one free session. Trust us — if you’re one of our Besties (and you are!), you’re going to love this. Click the link, save your spot, and we’ll see you there: Sign up here!

Also, welcome back!

This week we’re covering office IT gone wrong, a corporate phrase that maybe isn’t so cringe after all, and the big debate on remote work—what’s working, what’s not, and what organizations should hang on to.

• Intro Story: A friendly reminder not to use office laptops or email accounts for… extracurricular activities (A please-never-do-this moment in HR History).

• Corporate Cringe Speak: This week’s phrase is one that pops up a lot in webinars and team updates (but that we do recommend, a rarity for this segment!).

• Hot Topic: We dig into how remote and hybrid work have reshaped employee - and employer - expectations around benefits and flexibility (what should stay, what should evolve, and how managers can make it work).

• Questions & Comments: One of the best remote work setups a Bestie experienced (and how to bring it to your work)

Discussion Questions (for Your Team Meeting or Podcast Listening Club)

• How do we make space for team members who want to grow in their careers without moving into management?

• How can we make management be a career path people want to pursue?

• How can we balance personal relationships with a professional workplace - what are policies we have in place, and how can those reflect reality without favoritism?

ChatGPT Prompts of the Week

Professional:

• Please draft a policy reminder about the appropriate use of company IT equipment that’s reasonable and clear, but not condescending.

• What flexible practices from remote work could we bring into in-office or hybrid so people can have a good sense of balance?

Personal(ish):

• What are things I can do when working from home to not let my life get overtaken by work (and help others I work with do the same)?

See you next week - and may you never receive any meeting invites like the one at the start of the episode.

XOXO,
Jamie, Leigh & Ashley

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