Nearly a decade ago, I convinced my wife to sell everything we owned, stuff the rest of our belongings in storage, and buy one-way tickets to New Zealand when our daughter was 10 months old to take a careercation. While living out of two suitcases and visiting six countries, I was inspired to start TINYpulse with the simple idea that happier employees make happier parents, partners, children, ...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) efforts have really accelerated and taken off in recent years. In a 2021 survey of over 400 human resources managers, over 50% rated DE&I as a top priority for their organizations. Furthermore, our research surveyed over 1,000 employees corroborates this trend, and 73% of respondents shared that their organizations are committed to diversity.
Employees who were hired during the COVID-19 pandemic are struggling to get connected in the social fabric and culture of organizations in ways that may not be easily observed. This cohort is providing 34% less peer recognition than their counterparts from the previous year. What’s more, they are 20% less likely to acknowledge company values by tagging values to the recognition they do provide.
First, if you haven't seen the Honey Badger video, I've embedded it here for your convenience. Otherwise, none of this post will make any sense. And if you've already been one of the 55,000,000 views, have another laugh and view :)
I'm building TINYpulse because I possess a passion to "make employees happier." I often get feedback from both employers and employees who use TINYpulse about what they like, don't like, and other general feedback. Their thoughtful responses and kind words keep us motivated to create a world-class offering that is simple, innovative, and impactful.
Since this week's TINYpulse coincided with Thanksgiving, we decided to allow respondents to share what they were thankful for. I thought it would be fun to create a tag cloud. You can also read the individual responses below.
It's been a long, exhilarating, fun, action-packed, soul-searching, fulfilling journey. It really kicked into high gear when Alice, ten-month old Keira, and I started on our careercation earlier this year. We sold everything, stuff everything else into storage and bought one way tickets to New Zealand. We met new people, saw new site, experienced new memories. I know that Keira won't remember any of this, but we have pics to prove it to her when she's older. But at the end of the day, we proved to ourselves that if we saved, were frugal, and planned well, we can take another careercation in the future. The benefits and memories far outweigh the costs and what if's.
For the first TINYhr interview, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeremy Irish of Groundspeak. Groundspeak is one of the most successful and influential Seattle companies a lot of people have never heard of. If you've ever gone geocaching or heard of someone who has, you can thank Groundspeak, which is the parent company of geocaching.com.
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