THE HR STRESS TEST
Your organization may be growing fast than some of your people processes. Let’s find out.
Think of one employee situation your organization has dealt with in the last 90 days.
Performance. Attendance. Conduct. A complaint. Leave or accommodation. A termination.
Now answer six questions based on what exists today — not what you wish existed.
Be honest — this is for your organization, not a compliance audit.
Mostly YES?
Your documentation probably tells a reasonably clear story.
That doesn’t mean every HR process is perfect, but there’s likely enough structure for someone else to understand what happened and why.
Several SOMEWHAT or NOT SURE answers?
Your process may depend more heavily on individual managers than you realize.
That’s often where I find organizations have grown faster than their HR structure.
Several NO answers?
You’ve just identified something worth looking at.
That doesn’t necessarily mean the situation was handled incorrectly. It may mean the process behind it needs some attention.
SEEING MORE GAPS THAN YOU EXPECTED?
You don’t have to know exactly what HR solution you need. Tell me what’s happening. What’s taking too much leadership time. What keeps coming back. Where managers are struggling. Or simply what doesn’t seem to be working anymore.
That’s the kind of work I help organizations figure out.
Outside of this particular situation, what feels harder than it should in your organization right now?
Managers need more support leading people
Employee issues consume too much leadership time
Our HR processes aren’t consistent
Policies/compliance needs attention
We’ve grown and our structure hasn’t kept up
Roles/responsibilities aren’t always clear
Turnover, performance, or hiring is a challenge
We’re going through organizational change