Episode 22
Leveraging employee relations: Coaching to success and minimizing risk
Workplaces are increasingly complex, and in high-performing organizations, employee relations is central to the HR function. But some managers follow protocols and some don’t, and that can pose unnecessary risk to your company.
In HRMorning’s “Voices of HR” podcast, Ryan Gaither, an HR consultant and the employee relations strategist for Capital Blue Cross, broke down strategies for helping you identify and remedy the risk.
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Ryan Gaither
Employee Relations Strategist, Capital Blue Cross
With over a decade of experience in people leadership roles, Ryan is a trusted advisor to executive level leaders, specializing in employee relations and employee engagement, including complex work investigations, performance management, conflict management, and policy development and enforcement. Ryan is a SHRM-CP certified professional, a certified trainer, mentor and executive coach. He is also president of the board of directors of New Visions Inc.
“Leaders will often say, ‘I’ve had this conversation a multitude of times. It’s time to move to termination.’ But as the ER (employee relations) professional, I want to see any documentation to support the conversations you say you’ve had … to show everything we’ve done is above board … and change the narrative from covering yourself as an organization to this is the best practice to invest in this person’s development.”
Ryan Gaither
Employee Relations Strategist, Capital Blue Cross
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