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?? HR Leaders — Your Leaders Need You!? It’s time to grow the leaders your company needs next ?? Join us on March 27 for a Hands-On Leadership Workshop with the brilliant Manjuri Sinha of Miro and the Leader Labs team, Hilary Klassen & Anna Putilin (Jakovleva), as we explore practical ways to: ? Build leadership skills that stick ? Support your people leaders through uncertainty ? Create a culture of learning, growth, and real accountability Whether you call it VUCA or agile, one thing’s clear: the old leadership playbook doesn’t cut it anymore. This session is designed for CHROs, CPOs, and forward-thinking HR leaders ready to shape what leadership looks like in their org. ?? Grab your seat: https://lu.ma/gh65gexl #LeadershipDevelopment #HRLeadership #CHRO #PeopleFirst #LeaderLabs #FutureOfWork #AgileLeadership #VUCA #HRCommunity

??EUROPE BUILDS: Season One is Almost a Wrap! ?? We’re nearing the end of our first season, and what a journey it’s been—countless insights, bold founder stories, and deep dives into what it really takes to build in Europe. This week, we’re bringing you a conversation that cuts right to the heart of HR, leadership, and the future of work. In Ep.12, we sit down with Hilary Klassen, Co-Founder & CEO of bestselfy —an startup redefining employee engagement. We cover: ?? The realities of #fundraising and scaling in HR tech ?? How leaders can approach #coaching and people management ?? The challenges of being a #femalefounder in a male-dominated space This episode isn’t just for HR leaders—it’s for anyone building, leading, or thinking about how we shape better workplaces. ?? Tune in and catch the last episodes of Season One before we gear up for what’s next! As always, links in the comments.

People I am grateful for - part 12 Hilary Klassen is an incredible human being! She has been a solo entrepreneur (pretty much) for years, building, iterating and growing bestselfy and Leader Labs. Hilary's energy, tenacity and grit are admirable, as well as her openness for feedback and her drive for life long learning. Hilary is beyond busy building her business and serving her clients. She is also raising aspiring, young footballers, and consistently makes time for family and friends (cue, her whatsapp invites for christmas market or beergarden meet-ups are legendary). She will always make time for you if you need her, and, even when she is crazy busy offer support and an open ear - honestly, I don't know how you do it! Thank you, Hilary, for always making me want to do better!

On the first “Run with Hilary” ????♀? of 2025, I had to think about all of the conversations I had in 2024 with company leaders and with the numerous leaders in our Leader Labs experience. Echoing my friend, Lars Schmidt, who wrote a fantastic article in Fast Company in Dec., the mantra in today’s world of work is definitely: “???? ???????? ???????? ????????.”? As we start running into 2025, I felt inspired to create and share this simple guide on why and how all leaders need not create just performance goals or New Year’s resolutions (that statistically die after the first 29 days) but focus on well-being goals that are actionable and achievable.?I do this every quarter and you’ll find my own 2025 Q1 well-being goals in the guide below ?? ??Listen to my thoughts about the 5 most essential elements of well-being (thanks to my former employer Gallup, for this research) that will help us all create sustainability for ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. Download your FREE ‘????????-?????????? ?????? ?????????????? 2025 ??????????’ in the comments below ?? #sharingiscaring and my ‘community’ well-being is already feeling ??, so let's continue to check in on each other! #wellbeing #leadershipdevelopment #goals #managerdevelopment #employeedevelopment

Floating like a mothership above the trains zooming in and out of Paddington Station is Dojo - one of Europe’s fastest growing payments provider. Last week, I had the pleasure of working with some of their senior leaders in their London HQ exploring their “unique differences that make us stronger.” We brought to life individual and team ??Strengths (#CliftonStrengths) to unlock how they show up in work and life. Then they created actions around levering their team Strengths to overcome gaps and how they want to model their leadership principles around the four domains of Strengths (#executing, #influencing, #relationshipbuilding #strategicthinking). It was a great start and the team and I at Leader Labs are looking forward to seeing them fly ?? #strengths #team #hr #leadershipdevelopment

In this ????♀??????? ???????? ???????????? (??Market Edition), I share how important it is that we continuously explore AI opportunities and implications for HR, Talent, Learning & Development leaders and coaches who want to make their workforces better. Our The Secret HR Society members told us that they wanted more and I’m excited to partner with Rebecca Rutschmann and Eva Sonnenschein from Viva la Coaching Academy for an AI workshop to exchange and learn about all things AI in HR.? Join our 90-minute session on December 5th.? Workshop highlights: ?? AI opportunities in HR and leadership capability building ?? Actionable strategies ?? Data protection essentials Best part? It's FREE and focused on empowering people. ?? Details in comments! #HR #AI #Leadershipdevelopment #coachtech #learninganddevelopment #LeaderLabs

The The Secret HR Society and HiBob co-hosted a lively debate around “employee retention”.?With employees indicating staying longer, perhaps after all the layoffs and right-sizing, should we focus on retaining employees? Our CEO & Co-Founder, Hilary Klassen, together with Head of Coaching & Co-Founder Inka Kretschmer, argued, “No, we shouldn’t be thinking of retention schemes because we want employees to be self-motivated and high-performing for however long they might stay at the company. A great indicator is actually when the employee leaves, they are moving on towards their next best-fit challenge that the current company couldn’t provide.?And, they speak about how their manager and the company supported their learning and growth objectives throughout.?A better indicator is whether the employee comes back at another stage in their career.?We should be gathering data whether an employee would consider returning. This would show that the company is doing something right. It’s up to each people manager to know the aspirations and goals of their employees and support them on their career journey.?Skills like coaching and feedback need to continuously present; yet, managers lack these crucial skills.?I’d recommend starting there to create a culture of high performance.? It’s only on stop at a station for many employees on their career journey…make that stop count.” We also ?? hearing from: Melanie Wagner, HiBob: “Make retention as individualistic as possible.?Find out the true needs and goals of each person.” Syed Ali Abbas, HelloFresh - “Discover the type and direction of the organization early.?Keep questioning the founders or C-Levels about their ambitions.?Are you a a cost-orientated or a revenue-driven company?? Create clarity around expectations that matches this culture.” Giles Harden, Zalando - “We need to think of work as a product. What purpose does this work serve to people and what’s the value?” Anna Ott, HV Capital - “Invest in coaching and personal development. The ROI is immense when employees can become more self-aware and operate at their best.”

???? Want to learn what it takes to scale sustainably and receive a diagnosis with specific action plans for your company? Join us on Sept. 26th for this 1-hour workshop. Only a few seats left! https://lu.ma/134ze67f

Today, I’m in another European power city speaking with companies about the current and future economic climate and the demands to continuously change and evolve their businesses and people.? In this Run with Hilary ????♀? (well, more like a Walk with Hilary ??), I share my thoughts on adopting a “???????????? ??????????????????” approach that many companies need to tackle and I promise, it won’t be too difficult ?? What do you think are the most important factors that companies can focus on to drive these changes?? Thanks Stuart Packham, Jess Larsen, Monica Arés, and Douglas Lines for the insightful discussions.?I’ll be back in ???? soon. #change #transformation #leadershipskills #skillsdevelopment