What does it mean to be human in the workplace?

Traci Barrett of Navigate the Journey and Rob Harr of Sparkbox have candid conversations, give practical advice, and share relatable examples around this important question. They discuss a wide range of topics, wrestling through finding the balance between growing a profitable business and sustaining a healthy culture. It’s not just about business—it’s personal too!

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Employees are Everything: Retention

It’s very hard to find good employees nowadays, so keeping our good employees is more important than ever. But what can you do as a business leader to help with retention? Traci and Rob go through four practical tips for building employee retention through transparency and intentionality.

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Employees are Everything: Onboarding

Once you have the candidate chosen and signed on for the job, the next important task is onboarding—and we mean even onboarding before their start date. Learn from Traci and Rob how to create an organized and repeatable onboarding process and something to consider throughout your new hire’s first journey with your company.

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Employees are Everything: Interviewing (Part 2)

Interviews are a big topic. That’s why we continued to talk about them in this episode. Rob and Traci continue digging into interviewing candidates for your company and discussing topics like calling references, salary transparency during the process, and the term ‘cultural fit.’ Also, get a glimpse behind the sense into Sparkbox’s interview process.

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Employees are Everything: Interviewing (Part 1)

We have talked about how you recruit and find the right candidates, now that you have them, how can you determine they will be the right fit for the role? Interviews of course! In this episode, Rob and Traci discuss making sure the interview is a great process for both the interviewees and the interviewers and explore how to keep interviews free of bias while staying informative.

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Employees are Everything: Recruitment

Growth and hiring depend on one thing: recruitment. In this episode, Traci and Rob discuss putting fresh energy into your recruitment programs and how to build diversity into the entire recruitment process. Learn some simple tweaks you can make today to your recruitment to make a huge difference in your overall hiring process.

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Employees are Everything: Getting Ready to Hire

Intentionality is everything, but sometimes intentionality and forethought get left out of the hiring process. Traci and Rob examine two key areas when you are getting ready to hire: strategic planning of where your organization is going and understanding if your company is ready for growth.

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Do you feel stuck but know there's more inside you to give to the world?

Well, co-host Traci Barrett is here to help! Her new book "What If There: Finding Significance Beyond Success" is out now!

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Traci Barrett

Traci is the President and Founder of Navigate the Journey and serves as a leadership and strategic consultant and coach. Traci works closely with business executives to help them become the type of leader that people want to follow, not just have to follow. She coaches executives, teaching them how to build leadership skills, cultivate cohesive and aligned teams, and lead their companies to profitability by empowering their employees.

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Rob Harr

As Vice President of Sparkbox, Rob is responsible for the operations and financials of the web studio. With his background in software development, he has always enjoyed the people side of technology problems. On any given day, Rob is building relationships with people (clients and employees), ensuring successful daily operations, and strategizing for Sparkbox’s long-term goals.

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