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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Vision and Policy-Building Resources with Robyn Knox
Today marks the third installment of Michelle and Maria’s ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ (DEI) series, and they welcome a very special and highly knowledgeable guest to the podcast today. Robyn Knox is the President and Founder of The HR Business Connect, LLC, an HR consulting, coaching, and leadership development firm located in the Upstate of South Carolina. Robyn is an experienced HR leader with over 25 years of human resources experience in the manufacturing industry, and she was recognized as the 2016 Greenville Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) HR Professional of the Year, and the 2017 South Carolina HR Professional of the Year.
Robyn begins by sharing her extensive background in HR all the way up to her current position, as well as a great deal of information about SHRM and the many valuable resources it has to offer. She delves into some of the powerful initiatives that SHRM has generated, her role in many of them, and also provides a number of other extremely valuable resources. Along the way, she and our hosts discuss the importance of a company inclusion philosophy and making positions attractive for a diverse pool of candidates, as well as the critical role that leaders and those outside of HR play in bringing DEI to life within an organization. Robyn’s vast amount of experience and knowledge renders her a leading expert in the field of HR – you don’t want to miss the many pearls of wisdom she shares here today.
The Finer Details of This Episode:
· Robyn’s background and current position
· The SHRM Foundation and its resources for employers and job seekers
· The 2019 Veterans’ Summit and Robyn’s role in creating it
· The Veterans at Work Digital Toolkit
· Robyn’s advice for leaders and interviewing
· Making your positions attractive to a diverse pool of candidates
· SHRM’s initiatives especially ‘Employing Abilities @Work’ and ‘Getting Talent Back to Work’
· Having and living a company inclusion philosophy
· Some valuable resources that are available
· Robyn’s critical advice
Quotes:
“My goal that year was to educate employers across the state of South Carolina on this Veterans at Work Certificate Program…we would encourage businesses to become more Veteran-friendly.”
“That education piece of it becomes critical if companies are going to do different.”
“You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”
“The easier it is for that interviewer to translate your experience into applicable skills, the further you will go in that interview process.”
“You see things a whole lot different when you’ve dodged bullets.”
“My biggest angst and anxiety is when they go through the interview process and they start asking those questions that may be protected.”
“People…aren’t staying as up to date as they should because things are changing so rapidly.”
“Teach your managers to interview better because your HR teams should not be selecting who works for a manager.”
“There are so many components you just have to be super cautious on.”
“You should have an overall talent strategy.”
“It was probably one of the times in my career where I had the most heartburn ever.”
“A succession plan is not a guarantee.”
“Every single action they recommended wouldn’t have just made it better for someone with a disability, it would have made it a better place to work for everybody.”
“Use what worked somewhere else…look for help.”
“It’s a conversation that needs to be had.”
“It needs to be a vision that the top of your organization has really bought into, but it needs to have support from someone outside of HR as well to help drive that vision.”
Show Links:
REL Talent: HR Consulting
SHRM Resources and Tools
Veterans at Work Digital Toolkit
Getting Talent Back to Work
Together Forward at Work
General Mills Allyship Resources
CEO Action Resources
Walgreens Anderson County Distribution Center
Walgreens Social Responsibility
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Today marks the third installment of Michelle and Maria’s ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ (DEI) series, and they welcome a very special and highly knowledgeable guest to the podcast today. Robyn Knox is the President and Founder of The HR Business Connect, LLC, an HR consulting, coaching, and leadership development firm located in the Upstate of South Carolina. Robyn is an experienced HR leader with over 25 years of human resources experience in the manufacturing industry, and she was recognized as the 2016 Greenville Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) HR Professional of the Year, and the 2017 South Carolina HR Professional of the Year.
Robyn begins by sharing her extensive background in HR all the way up to her current position, as well as a great deal of information about SHRM and the many valuable resources it has to offer. She delves into some of the powerful initiatives that SHRM has generated, her role in many of them, and also provides a number of other extremely valuable resources. Along the way, she and our hosts discuss the importance of a company inclusion philosophy and making positions attractive for a diverse pool of candidates, as well as the critical role that leaders and those outside of HR play in bringing DEI to life within an organization. Robyn’s vast amount of experience and knowledge renders her a leading expert in the field of HR – you don’t want to miss the many pearls of wisdom she shares here today.
The Finer Details of This Episode:
· Robyn’s background and current position
· The SHRM Foundation and its resources for employers and job seekers
· The 2019 Veterans’ Summit and Robyn’s role in creating it
· The Veterans at Work Digital Toolkit
· Robyn’s advice for leaders and interviewing
· Making your positions attractive to a diverse pool of candidates
· SHRM’s initiatives especially ‘Employing Abilities @Work’ and ‘Getting Talent Back to Work’
· Having and living a company inclusion philosophy
· Some valuable resources that are available
· Robyn’s critical advice
Quotes:
“My goal that year was to educate employers across the state of South Carolina on this Veterans at Work Certificate Program…we would encourage businesses to become more Veteran-friendly.”
“That education piece of it becomes critical if companies are going to do different.”
“You don’t have to reinvent the wheel.”
“The easier it is for that interviewer to translate your experience into applicable skills, the further you will go in that interview process.”
“You see things a whole lot different when you’ve dodged bullets.”
“My biggest angst and anxiety is when they go through the interview process and they start asking those questions that may be protected.”
“People…aren’t staying as up to date as they should because things are changing so rapidly.”
“Teach your managers to interview better because your HR teams should not be selecting who works for a manager.”
“There are so many components you just have to be super cautious on.”
“You should have an overall talent strategy.”
“It was probably one of the times in my career where I had the most heartburn ever.”
“A succession plan is not a guarantee.”
“Every single action they recommended wouldn’t have just made it better for someone with a disability, it would have made it a better place to work for everybody.”
“Use what worked somewhere else…look for help.”
“It’s a conversation that needs to be had.”
“It needs to be a vision that the top of your organization has really bought into, but it needs to have support from someone outside of HR as well to help drive that vision.”
Show Links:
REL Talent: HR Consulting
SHRM Resources and Tools
Veterans at Work Digital Toolkit
Getting Talent Back to Work
Together Forward at Work
General Mills Allyship Resources
CEO Action Resources
Walgreens Anderson County Distribution Center
Walgreens Social Responsibility