Last week looked a little different than most: I moved from helping a heating and air company update their employee handbook to walking a client leader through a difficult conversation about performance. The week before, I was creating a review process for a cleaning company and analyzing compensation data for a school district. It might sound scattered, but here's what I've discovered after partnering with over 15 clients across remarkably different industries in 2025: gre

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