Sustainability Frameworks, Learning and Developing Better Leaders
In HRchat episode 393, we hone in on the benefits of lifelong professional development and DE&I best practices.
My guests this time are Terri Hartwell Easter and Susan Brooks from T.H. Easter Consulting LLC, a firm on a mission to offer informed solutions to the toughest human resource management challenges.
Questions For Terri and Susan Include
- All kinds of organizations took a step back in the wake of George Floyd’s murder – trying to understand whether and how racism and other “isms” exist in their workplaces. What has been your experience of working with organizations to better understand whether and how “isms” exist and what to do about it?
- Follow-up: And what advice would you offer to organizations that have not started a formal process or maybe contemplating one?
- The pandemic changed the way we work: teleworking, large numbers of women leaving the workplace, and news ways of learning. As a result, the workforce seems to be demanding more from employees when it comes to employee pay, work hours, and benefits. What are you seeing?
- Speaking of telework and the ”hybrid workplace” – what are you seeing as the impact on organizations?
More About Terri Hartwell Easter
Terri is the founder and Principal of T. H. Easter Consulting (THEC). With over 30 years of experience, Terri was the first African-American female Chief Operating Officer of a top 100 national AmLaw legal practice and is a highly regarded organizational change strategist for leading utility companies, professional services firms, commercial banks, and the White House. Terri’s trademark is bringing new approaches and innovative thinking to some of the toughest human resource management challenges and most aggressive revenue enhancement goals.
More About Susan Brooks
Susan is also a Principal at T. H.Easter Consulting. She is a professional and management consultant with over 25 years experience in HR management, recruitment strategies and communications. Susan is a thought leader in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion, leadership, and training with articles appearing in publications such as the National Law Journal, Bloomberg BNA, People + Strategy, Training Magazine, and Law Practice Today.