When it comes to leading business owners to greatness, no one does it better than Barbara L. Mason.
Barbara has made it her life’s work to provide small business owners with the HR strategies they need to achieve optimum growth and profitability.
As founder of Career Pathways Consulting, Barbara has helped countless high performance women entrepreneurs hire, grow, and retain amazing teams so they can position their companies for long-term success. With more than 20 years of HR experience working for Fortune 500 companies, Barbara honed her organizational development and talent management skills on the front lines of corporate America. Among her many notable accomplishments, Barbara is most proud of leading the HR strategy at a 9,000-person organization for one of the top energy providers in the Southeast. She also created a staffing process for Target’s distribution division on how to open and staff a 1 million- square-foot distribution center. Her current work includes helping million-dollar small businesses build their teams and build a solid employee culture. An in-demand speaker, Barbara is often called to talk about talent management, effective leadership, how to create an engaging company culture and other important HR-related topics.
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Show Notes
- |00:01:16| HR show explores office dynamics with a touch of melodrama, diving into workplace gossip and its impact.
- |00:03:42| Balancing impact and meetings; struggling to connect with people due to executive engagements.
- |00:07:15| Small businesses’ flexibility in policy creation, like bereavement leave, enhancing employee experience.
- |00:10:28| Growth journey from 2 to 5 employees, continuous improvement in team dynamics since 2021.
- |00:13:52| Critique of Jimmy Fallon’s and a prominent self-help figure’s work culture for perceived meanness.
- |00:17:24| Expertise in efficient resume review, aiding $1 million range clients in hiring processes.
- |00:19:56| Engaging speaking experiences for organizations and small businesses on diverse topics.
- |00:24:08| Consistent and compassionate policies, especially bereavement leave, crucial for positive employee experience.
- |00:26:12| Preference for remote work, advocating for justifying office requirements.
- |00:29:27| Emphasizing alignment of company values in hiring, focusing on individuals passionate about community service.
