TechnicalTalentPartnerHub

Over the last 8 years, I've really enjoyed partnering with UX, Security, Internal IT, Product, Engineering & Data teams as a Talent professional. By sharing these resources with the world, I hope to empower other folks in HR to be true talent partners to the R&D groups they support and ultimately help build life changing products. If you're looking to stay connected, feel free to reach out to me. This Github repo will continue to evolve as my own professional interests evolve.

A curated collection of resources on Leadership, Org Design & Talent Management:

• Netflix Culture: Very interesting perspectives from Patty McCord on what it took to build Netflix's unique culture (sports team, talent density, no performance bonuses, top of market pay, etc). She was the CHRO of Netflix. Netflix produced the Netflix culture deck that has circulated the tech space for a number of years.
• The Culture Map: If you work in any global team with different cultures or ways of life, this is a MUST read. It dives deeper into the differences between cultures on a number of different dimensions with great examples of no-nos when interacting with multicultural teams.
• Managers of One: prior to reading this article, I've never heard of the concept of "Manager of One". I really love how Gitlab highlights the 20 things you need to see a Manager of One. As a Talent Professional, those 20 things really summarize the types of behaviour I would expect from a high performing individual contributor role.
• a16z's blog archives: really interesting points about "summertime soldiers", "vesting in peace" and "mediocre performers". He provides advice on turning around a company through really strategic HR choices.
• Open Policy Index: The team at Open Index created this airtable of 300+ HR policies. This is a resource that HR professionals can use to research what's available in the market, but remember: the best policies are custom fit to your organization's reality. As always, give kudos and appropriate credit to the individuals and organizations where you drew inspiration from! :)
• Workplace Investigations for the Human Resources Professional: Great primer on what the investigation process looks like. As someone not involved with these activities in my organization, the information was digestible and useful. Resource is free which is helpful for self-taught HR professionls lacking the HR academic background.
• Pyn: Employee Experience Process Mapping: great, FREE tool to process map talent processes, you're able to collaborate with peers and expert visuals. It's like Figma for HR.
• The Rands Test: "The Rands Test," a management and team health assessment inspired by "The Joel Test" for software quality. This test comprises twelve points, designed to evaluate various aspects of an engineering team, particularly focusing on communication effectiveness and strategic understanding within a company.
• Employee Lifetime Value: article introduces Employee Lifetime Value (ELTV), a metric that quantifies an employee's total expected future contributions to an organization over the entire duration of their employment, similar to how customer lifetime value assesses a customer's long-term worth. ELTV as a crucial HR metric for understanding human capital ROI, justifying investment in people, and optimizing the employee lifecycle.
• Zapier's AI x HR use cases Playbook on the different AI x HR use cases.
• 9 Box Model - Talent Management: a model/framework that can be used by leaders to conceptualize the potential and performance of an organization. Useful for resource allocation, performance management and feedback.
• Leveling Up Teams Fast and Slow: strategies on debugging team performance.

A curated collection of resources for People Managers:

• How I talk to Leaders About Firing People: Really honest article about PIPs, what needs to be done to be fair to the employee and also acknowledges the importance of the manager in owning responsibility for this failed relationship.
• 12 Quotes from High Output Management by Andy Grove: For people managers that haven't had a chance to read his book, this article summarizes 12 practices that managers need to execute on to build a high-performing organization. Must read.
• Drive by Daniel Pink: Daniel Pink shares a 10 minute video on what factors lead to high performance for creative work. Spoiler alert: it's not pay. It's Mastery, Autonomy & Purpose.
• How to be an empathetic manager (without becoming a therapist): Great article on balancing both holding space for your individual contributors, but also ensuring that you coach the individual to have the right mental model on tough situations. Has some sample talking tracks to help create space and direct energy.

A curated collection of resources on Diversity, Inclusion & Equity:

• Tips for job seekers, recruiters and leaders on building a diverse & inclusive workforce (Ceridian): shameless plug, I wrote the article when I was a Pride ERG Co-Chair at my last company
• Diversity Terminology: On D,E,I terminology.
• What does privilege look like?: On what privilege can look like in day-to-day actions.
• On Equality vs. Equity: On the differences between equality and equity.
• On Intersectionality: On what intersectionality is in the lens of identity
• How to talk about pronouns at work: On respecting and acknowledging pronouns in the workplace
• Designing for Ramadan 2023: Really great read on Ramadan, the pre and post activities and how organizations can build services & products that are inclusive to this community.
• Rivers to Success: Great 30 minute course for non-indigenous employees to better understand history around our indigenous communities. I find that our media fails to really provide adequate coverage of Indigenous history so I strongly recommend for individuals to be proactive with their own education.
• Google: Inclusive event design: An incredible open-source doc from Google outlining best practices on inclusive in-person or virtual events, it covers the gamut from participant registration, speaker representation, logistics and more.

A curated collection of resources to better understand Total Rewards/Compensation:

• What is Equity by Carta: great resource on understanding equity, cap tables, vesting and more.
• The Holloway Guide to Equity Compensation -> Equity is a huge consideration when joining a company, but equity is a black box for most individuals. Check out this thorough guide on how equity works. I learned lots about concepts like 409A valuations, taxation, public vs. private equity, vesting schedules, stock options vs. RSUs, and much more.
• Opening Up About Comp Isn’t Easy — Here’s How to Get More Transparent: the world is moving to more transparency around salaries, but the reality is that many organizations may not be ready for this change. HOWEVER, this doesn't mean you can't work towards transparency internally and externally. Check out this article for insights on how an organization can shift into transparency.
• TheWorldatWork: Handbook of Total Rewards: picked up this textbook recently and found it was a fantastic resource for a Talent professional to learn more about compensation surveys, job analysis, merit cycles & budgeting, sales & executive comp, labor laws and more. Still part-way through the book! TheWorldAtWork is an organization that focuses on the practice of Total Rewards, definitely recommend taking a look at their site for other resources!
• Immigration 101: Immigration/Mobility programs are sometimes offered as a condition of employment. This document from Homebrew gives some context for HR professionals on the process of sponsorship in