Creating Psychological Safety with Jennifer Hall

Talent Management Truths

“You have to budget your time for the important things.”

- Jennifer Hall

Our work lives are busy. Jammed with meetings and to-do lists, and it can seem like there’s simply no space to do anything particularly well. And what are the implications for our relationships at work when we are this busy? How can we build and sustain trust? I invite you to listen to this episode for insights that will get you thinking about your big rocks!

My guest is Jennifer Hall who is Director of Human Resources for ACCES Employment, a charitable agency that assists job seekers from diverse backgrounds, who are facing barriers to employment, to integrate into the Canadian job market. In her role, Jennifer is responsible for the full gamut of HR services, including DEI, recruitment, succession planning and L&D. She believes that a healthy organization with effective and welcoming onboarding, strong L&D and engaging leadership has a tremendous impact on our lives at work.

In this episode of Talent Management Truths, you’ll discover:

🍏 Why being “generous with your time” is essential

🍏 What creating psychological safety in an organization actually looks like in action

🍏 Ways to build trust with your internal customers so that you can build buy-in for the programs you know will work

About Jennifer Hall: Jennifer brings 20 years’ experience in human resources and has a wide array of experience working in various industries and sectors, including employment services, financial services, event technology, consumer packaged goods, and both union/non-unionized, for-profit and non-profit sectors. She leads the HR function at ACCES Employment and is currently building out the learning and development strategy for the organization. Prior to that, she was in a scaling M&A environment in event technology and led the creation of all HR programs for newly merged companies. Jen has a full life to juggle with hybrid work, balancing family including kids at different ages and stages, and a cat and a do

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