Elder Care: What is the Employer’s Responsibility to Help Support Employees Who are Juggling it All?11/25/2020 Although I’ve shared a fair amount about me in my blog articles, this is more of a personal post than I typically do. I was going back through my 2020 calendar the other day and reflecting on my time spent this year. I counted the number of medical appointments that I took my mother to. It totaled 81. Yes, you read that right…eighty-one medically related appointments so far this year. All for a variety of things.
I left my CHRO job early last year. I worked for a large hospital system and I’ve often thought this year, as the U.S. has tried to handle a global pandemic, how would I have juggled my executive responsibilities and all of my mom’s needs had I stayed? At the time that I left my job, I was barely hanging on as it was. Having hit burnout myself, dealing with being the medical POA for my mother and all of her medical needs as she aged, I could no longer juggle the demands of my job along with the needs of my family and it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back, so I threw in the towel on my corporate life and focused my attention on my family.
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Organizational culture is squishy. It’s elusive. It’s hard to define. Organizational culture is a living thing that is always changing. That also means it can be influenced – either positively or negatively. Organizations need to be thoughtful about developing their culture. That takes some expertise and intentionality in doing so.
Early on in my career a wise consultant told me it takes seven years to change a culture. In my 25 years of human resources, organizational change and leadership experience, I have found that to be true. You can certainly start to see the effects of intentional change earlier than that, but to really make a culture change stick, seven years is about right. True culture change won’t depend on a leader to sustain it. You’ll know when it sticks if a leader can walk away and the changes are lasting. They’ve become systematically embedded in what is happening throughout the organization. It takes intentional effort, consistency and time to make happen. |
AuthorLaurie is an experienced Human Resources executive who is passionate about organizational culture, creating great workplaces and employee engagement. Archives
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