Hi, I'm Maria Mercer. And I'm the vice president of human resources with Ryan LLC. The mastermind membership has helped me in my role because it's been a safe place, kind of a psychologically safe place for us to share, or for me to personally share the challenges that I'm having in my day to day role to get great feedback, and then to help me strategize on what I can do to kind of help fix those things.

So it's a place where we can sort of share and be safe in terms of like telling us what our challenges are in any given day. And that's, that's really hard when you're in a vice-president role and above, it's hard to have that safe space because you're assumed that, you know, everything that there is to know around human resources. And we all know that that's not possible.

HR masterminds has benefited me personally and Ryan, because it's almost like you've gotten three or four different HR, vice presidents in one. So it's, it's just not relying on my own personal experiences and my k...

CHRO of YPO

"I get to be in a group with peers in a safe place with trust, (I) can bring challenges... and get ideas on how to find solutions.
They're my go-to... they've been a true resource to me, ... coming back to this group & hearing what others are doing really gave me ideas ... to take back & implement in our org..."

Terry Snodgrass, senior HR partner, Access Healthcare Services.

Terry Snodgrass:
So as a senior HR partner, how the HR Mastermind group has benefited me and the organization, it's really benefited me, first and foremost, for the past, I've been with the organization for four years, since the inception. And I feel like I've grown tremendously over the course of this time. And I've stretched. I've definitely seen opportunities for growth, both personally and professionally.

Terry Snodgrass:
How it's helped me translate that into my organization is just being able to be around other individuals that are going through either similar experiences or bring that true diversity of thought that is helping me to think differently and to show up differently and also think about how that would translate into my organization.

Terry Snodgrass:
So for someone that's considering joining HR Mastermind, I would say definitely, definitely join. It's been a fantastic opportunity for me. I've been with this journ...

Jonathan Mayes:
My name is Jonathan Mayes. I'm Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Albertsons Companies.

Jonathan Mayes:
So what would I say to someone who is evaluating whether to come next year? I would say come and here's several reasons why. First of all, just the networking, I mean, just the amazing people I have met today, highly skilled in what they do. Second is just the content of the presentations, I think can just help lift your whole game with regard to all things HR. Third is inspiration. I mean, just coming, just to meet people who can also kind of put wind in your sails. I think those and other reasons are reasons why I would strongly recommend that you come.

Jonathan Mayes:
So one key takeaway I want to share today is just one to acknowledge that bias is real. It's really hard, if not impossible, to completely overcome, but there's hope. And I'm going to share some tools to help people identify bias and also to combat bias.

Jonathan Mayes:
So ho...

Chief People Officer of Premier Trailer Leasing

"As an executive... it's important to stay engaged in this community...you need to stay relevant... staying on top of the latest trends & things that are going on... keeps you connected to the resources & the people that help you deliver excellent services for your company."

VP and Head of HR for Supply Chain at PepsiCo

"...if you are considering joining HR Mastermind, please do. It is a wonderful opportunity to network with people outside of your company. I personally have gotten so much value, having been at one company for a really long time,"

Links referenced in vlog:

We are now accepting HR Mastermind applications for CHROs and Direct reports of companies with over 500 employees. Learn more here and book at one time FREE call with Cindy Lu HERE:

https://www.chropartners.com/home2020

HR leaders at the manager level and above at any size company  can join HR Inner Circle can companies can join without an interview HERE: https://www.chropartners.com/

About the VLOG:

I have been hearing so much about how Talent Acquisition is a huge challenge today for HR leaders and how TA teams are burning out and can't keep up.

So, I recorded a quick 16 minute vlog about the high-level strategies that helped me when we were loosing revenue because we didn't have the talent and the techniques we used to turn things around and even have an amazing pipeline of talent to choose from over time.

• We decreased time to hire from 3 months to 2 weeks and
• Turnover numbers plummeted from 50% to 9% because we had actual slates to pick from (and
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