From Hiring to Onboarding to Firing – How to Avoid HR Issues with Vicky Brown

The Growing your Team Podcast: Episode 202

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Navigating the turbulences of being a business owner isn’t always easy.

From the very start of hiring your first team member and finding the right candidates for your company goals to creating a structured onboarding process that works to having to fire an employee for the first time, there are so many possible challenges and questions. What is the best way to get through these challenging situations to save you leadership headaches and put your business on a pathway for success?

Vicky Brown is an HR expert who takes business owners through these very situations. In this episode, she shares how to set yourself up in the best way to lead your organization and your team while avoiding HR issues.  

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In this Episode You’ll Hear:

  • Common things that surprise business owners when addressing HR issues
  • How to address the phone problem in a work environment

  • How to balance an employee learning a software on their own vs paying them to learn it on the job

  • What does an at will employer really mean 

  • How can entrepreneurs avoid common HR landmines that trip many up

  • Why documenting problems that arise in your business will help you in the long-run

About Vicky Brown:

Vicky’s passion for helping entrepreneurs is rooted in her own entrepreneurial journey. After two decades of leadership roles in the corporate world, Vicky founded her own HR consultancy, Idomeneo Enterprises, in 2001. Faced with countless questions and challenges, Vicky realized how valuable a step-by-step guide would be.

From these experiences, she developed a vision to offer comprehensive, accessible HR guidance and educational resources – this vision led to the creation of the Leaders Journey Experience, an education program specifically designed to equip entrepreneurs and business professionals with the tools, guidance, and confidence to navigate the sometimes complex world of HR.

Fun Fact – she’s also a #1 best-selling author, and a former opera singer.

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