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Nina’s People Manager Job Description
Welcome to managing people! You might be new to managing employees and people management is a big job. Although every team will have their own best practices around management, here’s a general set of guidelines about managing people and what’s expected of that role (including some required things!). Saying the unsaid things!!!!
Nina’s Layoff Guide
This is a guide for HR and People Operations staff who are responsible for project managing layoffs and want to do it fairly and thoughtfully. It’s especially designed for smaller teams where you might be the only HR person at your company and are new to layoffs. If you’re a leader or manager who wants to do better in laying people off or is new to the process, this might also be useful for you.
1:1 Agenda Template
A seriously powerful tool for driving work forward in partnership - with all of the empathy, support, agency and accountability of the best manager-direct report relationship built right into the doc.
The Convening Container Guide
There’s a formula to a good convening - it’s not rocket science but it’s also not accidental!