966: Navigating organizational (and life) transitions with HR and a focus on PEOPLE w/ Michelle Henriksen

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What happens when personal tragedy turns into entrepreneurial triumph? Join us for an insightful conversation with Michelle Henriksen, a trailblazing HR leader who transformed her life's setbacks into a thriving business. After experiencing the loss of her husband and a job layoff, Michelle harnessed her resilience and launched her own agency, honoring her husband's entrepreneurial legacy. Discover the deep personal significance behind her company's name and logo, and hear how she navigated these life changes to build a successful venture from the ground up.Michelle dives into the critical aspects of building a robust HR infrastructure, emphasizing the need for consistent policies and systems to support employee growth and career progression. Her extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions reveals the importance of collaboration within HR teams to seamlessly integrate new companies and harmonize roles and compensation. Michelle's insights are invaluable for anyone looking to understand the intricate balance of managing people issues during organizational transitions.Uncover the less glamorous yet essential side of entrepreneurship as Michelle shares her journey from consultant to business owner. From dealing with billing and logistics to strategic networking, learn how she established her credibility and showcased her expertise through collaborations with major HR organizations. Michelle's story highlights the importance of nurturing professional and personal relationships, leaving us with key advice: become an expert in something and believe in yourself. Don’t miss this episode packed with actionable insights and inspiring stories that could propel your own entrepreneurial journey.ABOUT MICHELLEMichelle Henriksen is a dynamic HR leader with 25+ years of global HR experience, advising clients in all aspects of the employee lifecycle with the goal of maximizing efficiencies, leveraging technology, and promoting equitable and consistent employee policies and practices. As a strategic partner to human resources professionals and executive leadership teams, she has assisted organizations in raising performance levels by understanding and mitigating people issues associated with mergers and acquisitions, right-sizing organizations through restructuring/turnaround events, and advising on human resources practices, statutory requirements, and culture when expanding operations internationally. She has spent her career working in both industry and professional services at Accenture, Zulkie Partners, Huron Consulting Group, Walgreens USA, Grant Thornton, and FGMK. In 2022, she founded HG4 Advisory.LINKS & RESOURCESConnect with Michelle on LinkedIn

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