Natalie Ivey is an HR consultant, workplace investigator, and founder of RPCHR. With decades of experience navigating employee relations and compliance challenges, she brings clarity and confidence to HR professionals through practical training and real-world expertise.
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Natalie Ivey is an HR consultant, workplace investigator, and founder of RPCHR. With decades of experience navigating employee relations and compliance challenges, she brings clarity and confidence to HR professionals through practical training and real-world expertise.
HR Recharge: Strategies For Managing Your Own Well Being
The HR Investigations Podcast
27 minutes 36 seconds
9 months ago
HR Recharge: Strategies For Managing Your Own Well Being
In this episode, podcast host Natalie Ivey discusses her observations of capacity issues and the stress and strain that is affecting HR and Employee Relations professionals. Natalie shares some sage advice in taking ownership of one’s workload, assessing leadership support or lack thereof, and some best practices in reducing stress levels and improving one’s state of well-being.
Key topics:
Examining workloads for HR and ER and increasing caseloads
Discussing the need to get real with oneself and size the capacity problem
Examining why “suffering in silence” is a lousy strategy
Evaluating the importance of documentation, specifically action steps in managing cases to accumulate historical data
Examining how historical data becomes a platform for meaningful change
Reviewing the differences in negotiating styles for “managing up” with leadership to obtain the necessary resources
Natalie shares exciting news:
Launch of the 2nd edition of How to Conduct Internal Investigations: A Practical Guide for Human Resource Professionals in April 2025
Launch of the How to Conduct Internal Investigations: A Practical Workshop for HR & ER Professionals
Launch of the rpchr.com website in March 2025
Launch of the new RPC Academy, an online training portal at rpchr.com with access to Natalie’s content, launching in April 2025
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Check out Natalie's book How to Conduct Internal Investigations: A Practical Guide for Human Resource Professionals here:https://tinyurl.com/y39s7n77
The HR Investigations Podcast
Natalie Ivey is an HR consultant, workplace investigator, and founder of RPCHR. With decades of experience navigating employee relations and compliance challenges, she brings clarity and confidence to HR professionals through practical training and real-world expertise.
