Episode 396: Staying True to an Organization’s Beliefs With Guiding Principles with Mimi Singer

And these guiding principles are not just on a poster wall somewhere. These are really principles that we live. And how do we do that? We talk about it a lot. We talk about it in meetings, about how we might live out those principles. But even more so is that at times we’ve got big decisions to make, and we literally, and even in the executive team, we will say we’ve got this big decision to make. Let’s go through our guiding principles and decide to help us make this decision, because we got to stay true to that. We have to stay true to what our employees believe we are and what we’re living out every day. Episode 396: Staying True to an Organization’s Beliefs With Guiding Principles with Mimi Singer   Welcome to the Workology Podcast, a podcast for the disruptive workplace leader. Join host Jessica Miller-Merrell, founder of Workology.com as she sits down and gets to the bottom of trends, tools, and case studies for the business leader, HR, and recruiting professional who is tired of the status quo. Now here’s Jessica with this episode of Workology. Jessica Miller-Merrell: [00:01:02.01] Welcome to the Workology Podcast powered by Ace The HR Exam and Upskill HR. These are two of the courses that we offer for HR certification prep and re-certification for HR leaders. Now, this podcast is part of an ongoing series that is focused on the roles and responsibilities of the Chief Human Resources Officer or CHRO. The CHRO is sometimes called the VP of People or the Chief People Officer, and it’s an executive or C-level role that deals with managing human resources as well as organizational development and implementing policies of change to improve the overall efficiency of the company. The CHRO podcast series here on Workology is sponsored by HR Benchmark Survey. Share your insights at HRBenchmarkSurvey.com. Now one of the reasons we continue to do this series is because there’s a lot of mystery around what we do as heads of HR and our roles have drastically changed over the last 24 to 36 months. I also want aspiring CHROs to know the kind of skills and experiences that they need to promote into a future level CHRO role, along with hearing from our peers about what we’re doing, what we’re working on, and how we’re partnering with our executive peers. So before I introduce our guest today, I want to hear from you. Text the word “PODCAST” to 512-548-3005. Ask me questions, leave comments, and make suggestions for future podcast guests. This is my community text number and I want to hear from you. So on today’s podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Mimi Singer Lee, Executive Vice President and CHRO of b1BANK. Mimi has over 20 years’ experience in human resources, in human resource management, most recently serving multiple HR leadership roles at Louisiana State University. he earned her PhD in Human Resources Education from LSU and has extensive experience in recruitment, employment retention, employment selection, employee relations, policy administration, and training and development. Mimi, welcome to the Workology Podcast. Mimi Singer Lee: [00:02:21.45] Thank you so much for having me. Jessica Miller-Merrell: [00:03:14.70] I am so excited for you to be on the podcast. Let’s start with your background because you are the first CHRO that I’ve interviewed here that has a PhD in Human Resources and well, Human Resources Education. So talk to me about how you got your start in HR and how your work in HR has evolved over time into that current role. Mimi Singer Lee: [00:03:37.