Ep 68 - Alisia Gill , Founder & CEO at The North Star Organization – Keys To Retaining Top Talent and Navigating Careers

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How do companies retain talent, and whose job is it to manage careers? Alisia Gill, CEO of the North Star Organization, points out what employees and their companies miss, and need to do better. Drawing from her work as an economist, business analyst and Chief People Officer, Alisia shares how as a Coach she helps frustrated individuals who aren’t fulfilled or advancing – and how, as a Consultant, she helps companies design the systems, tools and culture that retains key talent, fueling innovation and the bottom line. Listen to unlock your talent: Alisia discusses how to optimize for your situation, have critical conversations with your boss, and create tools that make the right thing to do easy to do.

 SHOW NOTES:

• The path from Latin America economist to Chief People Officer
• How Alisia thinks differently from others in HR
• Seeing employee turnover as a market failure, that’s bad for business – and individuals
• Being fulfilled in one’s career: Whose responsibility is that?
• From attracting talent to retaining talent
• Introspection and focus first: What does advancement mean to you? What do you really want?
• Don't assume people know, have the conversation!
• How to have tough discussions with your boss, without getting backlash
• Leveraging a performance review
• Reasonable asks
• The important role DEI plays in mitigating unconscious bias – and how DEI is not about favoritism, or even about creating equality
• Why Alisia chose not to study engineering in college
• Optimize for your situation, and how to avoid banging your head against the wall
• The Cleveland test and seeking fit vs seeking for what is additive
• How Alisia and EmpiRx Health leadership created such a great place to work
• What company do you want to be – and how does the employee experience feed that?
• How Alisia harnesses Clifton Strengths
• The importance of helping middle management
• An additional $5K?
• Making the “right thing to do, easy to do” -- and the power of the humble tool

 

BIO AND LINKS:

Alisia Gill is a strategic advisor, consultant, executive coach, and speaker. She is the Founder and CEO of the North Star Organization that helps enterprises retain key talent – and individuals navigate their careers. In a career spanning more than two decades, she has stood at the intersection of workforce, business, and analytics. Her journey began in finance and consulting, eventually leading to Chief People Officer – from IBM to New York City’s IT agency to EmpiRx health, an Inc5000 company. Alisia holds a BA in Latin American Studies and Economics from Columbia University and a MPA in Economic Policy from Princeton. She’s a business executive who believes that if you don’t get the people part right, you’re nowhere!

• Alisia on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisiagill/
• Her company: https://thenorthstarorg.com
• Alisia’s article in HR Executive: https://hrexecutive.com/6-ways-to-avoid-performative-dei-in-2023/
• Clifton Strengths: https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx
• Michael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74

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