Jun 17, 2026 · 42 min · 13 segments
Culture doesn't start with HR. It starts with whoever's at the top. And when leadership is the problem, no amount of HR programming, culture initiatives, or team offsites is going to fix it. This…
Latoya DavisHostAmyHostBut just say in a nice PR way.
Even if you want to be specific and just say, HR wasn't delivering what I needed it to deliver.
Okay, cool, no problem.
Why you feel the need to actually go as far as to blame all of the problems that have happened on HR When even in your own dialogue about the situation, it does seem like you're the problem.
you.
Even just people I've talked to in the past few weeks who are saying to me, you know, I'm leaving my job or I was downsized recently and I'm actually thinking about doing something differently.
One of the first few things out of their mouth is if I'm going to go work for another company, I really need to know that I believe in the people that I work with and for.
If you don't have the right leadership in place, it will erode the value of your company.
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But just say in a nice PR way.
Even if you want to be specific and just say, HR wasn't delivering what I needed it to deliver.
Okay, cool, no problem.
Why you feel the need to actually go as far as to blame all of the problems that have happened on HR When even in your own dialogue about the situation, it does seem like you're the problem.
you.
Even just people I've talked to in the past few weeks who are saying to me, you know, I'm leaving my job or I was downsized recently and I'm actually thinking about doing something differently.
One of the first few things out of their mouth is if I'm going to go work for another company, I really need to know that I believe in the people that I work with and for.
If you don't have the right leadership in place, it will erode the value of your company.
