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❤️ Editor’s Favorites Folder: Summer Recap
#60. For those looking to catch up! A quick recap of recent newsletters and top resources.
Kenzie Yates
September 04, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes
Hello & Happy Thursday!
It’s been a busy summer, hasn’t it?? Labor Day may have passed, but somehow the pace feels even faster now.
If you’re anything like me, you don’t always make it through every email in your inbox. That’s why I wanted to pause today and pull everything together for you in one easy place.
This issue is a quick recap of recent newsletters from Want to Work There, including the downloads and resources we shared in each one. We’ve also rounded up a handful of our favorite things from across the past few months (articles, tools, and ideas we think you’ll find helpful as you head into fall)!
Think of it as a choose-your-own-adventure moment. Take what you need, skip what you don’t, and know that our whole team is cheering you on as you continue building workplaces where people truly want to be.
Yours in taking a moment to catch up,
Kenzie Yates
Editor, Want to Work There Newsletter
Reflect on this…
Which of my summer memory will I cherish most in the future?
What are three things I can do to prepare myself for fall?
Is there anything I’d like to focus on starting or stopping?
🕵️♀️ Making the Case: How to Secure Buy-In for Management Training
You know your people managers need support. But convincing the rest of your leadership team to invest in training? That’s the hard part.
Join Jill on September 12th for a free virtual session where she’ll cover the research, language, and tools you need to win over even the most skeptical execs.
Register to join the session here » https://lu.ma/cu8zsxj7
💜 Managing People Takes Time. Here’s How Much.
August 21, 2025. In our work with organizations of all sizes, one pattern has been crystal clear: a manager’s leadership quality is directly tied to the time they have available to lead. When that time gets squeezed, the whole team feels the pressure. That’s exactly why Jill created the 10% rule…
💙 3 (more) Things I’ve Learned About Being an Effective Remote Manager
August 7, 2025. The truth is, becoming an effective remote manager is never a one-and-done skill. It requires regular reflection, adjustment, and the willingness to question your own habits. That’s why we’re revisiting Jill’s original lessons on remote management from 2022 and add 3 more to the conversation.
💚 A Practical Guide to Delegation with Amber Gray
July 24, 2025. As the guest writer of this issue, Amber offered readers not just permission to delegate, but a powerful framework for doing it better. Her Five Levels of Delegation tool will help you communicate expectations, calibrate trust, and coach your team into ownership (without burning out in the process).
💛 What Gen Z Really Wants at Work - And What To Do About It!
July 10, 2025. There’s a foundational question we must address: what matters to Gen Z employees? To help answer that question, we dug into data from Deloitte, Gallup, and UKG to identify what Gen Z cares about most and what you, as a manager or People Ops leader, can do to meet them where they are.
🧡 Making Sense of Employee Reviews with Matt R. Vance
June 26, 2025. If you’ve ever wondered how to improve your ratings without crossing ethical lines, what to do when your internal reality doesn’t match your external image, or how to simply start collecting more balanced reviews, Matt’s insights will help you take that first step with confidence.
❤️ Before You Hit Send on that Internal Email...
June 12, 2025. “Employees don’t need another values reminder if leadership isn’t willing to stand behind those values when it counts. They don’t need vague reassurance. They need clarity about what’s happening, what it means for them, and what comes next.”
Learn Alejandra’s Head, Hands, and Heart framework for communicating changes – big and small – within the company.
Things We’re (still) Loving
GPT AI for HR: AI chat built specifically for HR leaders to find relevant answers to nearly any of our problems. Designing a new vacation policy? Got you covered. Don’t know where to start when it comes to performance management? Borderless AI can help. Give it a whirl →
Resources for building a custom GPT. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with all the talk on “custom GPTs”, this resource center is a great place to start. We’ll be adding their podcast recs to our “want to listen to” list immediately.
Job seeking and feeling down about it? Careerspan is offering their career-coaching, resume-enhancing, confidence-building tool free for job seekers this summer. Learn more here >>
Deloitte’s 2025 Global Human Capital Trends - This report provides insight on hot HR strategy topics, from building stability for employees to creating an AI-friendly employee value proposition, plus an article titled “Is there still value in the role of managers?” 👀
Mental Health First Aid: It’s more important than ever for organizations to understand what mental health resources are available to employees and to compile them in a way that’s easy to access and navigate. This past issue of the newsletter will show you exactly how to put one together.
