Have you ever or do you currently work in a restaurant? Me too. Did you experience harassment or discrimination from your managers, colleagues, customers, or all of the above? Yeah, me too. It’s not a surprise to learn that we’re not alone.

I probably don’t have to sell you on the idea that we live in interesting times. You might even be tempted to call them stressful – I know I would. For trans people and our allies, there has never been so much attention and opportunity to make meaningful change in the world, including in the workplace.

For a lot of employers, the concept of Human Resources feels like a luxury at best, or a barrier to progress at worst. If you’ve founded a small business or are scaling up a startup, the last thing you need on your plate is bureaucracy gumming up the works. And after all, that’s what HR is known for, right?

“Is anyone else experiencing sexist comments?” When Brienne Allan, head brewer and production manager at Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts, posted this simple question on Instagram, she couldn’t have predicted the avalanche of response.

Rebecca Weaver had the pleasure of chatting with Jules Gill-Peterson about how we should be thinking about gender, allyship, and trans-inclusion in the workplace. Click to watch their conversation!

“I see you were with company XYZ for only a year… Can you explain to me why you were there for such a short time?” We’ve all been there. Sitting in an interview face-to-face with that dreaded question. How can you respond in a way that won’t be a red flag?

Like most of my HR colleagues, I was saddened but not surprised to learn about Meghan Markle’s fruitless complaint to Buckingham Palace HR.

Whether you are just beginning your career, have been working for a few years and aren’t sure what’s next, or are ready to transition to a new career path, these tips will help you design a master plan for your career.

Rebecca Weaver was a guest on the Ellevate Podcast: Conversations With Women Changing the Face of Business. Click to listen!

Meet HRuprise coach, Lisa Burke-Smalley

Rebecca Weaver was a guest on the Happiness at Work podcast. Click to listen!

As an innovation and creativity consultant, I spend my days working with clients who want to change their mindsets, skills, behaviors, organizational systems, and cultures to better embrace change. I counsel clients on pivoting (thinking, products, services, and more), but what is the biggest pivot you can make? A hard quit.

Rebecca Weaver was a guest on the Be Brave at Work podcast. Click to listen!

A few weeks ago, my friend Kevin turned me on to a Twitter conversation where a hiring manager tweeted about being annoyed because a candidate they were interviewing didn’t bring a copy of their resume. (Insert me checking the calendar… oh yeah, it’s 2021. Just making sure.)

Meet HRuprise coach, Claudia Mendoza

One night back in 2015, I went out to dinner with a group of male coworkers. We had a good dinner and even better conversations. As we left for the evening, two of us split off from the group and headed for our cars on one end of the parking lot while everyone else went the other way. And that is when someone stole our joy.

A few weeks ago, the founders of Basecamp began acting out an elaborate, multi-episode morality play on the corporate world stage. Their lesson? Whether they meant to or not, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson have expertly demonstrated the fallacy of the “apolitical workplace” and the downsides of using severance buyouts to cull employees who don’t agree with you.

Meet HRuprise coach, Michelle King

After 10+ years in the professional world, I never thought a 45-minute breakout session could make me question everything that HR represents.

HRuprise founder Rebecca Weaver was featured as a guest in Authority Magazine’s Meet The Disruptors — an interview series about business leaders who are shaking things up in their industry.