Solving Your Stickiest Employee Problems and Creating Functional, Positive Work Cultures

My whole thing is about Human beings at work. You will see me capitalize the word “Human” because I want to emphasize it every chance I get. I am passionate about reminding managers, employees, business owners, HR professionals and executives that “these are Human beings working here,” so let’s treat them humanly.

I do not mean “humanely,” which implies, to me, meeting the bare minimum of human needs. I say “humanly” because to me it means, “with thought and attention, as if the person matters.”  My focus is doing manager development and coaching & training for new managers that teaches how to work with the Human nature of managers and employees alike – ways to work with the very Human needs for appreciation, belonging, contribution and meaning, for instance.  But I’m getting ahead of myself.  You’ll learn more about this in my “Manifesto.”

I’m a former HR manager, from a Fortune 100 company. In 2004 I chose to go out on my own to develop and articulate my vision about Humans at work and working with Human nature, that I feel so strongly about. I am concerned for the respect given to the Human resources we employ in organizations. I suggest we need to “Re-Imagine Work Relationships” because we need something different – a different type of relating than we have ever had before, at work, among Human beings, which includes working with Human nature. I want to see us relate to each other with a reverence for the effort and contribution of our fellow Human beings at work.

My intent is to use this website as a forum to continue to develop and share my thoughts.  The overview of my thoughts is under “The Manifesto.” I know “manifesto” sounds rather heavy, but I really like that it contains the word “manifest.” I’ve dedicated my career to see this vision come to fruition. I think our work-lives depend on it.

I’ve also included lots of things here I’ve learned in the hundreds of hours I’ve spent in my career, coaching new managers, and conducting manager development. See the Survive & Thrive and Exchanging Ideas sections for how-to’s and how-to-think-about-things-differently.

In the Meet Mary section you will see what kinds of things I am really proud of, and that led me to shape this dream that I have for Humans at work and what I can do today for you, as an individual, or for your organization through manager development and other training and coaching.

Thank you for visiting, and I hope to see you back here often.

Warm Regards,

Mary C Schaefer
President, Artemis Path, Inc

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