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In this episode of The Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Podcast, Brian Lofrumento interviews Kelly Gust, the founder and CEO of HR Full Circle. Kelly shares her expertise on various topics such as hiring, employee engagement, team dynamics, and career growth. The conversation also covers organizational culture, understanding team dynamics, and using tools like the predictive index to identify communication styles. Listen here. 

Kelly recently appeared on the Central Illinois Business Leaders Podcast, and had the opportunity to talk org culture, employee engagement, performance management and more. Listen here. 

Kelly spoke to Vanessa Ferguson with NPR Illinois Community Voices about her career and how her first job in a bar and grill inspired her to learn about human resources. She also shared best HR practices for businesses and how to hire the best employees in today’s labor market. Listen here.

Kelly is a regular contributor to the Springfield Business Journal's Professional and Business Development Column. Read the column here.

Christine Bailey of Bailey Family Insurance chats with Kelly Gust about the cool things she's doing in HR. Listen here. 

Kelly Gust, Human Resources Expert-in-Residence for the University of Illinois Research Park, shared best practices for how professionals can manage their schedules to work smarter - not harder. Attendees walked away with actionable steps to optimizing their most precious resource: time! Listen here. 

If you have even 1 employee, you're going to need a job description, interview template, onboarding checklist, offer letter and termination  templates! If you take the time to prepare these tools ahead of time, then as a leader you can spend your quality time on the culture and business strategy, and less on the busywork HR. Kelly walks you through the essentials in this recorded training. Listen here.

Many managers and business owners procrastinate tough conversations thinking and hoping that if they just treat the employee well, maybe the problem will go away. Unfortunately, it rarely does and the manager finds themself in what feels like a hostage situation. Discussing job performance, "soft skills" and areas for improvement at work is what matters most in your business! If your employees aren't performing at their best, your business can't perform. Listen here.

Diversity and inclusion are no longer just aspirational programs for HR to manage. Diversity is a business priority. Why? Because an organization can’t succeed if employees aren’t able to show up and be their best. In this session, we will discuss practical ways to build diversity, equal opportunity, and inclusion into your hiring process, professional development, management style and ultimately, your culture. Listen here.