PILOT

Our CEO writes a monthly Coach's Corner column for Human Resource Executive Magazine. This month, he explored an unexpected question he realized he needed to start asking: What do I owe myself?

We're proud to be one of very few SaaS and HRTech businesses that is certified LGBT-owned. PILOT has been a member of the NGLCC - The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce since 2018 and has benefited greatly from our participation. This means our customers who value Diversity & Inclusion can include their spend with us in annual Corporate Social Responsibility reports and metrics. Small and diverse businesses are not only job creators that fuel our economy, they'r...e also critical to seeing problems from different perspectives and designing better products and solutions. While ensuring management/executive ranks have diversity is critically important, so is making sure that ownership is diverse, to make the potential contrarian decisions that yield powerful innovation. Today we celebrate being a diverse-owned small business. In 2021 we encourage you to include a diverse supply chain as part of your broader Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategy.

In our CEO's experience as an executive coach, there are five core components important in maintaining career development. He discussed these five components with Eric Foodim on his podcast HR in 15: https://pilot.coach//five-components-for-career-development

2020 has been hard! Have you given yourself Grace? Many high performers don't, including our CEO Ben. Here's his experience with creating some space, vulnerability, and compassion for himself. https://www.neuehouse.com/neuejournal/ben-brooks/

Initially, the swift transition to #WFH and #remotework seemed great! But employees and organizations are now finding it isn't sustainable in the current design. Our CEO wrote a column on why we must design a 2.0 version if we want to make this a feature and not a bug! via TLNT https://www.tlnt.com/workin-from-home-aint-workin/

Our CEO Ben Brooks knows that a willingness to say "I'm sorry" is a crucial part of maintaining solid relationships. But he cautions us that insincere apologies are cheapening the HR function, holding back careers and severely limiting impact. He has some ideas about what you can do instead:

Our founder's newest HR Exec Column -- on why "Risk" shouldn't be a dirty word in HR. In fact, taking a calculated risk can be one of the smartest things to do for your career in HR. https://hrexecutive.com/the-biggest-risk-facing-hr-leaders/

The The Starr Conspiracy has once again named PILOT a Top Startup To Watch! They appreciate that we are "threading the needle of personalization, speed, and scalability as well as bringing a more personalized tech-driven approach to coaching. 2021 report is 'Talent and Learning: All Together Now'. It does a deep dive into the increasing overlap of the Talent Management and Learning categories, pulling out some of the things that buyers are looking for right now. Read... more here! https://pilot.coach//starr-conspiracy-names-pilot-startup- See more

Many employers are increasing investment in employee career development, including coaching, as they know managing one's career is harder today due to COVID than ever before. Our Founder sat down with Human Resource Executive Magazine and shared how the need for #coaching #employeedevelopment #careerdevelopment is bigger than ever. https://hrexecutive.com/why-coaching-is-exploding-since-c/

It's very rare that someone in HR has a coach or gets coaching, which is a real shame, and that's where we are really committed that HR is not the shoemaker's children, that the HR gets to work on their own development. Ben Brooks, our Founder and CEO, shares his desire to empower HR to make data-driven decisions and be more strategic and entrepreneurial in their vision with Matt Burns on Thinking Inside the Box Podcast. He discusses the need for HR teams to evolve and accelerate their professional careers to share in the rewards of the impact they create. https://open.spotify.com/episode/77IWYlGSFh0t79Ka6nwX8c

The real question isn’t whether or not you have a good idea the question is DO YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN? Learn what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, from a successful entrepreneur. Ben Brooks, Founder and CEO of PILOT, joins the Reaching Your Full Potential Online Tech Summit to share his thoughts on how to stand out from the crowd and become successful.

The #futureofwork showed up in 2020. Come learn how different HR leaders are smartly adapting, in a discussion led by our founder!

HR is the glue that keeps our workplaces together. COVID-19 has taught us a lot about our work, workers and workplaces. Join PILOT Founder & CEO, Ben Brooks, as he shares insights with fellow HR leaders at the #SHRMNorcal & #ParagonLabs virtual summit: Innovation in the Face of Adversity. Join us! https://shrm.co/innovatehr2020

It's our birthday! 4 years ago we opened for business. While much has changed, our vision to help people feel powerful at work with coaching technology remains the same. Onward! https://www.inc.com//this-startup-wants-millennials-to-sto

Our Founder, Ben Brooks, sat down with Ryan O'Donnell at #PeopleTalkpod to discuss how we've taken traditional coaching and advanced upon it by building software around it. https://pod.co//hr-tech-pitchfest-winner-shares-his-coachi

As we're seeing in 2020, the future is coming faster than ever before! Our CEO loved joining my colleague Sophie Wade on her podcast to discuss how we as individuals and organizations can accelerate our readiness for a new paradigm for work! https://www.sophiewade.com//managing-your-careers-in-the-/

We're excited to share our CEO's first career advice column as a regular columnist for Human Resource Executive Magazine! HR has NEVER been better positioned to take charge, drive needed innovation, and take care of people. Now is the time, let's do it! https://hrexecutive.com/a-crisis-is-a-terrible-thing-to-wa/

Prioritize YOU! Yep. Right now you should be the #1 thing on your priority list. Why? If you get your needs met and set boundaries with others, you can be far more loving, generous, and patient for those in your life. Our Founder shared his coaching advice in a brief 2 min video -- check it out! https://medium.com//home-is-where-well-where-everything-is