This is a milestone day for me.
Real HR: What It Is, What It Can Be, and How to Get There is officially out in the world.
I didn’t write this book because I had all the answers. I wrote it because I’ve spent years navigating the contradictions and complexities of this field – balancing strategic goals with human realities, decoding executive intent, and trying to make sense of systems that often feel more performative than purposeful.
This book is for the HR professionals who think deeply and care fiercely. For the ones who see the cracks and are still committed to building something better. It’s for those who want to approach this work with integrity, clarity, and a sharper sense of direction.
Real HR is part field guide and part personal reflection. It’s grounded in real experience and decades of observation – with a bit of nuance, critique, and a NSFW word or two (maybe three). It’s the book I’ve needed at several points in my career – and it might be the one you need right now.
Inside, you’ll find reflections on:
- what HR is, and what it’s capable of becoming
- the profession’s recurring identity crisis
- how systems shape our actions – and how we shape them in return
- what it means to remain fully present in the work
There’s honesty. There’s insight. And there’s an unwavering belief that HR can be better – not in theory, but in practice.
If you’ve ever found yourself rewriting the script while everyone else sticks to the bullet-pointed orthodoxy, this book is for you. If you’ve ever wanted someone to say out loud what you’ve only muttered under your breath in the breakroom, this book is for you. And if you’ve ever questioned whether you’re the only one doing this work with your whole brain and a working moral compass – this book is definitely for you.
You can grab your copy here and I’d love to hear what resonates.
Here’s to what’s real. Let’s keep building it.
