Job Flexibility: How It Can Be a Lifesaver for Families
BY Angelica Frey | DECEMBER 2, 2020
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Getting Past the Shame: Mental Health Care in the Workplace
BY Emily Nonko | DECEMBER 1, 2020
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America's Child-Care Crisis: 'a Humanitarian Disaster'
BY Emily Nonko | NOVEMBER 23, 2020
November Virtual Conference
Will the Pandemic Bring More Help for Working Parents?
BY Emily Nonko | NOVEMBER 22, 2020
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A Media Founder's Pivot to Stories With a Social Impact
BY Sage Lazzaro | NOVEMBER 12, 2020
How to Manage Your Workforce for the Future with Capabilities in Mind
Even before multiple crises challenged the engagement of employees with their companies, workers were restless and ambitious. Eighty-three percent of employees want to change roles, 53% want to change companies, and 64% want a clear career path, according to a survey by Eightfold.ai, an AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform. How will they achieve those ambitions–and how […]
BY Angelica Frey | November 21, 2020
Parenting in a Pandemic: What Can Help Make It Work?
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, working parents have discovered that just about the only way to cope with family life in a state of crisis is make things up as they go along–and compare notes with their fellow parents and co-workers. “In the spring, my third grader was only getting about 90 minutes’ worth of […]
BY Angelica Frey | November 10, 2020
Building an Anti-racist Culture in the Business Community
In response to the George Floyd protests of this summer, companies and other organizations released a flood of statements in support of Black Lives Matter. Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, founder and president of the Women’s Institute for Science, Equity and Race (WISER), intentionally decided not to. “It was not just the feeling of ‘Here we go […]
BY Emily Nonko | November 6, 2020
To Develop a Workforce of Agile Leaders, Look to Middle Managers
In a study evaluating how the 2008 economic crisis affected employee engagement, the research found that middle managers suffered the most. Employee engagement decreased within middle management by 13%, vs. only a slight drop for top executives. The decline was particularly concerning given that the study also found middle management had a higher influence on […]
BY Emily Nonko | November 6, 2020
Lifting Productivity and Connection in a Pandemic World
We hear a lot about employee engagement, but why is that important? Because in one sense, it’s the ultimate return on investment. Engaged employees bring more revenue, more profits, less turnover and, given their engagement with the company’s mission, often have a we-can-do-more-with-less attitude. Yet how do we help employees work smarter, not necessarily harder? […]
BY Angelica Frey | November 3, 2020
How HR Leaders Improve Business Performance Amid High Disruption
Plenty of data shows that creative, flexible leaders succeed at a higher rate than reactive, defensive leaders–especially in times of disruption and uncertainty. The data, too, reveals what Dave Osh, CEO of the leadership-advisory firm Varlinx, called “a sad reality”: 80% of leaders are in the reactive stage, while only 20% are in the creative […]
BY Emily Nonko | November 3, 2020
How a Corporate Partnership Distributes Vitamins to Change Lives
In 2013, Walgreens launched a 30-day program with a simple concept: when you purchased vitamins from a select end-stand display inside its stores, a donation would be made to Vitamin Angels, a global public-health and nutrition organization dedicated to improving health for nutritionally vulnerable pregnant women and children. Seven years later, the Walgreens and Vitamin […]
BY Emily Nonko | November 3, 2020
The New Recruiting: How Companies Are Adapting for 2021
When the pandemic hit, the crisis forced the 850-store retailer Party City into a furlough process. Six months later, the company has rehired those employees, launched recruitment for the holiday season and has hit 98% of its hiring goal, according to Matt Battista, Party City’s director of talent acquisition. “There wasn’t a playbook–we knew it […]
BY Emily Nonko | November 3, 2020
Discovering the Hidden Talent in Your Own Company
For many companies, especially in the most competitive job categories, homegrown talent is more valuable than ever. So how can employers do a better job of realizing the potential of these workers by identifying, training, coaching and mentoring them–all while keeping a steady eye on diversity and inclusion? In panel discussion about finding hidden talent […]
BY Angelica Frey | October 30, 2020
What Makes Your Company an Appealing Place to Work in Uncertain Times
Prior to COVID-19, there was no shortage of discussion around the evolution of workplace benefits and amenities–from in-office chefs to unlimited PTO policies, it was clear the office experience was changing fast. The pandemic put all that on hold, if not completely changed the future of how we work and interact in offices. It raises the […]
BY Emily Nonko | October 29, 2020