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Eighty-three percent of HR leaders say that lacking the right tech tools makes their job challenging, according to the Society of Human Resource Management. Many HR professionals are looking for quality over quantity in their tech stacks, but they’re getting only the latter. At From Day One’s conference in Atlanta, Kristy McCann Flynn, the CEO and co-founder […]
BY Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | March 6, 2023As much as companies might hope to avoid attrition, it’s an inevitability that leaders should expect. “Retention should be a part of your overall strategy knowing that you will lose employees –and you’ll want to be intentional, not reactive,” said Gary Blinth, a recruiter with 20 years of experience and head of executive search for […]
BY Emily Nonko | March 5, 2023“When we talk about inclusion, we’re not trying to change who you are,” said Derek Gordon, chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at Colgate-Palmolive. Gordon pointed out that he sees individuals resist inclusion in the workplace because they assume it means inclusion for all, except them. But that’s not the way effective inclusion works. “We’re […]
BY Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza | March 5, 2023What would be possible for your organization if everyone showed up as the best version of themselves? This is the bold question fueling Shannon Hopkins’ work as regional VP at BetterUp, an online coaching platform. Hopkins is laser-focused on empowering employers with the tools necessary to improve their workers’ well-being. “Unlocking peak performance from your […]
BY Riley Kaminer | March 4, 2023Some time ago, a recruiter pulled aside Christina Tymony to ask her why recruiting from top universities was so problematic in terms of diversity goals. Tymony is the senior manager of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) at SeekOut, an HR company that helps clients find, nurture, and retain talent, with an emphasis on finding […]
BY Lisa Jaffe | February 27, 2023It’s no secret that when businesses offer health care benefits, their employees are more productive, better engaged and are more likely to remain with the company. Because such outcomes help bottom lines, and even company performance on the stock market, more business leaders today view health care benefits as an investment in human capital as […]
BY Michael Stahl | February 26, 2023HR and organizational-development professionals may soon feel the sting of a tighter economy in 2023, combined with “the worst productivity ratings on record since 1947,” according to national economists. Only about 32% of employees are actively engaged with their work, according to a Gallup poll, with a particular decline among project managers. And what happens […]
BY Gail Gonzales | February 26, 2023“We have to continue to move forward, and at Dell, we think about work as an outcome. It’s not a particular time or place anymore,” said Vanice Hayes, Dell’s chief of culture, diversity and inclusion, referring to the typical 9-to-5. “So it’s important for leaders to think differently about how work gets done, and be […]
BY Lauren Castro | February 26, 2023The desire to have a family is a deeply personal one, and whatever a person’s fertility journey might be, stressors might exist even before they get to see a doctor or consult with a traditional medical touchpoint. “The responsibility of a child is a personal discussion, with awkward conversations concerning leave,” Brian Levine, M.D., founding […]
BY Angelica Frey | February 26, 2023In the past three years, workers relished having more learning opportunities, in skills both hard and soft. Sheila Jagannathan, the global head of digital learning and capacity building at the World Bank, says she coupled her interest in deepening her knowledge of data science with learning to be more deliberate and less reactive in most of […]
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