Category: Learning & Development

Employees are valuing career development more than ever—it’s a sign that the company is willing to invest in their future. How are businesses approaching training today? What are their pain points, and what topics are being addressed in training?

​​The AI Adoption Dilemma: Industry-Specific Concerns and Solutions

Artificial intelligence has enormous potential to improve efficiency and innovation across industries. Yet for all its transformative potential, AI adoption rates continue to lag.  A 2023 survey by McKinsey found that 55% of organizations reported adopting AI in at least one business function. However, a Gallagher report found that only 21% of IT decision-makers are […]

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Help Employees Soak Up the Sun, While Staying Sober

Alcohol frequently plays a big role in summer festivities, whether its families celebrating the summer holidays, weddings and reunions, or friends gathering for barbecues, outdoor concerts, or long days on the water. Even work-related events can follow the trend, often pairing fun in the sun with coolers of refreshing beverages. Summer’s fine weather, relaxed settings […]

3 Ways to Bring Human-Centered AI Into Your Workplace  

Most companies have embraced AI for their operations, but they’re not tapping into AI’s potential to improve employee collaboration, teamwork, leadership, and overall employee engagement.  Businesses are moving quickly to adopt AI. When asked by Deloitte, 91% of corporate leaders said that AI solutions had become integrated throughout their organizations. Yet many companies aren’t making […]

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Keeping Up with Gen Z: Moving Beyond Stereotypes

With Gen Z, born from the late 1990s to the early 2010s, poised to overtake Baby Boomers in the full-time workforce by the end of 2024, employers stand at a significant crossroads. As Gen Z surpasses Baby Boomers in representation, their vocal and values-driven nature is set to transform workplace norms. While Gen Zers bring […]

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3 Key Steps to Bridge the Leadership Gap in Your Organization

In today’s tight labor market, job-hopping has become a common practice. Research shows nearly half (46%) of professionals are considering quitting their jobs this year in pursuit of better career opportunities, a figure higher than the 40% who said the same ahead of 2021’s Great Resignation.  Business and HR leaders often frown upon this job-hopping […]

How Much Are Companies Spending on Employee Training in the US?

In today’s competitive business landscape, investing in employee learning, development and training is crucial for maintaining a skilled and motivated workforce. Companies in the US are increasingly recognizing the value of such investments, dedicating significant resources to enhance their employees’ skills and overall performance. Average Investment in Employee Training On average, companies in the US […]

New Data Sheds Light on Workplace Romances

While the workplace has been a common place to meet one’s significant other for years, employees and employers tend to be very cautious of office romances. Fears over claims of sexual harassment, perceived lack of professionalism, or simply interpersonal awkwardness have made office romances almost a taboo subject in some companies. Nevertheless, recent data from […]

How Change-Ready Is Your Organization?

The often-used refrain that “change is constant” no longer reflects the current state of the market. While constant state is like a slow but manageable drip from a faucet, change today can more accurately be described as a raging river—unpredictable and often out of control. Research and survey data substantiate this shift from a change […]

Skills-Based Volunteering

Work-life balance can mean different things to different people. To a parent of multiple small children, the ability to be present in their children’s lives is a key factor in the work-life equation. Others may value time spent on personal hobbies, such as marathon running or travel. Still others feel most at balance when they […]

How an Open Culture Combats Quiet Vacationing

On the heels of quiet quitting and firing, this summer employers and HR professionals encountered the latest workplace trend: quiet vacationing, which is the practice of employees taking paid time off (PTO) to establish a better work-life balance by building in periods of reset without informing their manager or officially putting in a request for […]