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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?
When you know who you are, it’s easy to know what to do. A successful HR organization knows who it is. This is different than knowing what it does. **Register for Amy Haworth’s upcoming webinar, Embracing Change: Managing Employee Expectations in the New World of Work, on Aug. 18th. You don’t want to miss this […]
“Stop acting like such a Karen.” “Maybe you should work harder, you lazy millennial.” “Okay boomer.” This conversation never happened. It’s a gross simplification of a growing generational divide in this country. It’s been simplified to a near meme status, it’s almost funny. That’s why terms like Karen live on the internet, populating twitter and […]
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, companies were already expanding their use of videoconferencing technologies like Zoom, Teams, WebEx, and Skype. These can be great tools for enabling closer collaboration among colleagues and business partners working in different offices or even on different continents. Of course, the widespread shift to remote work triggered by COVID-19 precautions and […]
Disruptions in the environment around us, while unpleasant at best and heartbreaking at worst, can sometimes contribute to positive improvements in the working culture. One such shift can be seen in businesses that are discussing and implementing psychological safety measures. Organizational researchers first coined the phrase psychological safety in the 1960s, and it has since […]
This has been a tumultuous time for the entire world, let alone businesses around the country. A pandemic has forced offices to adapt the way they work. Debate surrounding vaccines and politics has created hostile environments for employees in every state. War has disrupted supply chains, creating shortages and driving up prices. We’re on the […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken companies on an extreme 2-year-long roller coaster ride that forced many HR departments to deal with a series of highly challenging events that were unprecedented in recent history. As 2022 has brought some normality back to operations, it is now an ideal time for HR to build on these experiences. […]
As the world continues to reunite, we are all different than we once were. How could we not be? We now have different needs and priorities, and employees have come to learn it’s OK to openly share them in the workplace, especially when it comes to mental health. Naturally, this means employers have had to […]
It can be extremely challenging to get a group of colleagues on the same page at work. With more than two or three individuals, coordinating via e-mail can be inefficient and ineffective. But often, the meeting setup that takes the place of that cumbersome e-mail chain fails to deliver the desired outcomes and ends up […]
As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic wane, more business leaders are demanding employees return to the office to maintain corporate culture and improve employee morale. Despite the tremendous change in workplace models with the addition of remote and hybrid work flexibility, some leaders believe physical presence in the workplace fosters innovation and increases engagement. […]
For millions of workers, the health and safety restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have led to over 2 years of remote work. For many, that situation seems to be more or less permanent. It may be surprising then to hear that millions of employees globally are reporting feeling burned out at work. Shouldn’t […]