Tag: Learning and Development

Work-Life Balance in 2025: What Employees Say Works 

Work-life balance is not just a corporate catchphrase – it’s a defining factor in how employees effectively navigate between their careers and personal lives. A new study from ARAG® sheds light on what balance really means across workforce generations, and why it’s proving harder to achieve.  Drawing insights from 1,600 full-time workers – spanning Gen […]

EntertainHR: When it Comes to Employee Performance Reviews and Feedback—Don’t Be a Swiftie 

Taylor Swift, the billionaire pop icon, is famous for sending her fans secret messages in just about everything she does or says.   In fact, her recent appearance on New Heights, the Kelce brothers’ podcast, had fans convinced that she is going to be performing at this years’ Super Bowl halftime show. The theory goes as […]

HR’s Blueprint to Bridge the Gap Between AI Vision and Workforce Reality

The future of work isn’t just about AI; it’s about the partnership between humans and AI. New global research from Accenture reveals a stark divide: while 84% of executives expect AI to work alongside people within three years, only 26% of workers have received the training to do so. This is an urgent “AI readiness […]

How To Get People To Speak Up!

Ever frustrated by the lack of employee engagement? You sense that they want to speak up but, well, just don’t do so. Here are three ideas. Idea No. 1: Do a Pre-mortem on a Project Scientist Gary Klein suggests that every project needs to undergo a pre-mortem. Here’s the process. Take the group that is […]

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Love on the Clock: 4 Tips for Managing Workplace Relationships 

From iconic on-screen couples to tangled webs of fictional workplace drama, office romances have long captured the public’s imagination. But these storylines reflect a very real dynamic that employers often face and must address.   Romantic relationships in the workplace are common and complicated, often bringing with them issues like favoritism, conflicts of interest, and […]

Redefining Performance Reviews: Why Traditional Systems Are Failing—and What to Do About It

New data from Acorn’s “2025 Corporate Performance and Learning Survey” reveals a troubling reality: performance reviews, learning programs, and competency frameworks are often failing employees—so much so that they’re pushing talent out the door. After reviews: This disconnect stems from disjointed systems—isolated performance tools, inconsistent evaluation metrics, and no centralized management framework—leading to fragmented development […]

Speech, Safety, and the Law: Managing Political Expression in Today’s Workplace 

Political debate isn’t just prevalent in the news or social media — it’s in Slack channels, office kitchens, and embroidered onto work attire. For HR professionals, this rising trend of political discourse raises a critical challenge: how do you balance employees’ rights to express political views with your responsibility to maintain a respectful, legally compliant […]

Reversing the Employee Disengagement Trend with Interactive Technology 

Employee engagement is at its lowest point in a decade—less than one-third of employees in the U.S. say they feel engaged at work.   This is according to the latest annual reporting from Gallup, which cites several key contributing factors—including rapid organizational change, inadequate performance management, and the transition to an increasingly hybrid working world.  […]

How Organizations Can Equip Employees for the AI Era 

AI has taken over the future of work conversation, mainly around the new efficiencies it will bring and its impact on future careers.   However, the discussion around how organizations can properly equip employees for this new AI era has been much quieter. The most advanced AI system is only as effective as the workforce […]

The Invisible ROI: Why Mental Health Conversations Belong on the KPI Dashboard 

A recent survey of nearly 4,000 employees found that 97% of workers in mentally healthy workplaces feel a sense of belonging compared to just 9% in unhealthy ones.   Yet more than 70% of Gen Z and nearly 60% of Millennials rate their workplace health as “unhealthy.” About three in four U.S. employees say work stress […]