When I was selected to speak at Portland, Oregon’s first DisruptHR conference last year, my excitement quickly turned to a storm of questions and doubt. … Read more
Congratulations On Snagging That Key Talent. Now Watch Your Back
Companies often make the critical mistake of believing that the recruiting process is over when the prized candidate appears at the office on the first … Read more
Mentoring Has Many Benefits, But You Can’t Leave It to Chance
Before we learned how to read and write, we were transferring knowledge through mentoring. In fact, the word mentor comes from Homer’s Odyssey, where … Read more
Don’t Be Ashamed to Sleep At Work
In today’s DisruptHR video, Matt Adam takes the stage to speak in praise of sleeping on the job. In next week’s DisruptHR presentation, he … Read more
How KPIs and OKRs Work Together to Achieve Results
As an HR manager, when introducing OKRs, your team members almost certainly will ask you what’s the difference between OKRs and KPIs. Do you need them … Read more
Is Your Recruiting Strategy Ready for the Challenges of the 2020s?
As we enter a new decade with the hiring landscape tougher than ever, updating your hiring process to meet the challenges posed by candidate shortages and … Read more
Your Data Analytics Initiatives Need a Human Counterweight
Meaningful information has become critical for companies that are jostling for relevancy and competitiveness in the digital age. The ability to synthesize … Read more
Biofeedback Tech Offers a New Approach to Mindfulness
Mental wellbeing is a hot topic, but the tools HR has available to address it are limited. A new category of tools is on the way that use biofeedback to … Read more
A Crisis Can Be Good For You
Crises are moments of truth when leaders step up and followers step back. They are your chance to shine and to accelerate your career: you succeed fast or … Read more
At Anthem, GivingTuesday Was a Way to Engage Everyone In Corporate Social Responsibility
According to the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer survey, 67% of respondents expressed an expectation that prospective employers will “join them in taking … Read more
There’s An Untapped Pool of Skilled People You Don’t Even Consider
As we step into a new year and a new decade, HR and talent acquisition professionals will be faced with a slew of both new challenges and new opportunities … Read more
What HR Can Do to Make Managers and Teams More Agile
Across the world, employees are getting fed up with the “old” management style – a boss issuing orders and employees blindly following them. In a recent … Read more
Stop Talking About Diversity
Sara Jones wants us to stop talking about diversity. Did that get your attention? Good, because the CEO of InclusionPro wants us all to start talking more … Read more
Rules Loosened For Allowing Coverage of Preventive Care In HDHP Plans
The number of Americans receiving medical coverage through Health Savings Accounts (HSA) in tandem with a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) has … Read more
New Rule Tightens Definition of Joint Employer
New rules narrowing who may be considered a “joint employer” under the Fair Labor Standards Act were released by the US Department of Labor … Read more
NLRB Hits ‘Reset’ On Labor Rules
This Employment Law This Week® monthly rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into January 2020. The update includes: The … Read more
Transparency and Technology Can Help You Make Comp Fair
The best way to show employees you value their work and contributions is by compensating them in a fair and transparent way. While this may seem like the … Read more
Employers Are Adding Anti-Vaping Support For Parents to Their Wellness Benefits
As you’ve probably seen by now in the news, vaping rates among teenagers are increasing at an alarming rate. From 2017 to 2018, e-cigarette use among high … Read more
Tensions Rise As Workers Talk Politics at Work
Three years ago, as political tensions started to rise in the wake of Trump’s election, I wrote a piece about the toll our increasingly feverish political … Read more
Stuck On An Analytics Problem? Search the Research
One of the challenges of people analytics is that we usually don’t have the time, sample size, or expertise to do high-quality studies. For example, we … Read more