Businesses were forced to adapt quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders. Some immediately put new IT infrastructure and protocols in place … Read more
Family Caregiving is a Diversity and Inclusion Issue
One of the biggest corporate diversity and inclusion issues facing us this century has nothing to do with age, gender, sexuality, race, religion, … Read more
Weekly Wrap: A Different Type of Employee Screening
As the reopening conversation continues in earnest, one of the key safety measures concerns how we keep asymptomatic, but infected, employees away from … Read more
4 Tips Leaders Need to Follow to Coach Through a Pandemic
Let’s face it, the trappings, expectations, and demands of being a manager have changed recently, along with our experience of, well, just about everything … Read more
Stay Remote: 5 Alternative Approaches to Return-to-Work Planning
When the current pandemic started impacting how we work, the internet was plagued with every tip, trick, and article about how to work remotely. Two months … Read more
By Us, For Us: How HR Can Actually Create Software Solutions to Solve Unique Challenges
We live in a largely digital and mobile world—one in which job postings almost always occur online, networking happens in the context of social media, and … Read more
From Card Tables to Countertops: A Guide for Creating an Ergonomic Workstation at Home
As your employees find themselves working from home for an unknown period of time, it’s important for them to create a designated workspace. But it’s about … Read more
More Remote Work Tools to Help Communicate and Collaborate Securely
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced 1.5 billion people around the world to stay home, as well as forced businesses to quickly adopt remote work policies. The … Read more
4 Tips for Taking Your Professional Development Sessions Virtual
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to take their operations fully remote — Influence & Co. included. As a result, we’re adjusting to … Read more
How to Do Effective Promotion Interviews
I’ve conducted executive assessments for 3,000-plus leaders. Many for hiring, development, and coaching purposes, but over half were to evaluate … Read more
What Organizations Should Be Doing Now to Prevent PPP Backlash
A stark warning from the U.S. Treasury Secretary has intensified the mounting oversight focused on businesses receiving government aid as they struggle to … Read more
Experiment With Equity: How COVID-19 Is Forcing HR Leaders Adapt for the Better
As a long time executive coach (over 20 years), I have clients in a variety of organizations–many in technology. I have noticed some changes in my … Read more
Does LXP Actually Mean Anything?
HR professionals struggle to keep up to date with their field and that is triply true for HR tech professionals. There are always new features, new … Read more
What COVID-19 is Doing to Healthcare Hiring
As COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, continues to spread throughout the country, the dramatic rise in hospitalizations has put … Read more
How to Help Employees Who Are Depressed or Suicidal
Dr. Lorna M. Breen, a top ER doctor who treated virus patients in a Manhattan hospital, recently died by suicide. According to her father, her job treating … Read more
Employee Occupational Health: The Heroes Behind the Heroes
Most healthcare organizations have an employee occupational health (EOH) office that supports team members, new hires, and the overall healthcare … Read more
Answering HR’s Top Questions About Masks and the Workplace
As companies plan to reopen, we’re getting lots of questions about how to prepare for workers wearing cloth face masks, as advised by the CDC and now … Read more
SHRM Officially Announces Cancelation of the 2020 Annual Conference
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) today announced that their annual conference this year is canceled. The move was speculated on for weeks, … Read more
How One Company is Creating Solidarity Amongst a Global Workforce
What a time we’re all living in. Let’s start with a moment to simply acknowledge that. Situations around us are changing day to day, leaving … Read more
Remote Work Isn’t the Time to Overlook Engagement and Connection
Microsoft recently set the standard for prioritizing company connectedness in a time of fully remote work. The tech giant managed to pull off a historic, … Read more