March Madness, the NCAA’s annual basketball tournament, should be making companies mad, if some productivity data is to be believed. The weeks-long … Read more
The HCM Predictions For the Year: Old Wine and Some New Bottles
Every year I read through hundreds of human capital management (HCM) forecasts, trends and predictions to see if there is anything truly new on the … Read more
Boost Engagement and Productivity By Playing Games
The benefits which the gamification of otherwise boring business technology can bring are impossible to quantify. However, the growth of the global … Read more
Try Monotasking to Be More Productive
Multitasking is how you turbo charge going too fast as a human. The American Psychological Association states, “Doing more than one task at a time, … Read more
Marketing Can Teach You How to Improve Engagement
The two most valuable assets in any business are actually the same thing. Humans. Our customers and our employees. Yet, in most companies there is a huge … Read more
Why It’s Hard to Get Excited About Comp Technology
It’s odd that the most numbers focused area of HR, compensation, is also the area with the least buzz in terms of technology. Yes, there is lots of useful … Read more
How to Become the da Vinci of HR
When we think of geniuses, perhaps several names come to your mind. For me, one stands out above the rest – Leonardo da Vinci. I agree with Michael J. … Read more
Get Ready For the Coming Human-Enhanced Workplace
When Pierre LeGrand says to a room full of HR people, “I want to postulate that we are the architects of a new age organism of interconnected … Read more
Solve the STEM Shortage By Getting Girls Excited
The US economy is booming right now. Unemployment is at a historic low, while wages and overall business confidence keep rising. But the tide can change … Read more
The Caregivers Among You Need Help
Every year in your role as a human resources or benefits leader, it’s your job to develop a people or benefits strategy that connects your company’s goals … Read more
Why You Can’t Get an Interview – Explained Using Job-Search Science Data
Ponder this: Two resumes are received, one with 58% of the job requirements and another that meets 100%, but the 58% resume gets the interview. Yes, it’s … Read more
What It Takes to Get a Valentine From Your Employees
Fortune’s 2019 100 Best Companies to Work For list was posted on Valentine’s Day. That’s highly appropriate, when you think about it, because to get on … Read more
With VR, Cisco Is Pioneering a New Way to ‘See’ an Org Chart
The most common diagram for understanding how an organization works is the org chart. An alternative diagram is produced by organizational network analysis … Read more
Is Your Health Plan Contributing to the Opioid Epidemic?
In response to today’s opioid crisis, the Food and Drug Administration is pushing for naloxone, an overdose-reversing nasal spray, to become available to … Read more
Military Spouses Are An Overlooked Asset
“Over the course of my husband’s 14 years in the Army, he was stationed in three different places around the world. With each relocation, my children and I … Read more
Do Your Duty Even When the Complaint Is Against the Boss
HR professionals face personnel challenges daily. Theirs is a service role – and their days are filled with opportunities to assist with hiring … Read more
This May Be the Year to Self-Fund Your Health Plan
Note: Brian Uhlig is a senior partner at Alera Group and a Health Rosetta-certified employee benefits advisor who has worked with both large and small … Read more
Job Security In a Digitalized World Is About What You Can Learn
We are entering a new age that might be called The Human Revolution, a time when technology innovations are enabling revolutionary changes in the nature of … Read more
Unconscious Bias Is Hidden In Your Software
Back in October, Reuters disclosed that a year earlier Amazon had abandoned its AI recruitment software because it was biased against women. Though the … Read more
How a Tech-Forward Company Is Managing Performance
Here at Vulcan — the umbrella company for a host of signature entities owned by the late Paul Allen — we have a hashtag we like to use: #OnlyAtVulcan. We … Read more