Gender parity is coming, but it’s still a long way off. Today, for example, female executives still lag behind their male peers in the workplace. A … Read more
Don’t Kill Your Continuous Listening Program Before It Starts
There has been a lot written lately about how frequently organizations should ask employees for their input. An article in Harvard Business Review speaks … Read more
HR Can Use OKR to Align Goals Up and Down the Org Chart
As an HR professional within your company, you play a vital part in setting and achieving organizational goals. HR departments are now more and more … Read more
How to Help Employees Understand Their Fertility Benefits
Family building benefits are one of the most coveted benefits being offered in 2020. According to the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, … 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
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
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
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
How HR Professionals Should Be Leading In the #metoo Era
Over the last several years, the #metoo movement has exposed an epidemic of sexual harassment and assault in America. Nearly one in five women will be … Read more
The Role of a Coach In Building An Effective Team
Teaming has many benefits to an organization. When an organization considers implementing or expanding their team strategy they are seeking to create a … Read more
How We Developed a Year Round Volunteering Culture
One of the growing workplace trends is employees’ desire to bring the dimension of volunteerism to their work-life schedules. One survey found that 68% of … Read more
Why Organizational Change Fails
An astonishing 75% of organizational change initiatives either fail outright or don’t achieve desired objectives, according to research. The cost of a … Read more
Let Employees Do What They Do Best By Stopping ‘Responsibility Creep’
Responsibility creep is where top performers (because of their success record) continually get new responsibilities piled on them. Eventually, they don’t … Read more
Help Your Older Workers Navigate the Tricky Medicare Maze
Preparing for retirement is a big task. Retirement brings several changes, such as income variations and loss of benefits. Transitioning from employer … Read more
When Leaders Have the Courage to Confront the Unacceptable
“Jeremy hasn’t called out Courtney on it and the rest of the management team thinks he’s a wimp because of it. He has no idea that they’ve lost respect for … Read more
Ready to Go Remote? Here’s What to Do Next
To support their talent attraction and retention efforts, companies across the globe are increasingly introducing flexible working and remote work … Read more
Why and How We Made Everyone’s Salary Public
It’s your first day at work, and you are excited to meet your new colleagues — a little nervous, but hopeful, that the work and culture of your new … Read more
‘Intentionality’ In Hiring Is How We’ll Solve the Gender Gap
The gender gap in the workplace is a complicated (and often depressing) phenomenon to unpack. The World Economic Forum reported in 2017 that for the first … Read more
A New Way of Achieving Organizational Development Change
Progressive organizations routinely look for an edge over the competition to enable increased market share, fertile revenue streams and sustainable growth. … Read more
Executives Need Help Coping With Corporate Change
Numerous books and articles have examined how leaders can effectively drive change in their organizations. It’s commonly assumed that during these major … Read more