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SHRM 2021 Conference: Lessons Learned

09/23/2021

Here are some nuggets of wisdom from speakers at the recent Society for Human Resource Management annual conference, HR’s largest gathering of the year.

Employee activism on the rise: How to react

09/17/2021

U.S. employers are facing a new age of employee activism as workers in all sizes of companies—both union and nonunion—challenge their employers on social, cultural and moral issues.

Push the self-care button, and hard

09/10/2021

Attending to the staff’s well-being when you’re barely getting through yourself.

The HR I.Q. Test: September ’21

09/01/2021

Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.

For good employee relations, ask ‘What would Ted Lasso do?’

08/26/2021

Ted Lasso is everything we need right now to help right the askew ships of our collective psyche. The following Ted-isms sum up the philosophy of Ted Lasso.

The HR I.Q. Test: August ’21

08/01/2021

Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.

Return to work brings challenge, opportunity

07/29/2021

Here’s a shocking survey result: When remote workers were asked whether they wanted to return to their pre-pandemic workplaces rather than continue to telework, almost 40% said they would rather quit than resume their commute to the old office. The percentage is even higher for millennials and members of Generation Z.

Use negotiation skills to ease return to work

07/27/2021

To frame conversations about returning to in-person work, take your cue from negotiation experts. Andres Lares, managing partner at Shapiro Negotiations Institute in Baltimore, advises the following approach.

COVID changed networking forever: 6 ways to take advantage

07/22/2021

A full 90% of global professionals believe the pandemic damaged their opportunities for networking, says a new survey by the CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education. Here are six tips from CEMS on forging post-pandemic networks.

5 skills every future HR leader must possess—and pass along

07/20/2021

Only 35% of current executives surveyed believe that future chief people officers are getting the development they will need in an era in which most jobs have not yet been created. Here’s a look at five attributes current HR executives say tomorrow’s leaders will need.