by Alec Levenson
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At These Companies, There’s A Space Where Getting Older Isn’t A Taboo
Employee resource groups specifically for midlife and senior employees are exceptionally rare in the U.S. — but they shouldn’t be.
2023 Labor Day Update: Labor Market and Organizational Trends and Challenges
Commemorating Labor Day 2023, I take a look at some key trends and challenges that have emerged over the past 30 years.
Dynamics of Employee Resource Groups: Leader Experiences Driving Mutual Benefits for Employees and Employers
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which bring together employees with shared identity or purpose, have been expanding around the globe. ERGs can be a recruiting and retention tool, providing member benefits of career growth, developing friends and providing expanded purpose at work. Given their popularity, they are of interest for researchers.
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business’ Center for Effective Organizations and Ecolab Host the 2023 Strategic Employee Resource Group Leadership Summit
The University of Southern California Marshall School of Business’ Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) has announced a joint event with Ecolab, Inc., a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, to explore the impact of employee resource groups (ERGs) on business innovation and growth.
Growth Lessons Learned from Juggling the Three “Eyes” of the IPO
Original article published by Alabama Inno An initial public offering is different from other events that spur growth. For maybe the first time, a new IPO is in the public eye. Passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and additional regulations that continue for...
What ChatGPT Teaches About Agile Work Design Experiments
Many of us have conducted at least one experiment, asking ChatGPT a question. You can try it here. HR discussions about generative AI often focus on how it will change HR systems, such as offering answers to employee benefit questions by reading the company employee...
Strategic HR of tomorrow: Leveraging data and analytics for success
Dave Millner, CEO’s affiliated practitioner, outlines why the HR business partner must become an even more crucial touch point for business leaders than ever before in this article published by HRD Connect.
Systems diagnosis tools and techniques
Originally posted in LinkedIn: Part One | Part Two Systems diagnosis tools and techniques – Part One Systems diagnoses and solutions are both the answer to a lot of what is wrong with corporate performance – and a source of the problem at the same time. Most issues...
The Science Behind Not Being Scrooge
Originally published on reworked. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, the holiday tale "A Christmas Carol" offers a valuable lesson for us all. Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of the story, undergoes a transformation from a miserly, unpleasant man to a generous,...
Is the sky about to fall on People Analytics?
Originally published on LinkedIn. In recent years, as the global economy expanded, interest rates were low, and companies had a relatively easy time making money, the size and breadth of People Analytics (PA) groups seemed to be ever-increasing. As a result, even with...
Strategy Bites Back: Strategic HR May Win Out in Culture War
Over the years, data has supported the notion that culture eats strategy for breakfast. But then subsequent studies suggest that strategy is more important — it eats culture. This year is an interesting mix.
by Theresa M. Welbourne