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• 2026 New Years Resolutions
  Are you among the 31% of Americans who made New Year’s resolutions for 2026?  How are they going so far? We’ll talk about how this tradition started, what your fellow citizens are resolvin …
• The Benefits of Boredom
  The benefits of boredom may sound contradictory. We tend to view boredom as a negative, something that we need to endure or to “fix.” But many experts say that having downtime and letting …
• Gallup Report Points to a 10-Year Low in Employee Engagement
  In January of this year, Gallup sounded the alarm about employee engagement sinking to a 10-year low, with only 31% of employees engaged, matching a figure last seen in 2014. Gallup describes engageme …
• HR News Roundup: Onboarding, Hiring Gen Z, Compassionate Communications & More
  This issue of HR News Roundup includes items about onboarding, Gen Z hiring,  drug & alcohol policies in a legal weed world, compassionate communications, legal compliance matters, AI adoption, a …
• How’s the Psychological Safety in Your Workplace?
  Updated 12/25 In June, the American Psychological Association (APA) released its 2024 Work in America Survey: Psychological Safety in the Changing Workplace.  The survey was conducted in conjunction w …
• HR News Roundup: Managing Multiple Generations, Ageism, Salary Strategies & More
  We hope you are reading this month’s HR News Roundup from the beach, the cabin, or some other vacation spot. This issue features items on managing a multi-generational workforce, ageism, project …
• HR News Roundup: Manager Blind Spots, Compensation, Work Injuries & More
  This month’s roundup of HR News features a Gallup survey on strengths & weaknesses of managers, current costs of compensation and benefits, a new workplace safety index, and more HR news we …
• HR Compliance Matters: DOL, EEOC, FTC
  We aren’t even quite at the half-year mark, but matters on the regulatory front have been hopping this year! We’ve compiled a mid-year HR compliance roundup, but in an election year, there …
• HR News Roundup: HR’s New Role, Conflict, Top Performers, and More
  This month’s roundup of HR News focuses on HR’s new role, managing conflict, productivity, retaining top performers, and more news we found noteworthy. HR’s New Role Peter Cappelli and Ran …
• HR News Roundup: Leadership & Management, 6-Generation Workforce, and More
  This month’s roundup of HR News focuses on leadership and management, navigating the 6-generation workforce, and more news of note. 4 Reasons Why Managers Fail Swagatam Basu, Atrijit Das, Vitori …

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