Survey results show that many employees do not feel fully included at work and want their organizations to do more to advance inclusion and diversity. To do so, companies can address four factors.
Tag: Workplace Culture
Does Workplace Diversity Actually Impact a Business?
In recent years, major companies such as Apple, Google, and Hewlett Packard have visibly increased their efforts to support diversity in the workplace. Many companies are now releasing diversity reports and actively touting inclusion efforts. But that leads to the question: can workplace diversity both improve corporate culture and lift the bottom line?
Is it Time for a Company Culture Intervention? 5 Questions You Must Ask
When is a company culture intervention necessary? And how do you know if your company needs to hear some...
4 things to avoid if you want to diversify your talent pool
The value of building a more diverse candidate pool is nothing new to most recruiters. Research has long shown...
Work Where You Belong: How to tell Which Companies are Truly Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
A company wanting you is great — but it’s also important to know if you want them. Below are some ways to find out if a company is truly devoted to prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. Do Your Research: Utilize online resources like Kanarys to research a company’s demographics, diversity initiatives, benefits […]
The Leader’s Guide to Corporate Culture
Executives are often confounded by culture, because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors, mindsets, and social patterns. Many leaders either let it go unmanaged or relegate it to HR, where it becomes a secondary concern for the business. This is a mistake, because properly managed, culture can help them achieve change and build organizations that will thrive in even the most trying times.
Brooks: Hire smart, fire fast
One of the most annoying aspects of working in HR is that everyone in our organizations has a different...
Essential Questions to Ask When Recruiting Essential Workers
Just because 2020 is over doesn’t mean that the search for the essential worker is over. So long as...
[#WorkTrends] How to Harness the Workplace Power of Introverted People
Many of us might not know that Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, and also Elon Musk consider themselves introverts. Like...
HRE’s number of the day: soaring stress levels
76: Percentage of workers who describe themselves as currently stressed Advertisementgoogletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(“div-gpt-ad-inline1”);}); More than three-quarters of employees are struggling with...
Good on Paper: Employer Brand & The Candidate Experience
Recently, my blogging has been centered around a theme of New Year’s resolutions. But what comes after the New...
How to Foster Corporate Altruism: Focus on Leaders First
How do leaders create a culture that features contagious corporate altruism? Historically, shareholder capital return has been the holy...
Benefits news you may have missed: Feb. 1-5
Mental health numbers ‘going in the wrong direction’: New data shows a serious decline and an all-time low in...
Huffington: ‘Dealing with stress is no longer just a box to check’
There is no question that employees’ collective mental health isn’t good. Rates of burnout, stress, depression and anxiety are...
WFH Doesn’t Have to Dilute Your Corporate Culture
By Pamela Hinds and Brian Elliott The pandemic pushed many organizations to become fully remote, and the experience has been better than many imagined. As a result, a hybrid working model that embraces the best of both remote and office-based work awaits many workers and companies on the other side of the crisis. Adapting to […]
Leadership Lessons Learned From an Emotional Inauguration Day
In every challenge faced, there are leadership lessons to be learned… To say the recently concluded American election process...
5 KPI’s For Recruiting That Every Company Needs
We enter the New Year with new goals, new perspectives, new year, new me. One thing that doesn’t need...
HRE’s number of the day: pandemic-related resignations
40: Percentage of workers who say they plan to leave their organization eventually over how the employer handled the...
Building A Diverse Company Culture Means Empowering Employees
By Fredrik Nilsson Diversity and inclusion aren’t just things that happen. They take effort and action. This is as true for the business world as it is for society as a whole, and the fight for representation and inclusivity is just as ongoing. But there are reasons for optimism: The growing number of businesses championing […]
12 Effective Ways To Authentically Communicate Corporate Values
By Forbes Communication Panel Studies have shown that consumers prefer to buy from businesses that share their values. Additionally, professionals prefer to work for companies that have core values that they can feel proud of. But how can a corporation effectively communicate its values to consumers and potential hires? Here, 12 experts from Forbes Communications Council delve […]