On Martin Luther King Day this week, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the nation’s 47th President. He vowed to curtail Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) programs in government, have government policy recognize only two genders, male and female,…
Category: Diversity and Inclusion
Most workers have no preference for the gender of their bosses, which is news.
For decades, employees have preferred to have men as bosses, but new research shows that as many as two-thirds of workers now have no preference for the gender of their bosses. This is a significant gain for women, going from…
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Intelligent recruiting doesn’t depend on an MEI system
Tech sector leaders last month advocated the use of merit, excellence, and intelligence (MEI) as their recruiting strategy to hire the best and smartest talent. At the same time, some decried diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies as somehow requiring suboptimum…
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SHRM Drops the “E” in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Causing Uproar
Johnny Taylor, President and CEO of the Society of Human Resource Management, shocked and upset much of the human resources world last week by dropping the equity in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. Taylor wrote, “We're going to lead with inclusion,…
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Rebuild HR says landmark study
In a recent landmark Harvard Business Review article, Peter Cappelli and Ranya Nehmeh advocate for HR returning to its roots as the advocates for employees and their career development. The current business focus on relentless cost-cutting and restructuring during a…
Companies needn’t fear Title VII lawsuits
Companies need to continue focusing on hiring and retaining their most talented workers, regardless of race or gender. That’s why you shouldn’t worry about lawsuits over Title VII affirmative action practices. And this is despite the US Supreme Court ruling…
Job satisfaction at all-time high thanks to hybrid working and job switching.
According to The Conference Board, US workers have never been more content, despite the pandemic, quiet quitting, quiet firing, and the forwards and backwards over hybrid working. Overall job satisfaction among US workers increased in 2022 to its highest point…
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CHRO’s can be held liable for not stopping rampant sexual misconduct.
Earlier this month, a Delaware court found that McDonald’s Corp. board members and the company’s chief human resources officer did not violate their duty to shareholders in handling sexual harassment and misconduct allegations, ruling that the directors’ response was legally…
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Beat the Great Resignation with Career Pathing
At the end of last year, I identified top strategies for HR in 2022. In the 2020s, HR strategies are shifting to reinstating powerful, comprehensive talent management strategies to offer employees careers with purpose, excellent pay and benefits, and equity…
The Future of Work Tops the 2022 Priorities List for Leading HR Organizations.
Several research organizations have published their HR Priorities for 2022. I was particularly impressed with the findings of Fuel50 because it looked at an issue the “Best-in-Class” HR organizations are prioritizing: The Future of Work. This priority did not make…
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