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Psychological safety is being significantly misunderstood, according to the May-June, 2025 edition of the Harvard Business Review. Academics Amy C. Edmondson and Michaela J Kerrissey, have identified six misconceptions about psychological safety that that they say are leading organizations astray.…
Read More Is psychological safety in trouble at your organization?
The trend in government and business these days is to cut workers across the board with little notice and shared strategy. It’s done in the name of improving efficiency. But mindlessly cutting workers doesn’t achieve this goal. Instead, it leaves…
Read More Mindless workforce cost-cutting could cut down your business
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,…
The year 2025 promises to be turbulent due to planned business tax cuts by the new Presidential Administration that will stimulate investment and growth. The round up and deportation of illegal immigrants will cause further labor shortages in certain industries,…
I was stunned, as you probably were, too, over the cold-blooded murder of United Health Care Insurance (UHC) CEO Brian Thompson in New York City last week. The social media backlash was equally appalling to me. Most of the social…
Read More Does it take a CEO murder to wake up leaders over the anger with US healthcare?
Today is election day in the United States. Americans regret incivility in our politics and believe that politics is a top driver of incivility at work. More than half (58 percent) of US workers believe our society is uncivil. It…
Read More Whether you support Harris or Trump, be civil at work
Large-scale layoffs have been the norm for the past three years. According to layoffs.fyi, over 141,000 employees have been laid off from 468 companies in 2024 so far, many of which are in high-tech. While layoffs sometimes provide short-term financial…
The cost of US health care benefits provided by employers are predicted to increase in 2025 by about five percent, after a decade of averaging three percent annually, according to the Survey on Health and Benefit Strategies for 2025 by…
Read More Increasing health care costs lead employers to seek new options
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,…
Read More SHRM Drops the “E” in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Causing Uproar
Today’s leaders face many challenges requiring an effective talent strategy. These include: a prolonged labor shortage in the US, competitive pay issues, big reskilling gaps for AI and digital technology transition, stressed-out workers, finding the balance between hybrid and in…
Read More America’s got talent — with help from an employer brand
