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National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 20, 2023
National Hispanic Heritage Month is a month-long celebration of Latino culture held from September 15 to October 15 in the United States every year since 1988. Read more...
Celebrate Labor Day!
September 4, 2023
The perfect time for organizations to acknowledge the hard work of their employees is Labor Day, the first Monday in September. Read more...
Women's Equity Day!
August 21, 2023
Since 1971, when Congress designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day, an annual commemoration of the passage of women’s suffrage in the U.S. Read more...
The New Meaning of "Office Politics"
August 14, 2023
Let’s face it, we’re living in politically fraught, divisive, and often volatile times. Read more...
National Black Business Month
August 7, 2023
Juggling work and family is always challenging, but doing it in the same space is especially so. Read more...
Working From Home: Employees and Childcare
July 20, 2023
Juggling work and family is always challenging, but doing it in the same space is especially so. Read more...
Generative AI: What Does It Mean for HR?
July 10, 2023
HR professionals are both excited and concerned about the advances in “generative artificial intelligence” (generative AI), especially the recently released chatbots ChatGPT, Bard, Jasper, and others. How could these futuristic tools impact their jobs and their industry? Read more...
Celebrating Juneteenth in the Workplace
June 14, 2023
In 2021, Juneteenth, a long-celebrated commemoration of the June 19, 1865, order to emancipate enslaved African Americans in Texas, became a national holiday. In 2023, it occurs on Monday June 19. Read more...
It’s Pride Month!
June 1, 2023
The month of June is LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) Pride Month, or, simply, Pride, a time to celebrate this diverse and vibrant community with parades, concerts, and educational events. Read more...
Empathy at Work
April 3, 2023
Empathy—the ability to put oneself in another person’s shoes and understand how they feel on an emotional level—is an important component of an emotionally intelligent and psychologically safe workplace that encourages communication and cooperation, conflict management, healthy bystander intervention, and inclusion. Read more...
The Power of Pronouns
March 1, 2023
More and more, our increasingly diverse organizations strive to attain work environments that are inclusive, empathetic, and psychologically safe. Read more...
Compliance Management
February 1, 2023
“Compliance” refers to an organization meeting its legal obligations, that is, obeying the laws and regulations that mandate how it manages its business, staff, and treatment of its customers. Read more...
Psychological Safety and Harassment Prevention
January 3, 2023
“Psychological safety” means having confidence that expressing your concerns, sharing your ideas, and thinking out of the box at work won’t result in negative consequences. Read more...
HR and Social Media
December 1, 2022
Social media has become integral to so many aspects of our daily lives, and integrating our working lives into the mix is a natural progression. Read more...
Having a Remote and Hybrid Work Policy
November 1, 2022
Organization policy for remote and hybrid (remote/onsite) work is an essential tool that promotes equity across an organization and increases productivity. Read more...
Upskilling and Reskilling
October 1, 2022
Upskilling and reskilling are ways that organizations train and educate both employees and leadership. Read more...