Moving from Transactional to Strategic Human Resources

​One thing I have learned over the past 17 years in the HR profession is to think like a business professional. Knocking down the silo of HR and expanding your expertise in... Read more »

The ElusiveVacation

?In Central Florida, workers at the area’s hotels, restaurants and theme parks confess that they rarely take a vacation. Many take only two- to three-day breaks at a time, spend their leave... Read more »

Taking the Wheel

For 75 years, SHRM and HR professionals have worked together to drive historic change in the world of work. During that time, substantial workplace changes have occurred. While some of these transformations... Read more »

How to Manage Generative AI and ChatGPT in the Workplace

?Question: What does generative artificial intelligence have in common with the 2023 Academy Award winner for best picture? Answer: They’re both “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” That joke is not courtesy of... Read more »

A Time for HR to Lead

The Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) 75th anniversary is a natural time to reflect on how far the HR profession has come—and where it’s headed.  The past few years have taught... Read more »

Report: ‘HR Is Simply Too Much Work’

HR leaders love their job, but they’re stressed and burned out—and more than half of 1,000 professionals surveyed are considering leaving the profession, according to a recent report.   HR is simply... Read more »

Looking Ahead to 2023: Speaking Out on Social Issues, Pulling Back Remote Work

?What’s ahead for organizations in 2023? SHRM Online heard from thought leaders, HR professionals and researchers on their insights for what’s in store for the workplace in the new year.  Social Conscience... Read more »

How Small Employers Are Preparing for a Recession

?Small organizations have overcome a range of HR challenges in recent years, from managing through a pandemic and converting employees to remote and hybrid work to talent shortages, widespread resignations, and inflation’s... Read more »

Today’s Leaders Must Embrace the ‘And’

?The challenges facing businesses in the world of work have grown exponentially over the last decade and even more so since 2020, increasing the complexity of leadership. Stakeholders expect leaders to maintain... Read more »

Are You Changing Jobs or Making a Strategic Career Move?

? Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to further your career in HR. Contact him at the e-mail address at the end... Read more »