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All Items: Employee Engagement and Productivity

  • Salary Budget 2025: Understanding the Fallout of Inflation

    Date:
    November 1, 2024

    This article presents data on 2025 salary budgets and discusses the alignment of wages with inflation.

  • Managers Play a Crucial Role in Employee Well-being

    Date:
    October 4, 2024

    Our latest research shows better business outcomes in companies that train managers to detect the signs of mental health challenges in direct reports.

  • The State of Workplace Mental Health

    Date:
    August 13, 2024

    Mental health disorders are well-represented in the workforce. This article discusses how companies can support the 18% of US workers that report having a mental health condition.

  • Fighting the Rapid Spread of Employee Disengagement

    Date:
    July 5, 2024

    This article discusses the recent increase in employee disengagement, with suggestions for how organizations can prevent and address it.

  • Innovative Impacts of GenAI on Workplace Learning and Development

    Date:
    April 23, 2024

    This article details how employers can leverage GenAI to offer their workforces more personalized, immersive and adaptable learning experiences; optimize their training resources; bridge the skills gap and enhance employee engagement.

  • Q&A: Creating a Mindfulness Group to Promote Engagement and Teamwork

    Date:
    January 16, 2024

    In this Q&A, XpertHR in-house mindfulness teacher, Christopher Bryant, explains how to get started with mindfulness at work.

  • Protecting Against Proximity Bias in a Flexible Workplace

    Date:
    November 28, 2023

    Remote workers are sometimes hindered by a phenomenon called proximity bias, which can cause leaders to form stronger relationships with workers they interact with onsite. This article suggests some tips to support the engagement and career development of remote workers despite the effect of proximity bias.

  • Infographic: Raising the Impact of 'S' (in ESG) to Advance DEI

    Date:
    November 27, 2023

    Discusses the rising importance of the social (S) component in ESG strategies, HR's role in designing social agency, the business case for organizational investment in social agency, and a visual representation of the insights to actions HR leaders should take to advance the measurable business impact of S in their organizations.

  • Teams With a Culture of Constructive Criticism Do Better

    Date:
    September 26, 2023

    Recent data from the 2023 XpertHR Recruitment and Retention survey found that companies with more mature approaches to employee feedback tend to have lower voluntary turnover rates. This article discusses the importance of welcoming constructive criticism and presents various methods for employers to collect it.

  • 4 Things to Watch: What's Next for Learning Strategies

    Date:
    August 8, 2023

    Learning and skill growth is a critical component of attracting and retaining talent, and it's changing. This article covers four trends that leaders in charge of corporate learning are using to reshape workplace learning.

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