Leaders don’t just pop out of thin air, and expecting them to is killing HR. Even when candidates with great qualifications and great skills aren’t leading the charge like businesses are hoping. Are proper leaders just going extinct? Or, do great leaders still need a proper support structure in order to make great change? At […]
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How HR Can Use AI to Help Employees Prepare for Retirement
HR teams are their employees’ first line of defense for retirement planning. They are there to explain their benefits and how organizations support them, setting them up for a well-structured life. Attentiveness goes a long way toward supporting workers’ current and long-term well-being. Professionals are amplifying these efforts with AI, helping them overcome the most […]
AI May Not Be an Attorney, But Your Employees Use It as If It Were
AI has changed virtually every aspect of modern business. Correspondence can be drafted in a fraction of the time it used to take, and other tasks that previously required hours (if not days) of effort, such as conducting market research, planning customer pitches, and constructing business plans, now take only minutes. But be aware: The […]
High-Tech, High-Touch: How American Express GBT is Redefining Employee Experience
In an era where daily news feeds swing wildly between AI-driven corporate transformations and economic uncertainty, HR and business leaders face a profound dual challenge. On one side, executives look at headlines about cutting roles to fund AI through the lens of smart capital allocation. On the other side, employees wonder what it means for […]
Faces of HR: Meet the Mind Behind VistaPrint’s Culture—How Louise Welch Found Her Calling in HR
If you’ve ever ordered custom business cards or marketing materials for a small business, you likely know VistaPrint. But behind the scenes of that global print and design giant is a powerhouse HR leader: Louise Welch. Stepping in as Chief People Officer in September 2024, Welch brought over two decades of tech and finance experience […]
Food Safety Paradox: Immigration Enforcement Correlates to Foodborne Illnesses
Current federal immigration policies are creating vulnerabilities across the food supply chain. When skilled workers are pushed out by worksite raids and fear of deportation, the consequences compound to create higher risk of foodborne illness outbreaks. Background Over the past year, U.S. headlines have been plagued by reports of foodborne illness outbreaks such as Cyclospora, […]
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The Structure of Leading: Fanatic’s HR Framework from SPARK Talent
Leaders don’t just pop out of thin air, and expecting them to is killing HR. Even when candidates with great qualifications and great skills aren’t leading the charge like businesses are hoping. Are proper leaders just going extinct? Or, do great leaders still need a proper support structure in order to make great change? At […]
High-Tech, High-Touch: How American Express GBT is Redefining Employee Experience
In an era where daily news feeds swing wildly between AI-driven corporate transformations and economic uncertainty, HR and business leaders face a profound dual challenge. On one side, executives look at headlines about cutting roles to fund AI through the lens of smart capital allocation. On the other side, employees wonder what it means for […]
How AMC Turns Performance Management into People Experience
Performance reviews and management have been the biggest chores for HR professionals for decades, slowing down work and always seeming to create more clutter than they do results. But what if there was a way to approach performance management that actually supported employees, exposed growth opportunities, and built a business’s workforce rather than just stagnate […]
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HR Works Podcast: IBM’s Leadership Ladder
Much of what leadership and leadership succession looks like in HR these days is a list of potential candidates, and an eventual hiring decision. That’s it. Once a new leader is in charge, whatever problems face their team and organization become their problem to solve. This strategy barely winds up solving bigger issues, and more […]
Infographic: Mind the Gap—5 Rules for Measurable L&D
The $400 billion Learning & Development industry is built on a massive blind spot: mistaking activity for progress. While corporate budgets fund endless tech platforms, trendy buzzwors, and feel-good feedback surveys, L&D veteran Noah Rabinowitz points out that organizations are left rich in solutions and poor in definition. True impact isn’t about how many people […]
HRDA Shorts: AMC Looking Towards HR’s Future
The future of HR changes every day, so how do HR leaders prepare? During SPARK Talent we got to sit down with Adam Murphy, Director of People Analytics for AMC Theatres, and ask these hard questions. And his answer might not be what you expect. Check out this clip from our on-site interview with Adam […]
