Category: HRDA Frankly Speaking

HRDA Frankly Speaking: The $2B Pivot— How This Construction Firm Dropped the Office Mandate and Doubled Its Revenue

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 22, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: Jun 23, 2026

While most companies are mandating return-to-office (RTO) policies, one construction giant is celebrating ten years of doing things completely differently. Back in 2016, Shawmut Design and Construction faced a talent crisis. Engagement surveys revealed that high-performing employees—especially women in their 20s to 40s—were leaving the firm at an alarming rate due to rigid work schedules. […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: Let Surveys Tell a Story

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 12, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: Jun 12, 2026

Engagement surveys are a point of contention for everyone. Employees think they’re a waste of time, managers have to wrangle data into something meaningful, and the entire process feels tedious. But what if these surveys, if done right, could tell a story that actually lets a workplace grow and change to the needs of the […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: External Factors on Internal Culture

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 12, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: Jun 12, 2026

Tyrese Manigault, Senior Manager of Employee Engagement of NASCAR, opened up a discussion during SPARK HR on the future of DEI, AI’s effects on leadership, and how leaders view legacy. In his panel, he broke down just how important it is for HR professionals to own up to what they can’t control, and approach what […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: Stop Driving Good Talent Away

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 8, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: Jun 8, 2026

As AI-generated resumes flood the hiring market, many talent teams are rushing to make “blind” skills assessments a mandatory requirement. But implementing heavy, time-consuming hoops across the board can accidentally alienate top-tier talent and introduce bias into your pipeline. According to Donna Fowler, SVP of Global People & Talent at SEON, the key to fraud […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: Gen Z: The Storytelling Generation

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 5, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: Jun 5, 2026

Since birth, Gen Z has been surrounded by technology, media, and easy access to as much information as possible. The result? They’ve grown incredibly skilled at something every business needs more of, yet few are capitalizing on it: storytelling. We’ve seen a sharp decline in entry level roles this year. Mixed with other economic uncertainty […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: The Tell-Tale Patterns of AI Resumes

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 3, 2026 HR Technology

Updated: Jun 3, 2026

While a single, perfectly polished application won’t tip HR leaders off, the true giveaway of an AI-generated resume isn’t found in a single line, it’s found in the patterns left behind across the entire applicant pool. As hiring pipelines face a surge of automated submissions, Donna Fowler, SVP of Global People & Talent at SEON, […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: The Keys to Trust

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Jun 1, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: Jun 1, 2026

In the world of AI, trust between employee and employer is becoming one of the most important elements HR leaders need to build in their workplace. Adam Hickman, Ph.D., VP of Org & Employee Dev, Partners; The Walt Disney Company took SPARK attendees through what it means to be a true human leader in the […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: Why Inclusion is a Leader’s Real Legacy

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 27, 2026 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: May 27, 2026

When the political landscape gets tough, how do you keep business leaders committed to building inclusive workplaces? During a recent panel on “Building Belonging Without Backlash,” Kitty Chaney Reed, the retired VP & Chief Leadership, Culture and Inclusion Officer at IBM Corp., shared that the secret isn’t talking about corporate buzzwords or policy shifts—it’s about […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: Leader’s Shape the Work, Not the Pressure

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 18, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: May 18, 2026

With everything in a constant state of flux, and the workplace in more consistent turmoil in recent years, the Burnout epidemic had become one of the greatest battles for modern-day HR leaders. Betsy Lopez-Riley, a senior transformation leader with over 20 years of experience, gave attendees the warning the needed, and the advice on how to […]

HRDA Frankly Speaking: How NASCAR Uses Employee Listening to Drive Performance

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 14, 2026 HRDA Frankly Speaking

Updated: May 14, 2026

In a world where many are questioning the future of DEI, NASCAR is doubling down on a different approach: radical honesty. During a recent panel on “Building Belonging Without Backlash,” Tyrese Manigault, Senior Manager of Employee Engagement at NASCAR, shared how the organization uses “We Engage”—a core part of their performance strategy—to foster a true culture […]