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AI, talent shortages, and distrust: These are the biggest challenges HR pros are bracing for in 2025

HR Brew

We are committed to addressing these challenges by investing in advanced collaboration tools, promoting flexible work policies, and creating initiatives that foster a sense of belonging and connection among all employees.”—Leslie

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This HR leader is applying her career lessons to finding and retaining workers in construction

HR Brew

For the former, she’s launched initiatives including educating elementary and middle school students about a career in construction, and for the latter she’s focused on developing supervisors’ coaching skills with their own staff. Coaching and mentoring our managers. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Tech company Kaseya credits YOY drop in attrition to its RTO policy

HR Brew

While employees at organizations with strict RTO policies have a lower intent to stay than their industry colleagues, according to Gartner , employers requiring in-person attendance believe it’s good for networking, productivity, and engagement, the Washington Post reported.

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Employee Coaching Is a Form of Accountability

HR Bartender

In fact, I was conducting a training session with a group of managers recently and someone asked about having HR in the room when managers are coaching employees. My thought on this is “No, HR should not be in the room” when a manager is coaching an employee. But not coaching. Coaching isn’t punishment.

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Rethinking Your Benefits Program To Foster Peak Performance

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We also took a cue from the Deliberately Developmental Organization model where growth and development should be happening every day in the flow of work, versus that only happening during an off site or a coaching session. And just in case part of that might include a sabbatical program, I have included the details of ours below.

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How to Turn a New Company Policy from Negative to Positive

HR Bartender

I recently had the chance to hear about how Kronos rolled out their open time off policy and I thought you would find it interesting. Both from the standpoint of the policy itself but also because of the challenges they experienced and how they addressed them. myTime: An “Open” Vacation Policy. You know our friends at Kronos.

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5 Things We Learned About the Future of Work From Heather McGowan at Thrive 2022

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According to the World Economic Forum , “The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an opportunity to help everyone, including leaders, policy-makers, and people from all income groups and nations, to harness converging technologies in order to create an inclusive, human-centered future.