By: Courtney Beam Integrating leadership development into onboarding. As I sat down to write on this topic, I paused. Adding development to your onboarding strategy isn't a revolutionary idea, but are organizations actually doing it? Should they
By: Courtney Beam Integrating leadership development into onboarding. As I sat down to write on this topic, I paused. Adding development to your onboarding strategy isn't a revolutionary idea, but are organizations actually doing it? Should they
Like any other organizational change, layoffs can happen in more and less effective ways. Conducting layoffs in a thoughtful, organized, and compassionate manner is important for several reasons. Treating departing employees well throughout the process also generates
By: Shawna Simcik Return on Investment, or ROI, is a popular profitability metric used to evaluate an investment's performance. In the past, this has not been easy to measure for learning and development professionals. Proving the gains
Sometimes I decide to change for change’s sake. That is how much I like change. And yet here I was thinking “Now I’ve done it.” My husband changes for no one if he can help it. He
By: Courtney Beam With the request for development on the rise, more organizations are looking to implement Leadership Development Programs than in previous years (LinkedIn Learning 2022 Workplace Learning Report). The question then becomes; do you implement
By: Shawna Simcik Where is HR Today? We had the good fortune recently, during the 2022 Colorado State SHRM Conference, to find out. At the beginning of October, ICC headed to Keystone, Colorado, to exhibit and participate
By: Susan Ruhl If you've ever been let go, laid off, made redundant or fired, you know how emotions run wild. Now don’t get down because the company promises outplacement assistance from the company’s HR department. You
By: Courtney Beam Is your organization suffering from a culture wounded by challenges resulting from the fallout from the great resignation, hybrid workforces, financial uncertainty, recruitment challenges, unattainable customer expectations, employee burnout, and more? What if providing
By: Shawna Simcik This is a question on the mind of many HR, CFO and business executives. When SHRM and the national news consistently report that open positions outnumber the unemployed, outplacement can be perceived as an unnecessary benefit. So, are outplacement
For those of us in the people business, the past few years have been about as exhilarating as it has been exhausting. From protecting employee health to keeping teams connected to driving diversity, equity and inclusion, it