Category: Human Resources

  • Want happier employees? Create a community, business scholars say

    Pay is great, but simple measures like showing kindness and recognizing workers go a long way, too, speakers said at a recent Academy of Management event. Published March 21, 2024 Ryan GoldenSenior Reporter Amid a downward trend in U.S. employee engagement, organizations must reshape their people management approach to more directly address employee happiness, panelists…

  • Building a coaching culture: Part one

    How do you know if your organization has a coaching culture – or not? Does your organisation have a coaching culture and if so, what are the signifiers of this? A coaching culture is defined as one where coaching is the predominant style of managing and working together, and where commitment to improving the organisation is embedded in…

  • Women in healthcare report higher levels of burnout than male colleagues, study finds

    Gender inequity and a lack of autonomy at work are correlated with women’s burnout, according to the new research. Published Feb. 23, 2024 By Susanna Vogel Staff Reporter First published on Listen to the article3 min Dive Brief: Dive Insight: For the review, researchers studied healthcare professionals’ well-being — their integrated mental and physical health as it…

  • 12 HR and work predictions for 2024

    What lies ahead for HR and the worksphere in 2024? We bring you predictions from experts in wellbeing, leadership, culture and transformational HR. Another new year, another attempt to predict how work and HR will evolve as we journey through it. As is now HRZone tradition, we asked our top-ranking writers of 2023 to polish up their…

  • Companies reduce philanthropy aimed at boosting racial, gender equality

    Changes in “corporate citizenship” initiatives coincide with a federal backlash against efforts to promote sustainability in the private and public sectors. Jim Tyson, Senior Reporter Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Changes in corporate philanthropy coincide with a government backlash against efforts to promote environmental, social and governance goals in the private and public sectors. Beginning with…