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Insight and tips on HR, inclusion, recognition, employee experience and more.

Lars Schmidt on the Value of HR Open Source for All

What if HR practitioners had access to a robust network of peers implementing innovative practices, and willing to share why and how they did it?

6 Big Mergers That Were Killed by Culture (And How to Stop it from Killing Yours)

Many mergers have failed due to work culture. Here’s how to avoid this fate for your own company.

7 Tips to Prevent Loneliness – the New Workplace Crisis

We are more connected than ever yet failing to make human connections. The workplace consequences of loneliness can be rough.

Teams are Key to Organizational Progress: Q&A with Amy Edmondson

Edmondson, Harvard professor, discusses teams as the foundation of workplace culture and how to foster an environment of psychological safety.

Understanding Leadership through Biology: Interview with Dr. David Rock

Dr. David Rock on what motivates good employees, when to give feedback, and how to approach performance management in the modern workplace.

3 Ways to Improve Manager Check-Ins

From building psychological safety to asking questions that get at employees' purpose, take these three steps to improve manager check-ins.

How to Get 100% Participation and a Committed Team

Chuck Blakeman writes great companies don’t delegate tasks that turn people into extensions of machines. Great companies delegate responsibility.

Say Goodbye to the Annual Bonus

Eric Mosley shows the flaws of the annual bonus and how crowdsourced rewards can lift engagement throughout the year – using the same investment.

Bringing Recognition to Real Estate: Minto Group’s Story

Dave Bond, director of talent management and total rewards, discusses how the Minto Group modernized its approach to social recognition.

Building a Culture of Excellence in Healthcare: Q&A with AtlantiCare’s Roseann Kobialka

Learn how social recognition is driving higher employee engagement at AtlantiCare, a nationally recognized healthcare organization in New Jersey.

Is HR an Art or a Science?

Is HR more about feel good moments or the hard metrics? It’s a little bit of both, according to HR influencer and WorkHuman speaker John Baldino.

Smiling, and Other Simple Ways to Show You Care

Christine Porath shares the fundamentals of civility and why peer recognition is the most valuable form of recognition we can use at work.