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African businesswoman, paperwork and meeting for interview, assessment and discussion as employee. Female person, document and contract for onboarding, recruitment and human resources as hiring team.

Why Putting the Merit in Meritocracy Isn’t Easy

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Avoiding the Best Practice Trap

7th July 2019 - Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Inside the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology. Showroom of classic Toyota cars.

Gaining Competitive Advantages

unemployed young man holds the document box, Layoffs occur when a company undergoes restructuring or downsizing or goes out of business. Unemployment in the Corona Virus Crisis (COVID-19)

Reconsider Entering a Field That Is Vulnerable to AI

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How to Handle the Return-to-Office Wars

AI Is Transforming Departments—Including HR AI Is a Tool to Boost Efficiency, Not to Reduce Headcount

AI Is a Tool to Boost Efficiency, Not to Reduce Headcount

Joining Giant Puzzle

Avoid Disruptions When Hiring, Downsizing, and Promoting

A male leader in glasses and a suit without a tie shakes hands with a young smiling female employee as colleagues applaud

Why Employees Are More than Just Resources

A female executive in a blue suit presents data, including charts and graphs, on a whiteboard in a meeting room with male and female colleagues.

Data Isn’t Always Neutral: Confronting Bias in People Analytics

Coworkers talk

The Recruitment Bias that Undermines Meritocracy

A woman and a man sit side by side in front of a computer, using people analytics to evaluate candidates for a job opening

Where People Analytics Falls Short—and Why It Matters

A female candidate waits to be called in for a job interview while candidates holding a question mark in front of their faces sit next to her.

Rethinking Recruitment as the Labor Market Shifts under Executives’ Feet

A robot finger points at a screen that reads "Human Resources"

Performance Management Will Be Transformed in 2026

A worker holds two post-it notes, one that says 'Leader,' the other that says 'Manager'

Why 2026 Will Be the Year of the Line Manager

A black train goes off the rails and bumps into the red one next to it

The Ways CEO Succession-Planning Goes off the Rails

Business leader smiles

How CEOs Can Help Plan for Their Successors

An elderly man with glasses stares through his office's window blinds holding a box of his personal possessions

Why Some CEOs Sabotage Planning for Their Successors

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How Organizations Are Shifting the Skills-Development Burden

A smiling woman and a man with glasses look at something on a laptop screen

Why It’s Time to Rethink Employee Turnover and Retention

A pencil lays above text that reads "Leader versus Manager"

Is the HR Shift to Line Managers Empowering or Risky?

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn at a Paris motor show

Media Magnify Scandals of Big-Name Companies

Employees argue

The Disconnect Between Leaders and Patients on Healthcare

Businessman wears a king's crown

Why Many Leaders Ignore Criticism

Reputation in Mud

Reactions to CEO’s Killing Illustrate U.S. Health Insurers’ Bad Rep

Why One-Size-Fits-All Diversity Training Fails to Deliver

Why One-Size-Fits-All Diversity Training Fails to Deliver

Connect the Dots from Training to Learning

Connect the Dots from Training to Learning

Why Many Big Brands Reneged on Diversity Commitments

Why Many Big Brands Reneged on Diversity Commitments

Why the Meanings of DEI, CRT, and Woke Have Been Warped

Why the Meanings of DEI, CRT, and Woke Have Been Warped

Diversity Trainees Need a Mindset Shift to Learn and Change

Diversity Trainees Need a Mindset Shift to Learn and Change

A sign that says "Doing" pointing one way and a sign that says "Talk" pointing the other way

Diversity Words vs. Action