Heroes of HR

How strategic human capital education transforms transactional recruiting into strategic talent advisory. Executive recruiting used to be purely transactional, focusing only on base salaries and signing bonuses. Today, top-tier candidates demand deep insight into company culture, work flexibility, a...

HR teams are constantly reacting to new regulations, executive orders, and state-level changes. Carla Pittman says that's the problem. Compliance can't be something HR remembers when a deadline is approaching. It needs to be built into everyday operations, with systems that help organizations spot r...

Why app downloads and email announcements fail deskless workers. Deskless workers represent the majority of the global workforce, yet corporate HR continuously tries to force them onto portals, company emails, and mobile apps they refuse to download. When engagement relies on teaching new digital ha...

Living paycheck to paycheck isn't just a low-income problem. Bryan Thomas explains why earned wage access is becoming a serious employee benefit, giving workers access to money they've already earned without having to wait for payday or turn to a payday loan. Earned wage access, financial wellness, ...

HR has no shortage of stories. The problem is making people care about them. Audrey Surette says the best HR storytelling starts by stripping away the jargon and finding the human story people can actually relate to. AI, storytelling, HR tech, communications, AI agents, workforce trends. As AI moves...

HR didn't get into the business to chase W-2s, answer repetitive policy questions, check payroll reports, or coordinate endless onboarding tasks. Amy Miller thinks AI can finally give HR some of its time back. The goal isn't replacing HR. It's getting HR out of the paperwork and back with people. AI...

Most companies say they support mental health. Chad Sorenson believes that's not enough. Posters, policies, and Employee Assistance Programs don't matter if employees still don't feel safe asking for help.The biggest barrier to mental health at work isn't awareness. It's trust.  Mental health, ...

Checking boxes twice a year isn't managing performance, it's just doing a post-mortem on dead goals. Annual performance evaluations are purely rear-view mirror paperwork that completely miss real-time execution. High-performing companies treat their mission, vision, and values as living, breathing d...

Hiring remotely opened the talent pool. It also opened the door to a new kind of fraud. Rob Tiernan says identity verification has become one of the biggest blind spots in hiring, with AI making it easier than ever for bad actors to slip through the cracks. The biggest hiring risk today may not be f...

The social contract between employers and workers is broken, and real leaders need to fix it. Workplaces are facing massive trust deficits because leadership has treated corporate loyalty as a one-way street. Employees watch companies prioritize short-term shareholder equity while executing mass lay...