CAHRS Top 10 September 2024
- Transformation Working Group Session 3
Managing Change in Today’s World
CAHRS
CAHRS Executive Director Beth Flynn-Ferry recently facilitated the Transformation Working Group session with CAHRS members to explore how companies are managing the rapidly evolving world of work and its new dynamics. To adapt, organizations are fostering greater agility and emphasizing communication, transparency, and consistent approaches to change. However, the constant pace is contributing to employee burnout, prompting a focus on support systems, remote work adaptation, and resources (e.g., therapy, life coaching).
- Algorithms and AI
Make Hiring More Diverse
Chicago Booth Review
Many questions have arisen whether algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) helps or hinders diversity in hiring. Incorporating fairness and diversity constraints can assist organizations to identify and recruit a more diverse set of candidates, potentially leading to better long-term outcomes with minimal cost. Adjusting traditional hiring indices to prioritize candidates from underrepresented groups can help promote equitable hiring practices.
- Five tips
Essential for Interviewers
eCornell
ILR School HR Studies Associate Professor JR Keller identifies tips to improve your interviewing techniques, such as ways to reduce candidate anxiety and standardizing your interview process. Studies show that building a connection with candidates provides a greater chance of hiring effectively.
- According to this Expert
How to Achieve Pay Equity at Your Company,
Inc.
Achieving pay equity within companies requires conducting regular pay audits, establishing transparent salary structures, and addressing unconscious biases in compensation decisions. By implementing these strategies, companies can ensure fair pay practices and promote a more equitable workplace.
For a look at how pay transparency policies affect job application and negotiation decisions, have a look at the latest research by ILR School Organizational Behavior Assistant Professor Alice Lee.
- Digital Disruption
Taking a Globally Orchestrated Approach
Bain & Company
A globally coordinated approach to digital disruption key. Companies should integrate digital strategies across all regions and functions of their business to stay competitive. Additionally, the article underscores the value of leveraging global talent, adopting flexible business models, and continuously innovating to successfully navigate the complexities of digital transformation.
- Hybrid Work
How Leaders Build In-Person Moments That Matter
MIT Sloan Review
Hybrid workplaces are on the rise and in their wake is the question of how to create meaningful in-person interactions when in office. Planning purposeful in-person meetings that foster connection, collaboration, and innovation is crucial. By strategically incorporating face-to-face moments, leaders can enhance team cohesion and overall productivity in a hybrid model.
If you’d like to read more about hybrid work, take a look at the ILR Executive Summary “What are the Best Practices for Maintaining Collaborative Culture Under the Post-COVID Hybrid Workplace?”
- The Power of Positivity
Transforming Energizing Leadership
Yale Insights
Positively energizing leadership is a strategy that can significantly boost productivity and morale by fostering supportive and inspiring relationships. It entails key behaviors such as caring for others, providing support, and emphasizing meaningfulness, which can transform organizational culture and enhance overall performance.
- Three Ways to Accelerate your Skills Journey
What Workday is Learning in Its Transformation
Workday
CAHRS partner company Workday explores key strategies for advancing skills development. Topics include creating a shared vision with cross-functional stakeholders, investing in reliable skills data and responsible AI, and adopting a "think big, start small" approach.
- Take 5: Work Is Changing.
What Does the Future Hold?
KelloggInsight
Since the onset of COVID-19, workforce trends have changed exponentially with no signs of slowing. Here are five research-based predictions about the changes on the horizon for how we think about work and the forces that shape our workplaces.
- Retaining Team Members
HR Leaders are Struggling
Human Resource Executive
It’s no secret that the pandemic has changed the world of work. Brad Bell, CAHRS Academic Director and William J. Conaty Professor of Strategic Human Resources weigh in on new trends such as “quiet quitting,” increased employee activism, and high attrition rates have created a great amount of stress for HR executives. Have a look at these tips to minimize HR team burnout and turnover.