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Author: Ben

  • Making ”No Regrets” Changes as People and Business Leaders

    “The more that we could be pushing that on the business side to say beyond revenue and profitability, what is the quality metric? What is the wellbeing metric? Obviously, employee engagement many companies measure. Are we measuring the investments in learning that we’re putting out there for our people, even if they are people that…

  • The One Thing People Analytics Teams Often Get Wrong

    “I think the danger that we tend to run as people analytics teams is that we’re not willing to take slightly bolder stances and say, “Hey, we have a better collective picture of the labor market. We have a better collective picture of what enterprise trends and behaviors are like.” We need to give strategic…

  • How to Win in the Modern Hiring Environment on We’re Only Human

    “Oftentimes they’re looking for a quick fix. But what I will say is those that are doing [hiring] well and really moving the needle are those that are looking at this issue holistically. What is our employment brand in the market? Who are we competing with in our market? How does our total compensation package…

  • Prioritizing Skills to Drive Talent Agility at H.B. Fuller

    “How can you build things that are as small as they can be so that you can plug and play and you can pivot and change? The way that I think about manifesting that in talent programs is thinking about more of a skills culture. If we have the skill of adapting and coping, for…

  • The Data Behind Paid Leave and What Workers Really Want

    “I think the the one stat that came out of this research, that nine out of 10 employees would be more likely to stay with their employer if they had this benefit, I was just kind of blown away.” Rob Whalen, CEO, PTOExchange We’re Only Human — Episode 140 One of the most common employee…

  • How Montway Auto Transport Uses Stay Interviews and Employee-Centric Training

    “Stay interviews are highly under-rated, but yet can provide , so much insight to your employees and so much data. It’s almost like a secret weapon or secret tool that  companies just don’t take advantage of.” Amanda Turbeville, Global Head of Human Resources, Montway Auto Transport We’re Only Human — Episode 139   In today’s…

  • Case Study: Kimberly Clark Revitalizes Employee Self Service

    “In 2021, our employees asked about 27,000 questions from the chatbot and completed about 16,000 transactions. So this year our focus is really on reinforcing awareness and adoption while we’re working to continue to improve our processes, our content, and our support structure.” Nicole Sloan, Employee Experience Leader, Kimberly Clark We’re Only Human — Episode…