Good mental health benefits pay off. An article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that about 86 percent of employees reported improved work performance and lower rates of absenteeism after receiving treatment for depression.2 A Harvard Business Review article noted that “$4 is returned to the economy for every $1 spent caring for people with mental health issues.”3...Read More

No one in HR had a 2020 guideline to tackle with a global pandemic. Lars Schmidt points out above some insights of future-oriented concepts to tangible tactics and approaches companies are implementing. These are some ways we can count on HR in these next-generation functions looking different as we enter the new year. Lars Schmidt...Read More

  A company’s HR team deals with diverse requests and demands that would overwhelm most. Fortunately, technology has provided many HR professionals a chance to rationalize and improve processes. Members of Forbes HR councils pointed out 13 ways their teams use technology to improve HR processes and the employee experience. Eliminating Human Bias We leverage...Read More

Organizations have become more flexible about where and when employees work. Now they need to be more intentional about their choices and trade-offs. Leaders and the teams they manage are experimenting with new ways of working — both in the short term during COVID-19 and longer term for a post-pandemic world. The axes of work...Read More