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Best HR Teams for Innovation in Canada
Canadian HR Reporter's Leading HR Teams offers insights into the teams excelling in HR across Canada. Here, McLean & Company client, Jenna Brook, outlines how the partnership with McLean & Company operates as both day-to-day support and a strategic extension of the HR team. “On a day-to-day basis...
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5 Ways HR Teams Can Drive Organizational Transformation In The Age Of AI
This piece from Forbes focuses on HR's function being reframed, now responsible for managing policies, benefits, and employee relations behind the scenes. McLean & Company offers insights into the rise of AI and retention, providing a key pointer into HR.
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Employees are engaged in 2026: HR, what are you doing to keep the momentum going?
UNLEASH features McLean & Company’s 2026 Employee Engagement Trends Report, with Laura Hansen-Kohls sharing how HR can sustain rising engagement through stronger culture, leadership, and rewards strategies.
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More than six in ten workers feel engaged despite AI job cuts
This article from Benefits and Pensions Monitor outlines that employees are staying in their jobs and engagement has quietly improved, even as AI‑linked layoffs and economic jitters rattle workplaces. The piece focuses on McLean & Company’s Employee Engagement Trends Report 2026, taking a look at...
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Here's How 19 HR Leaders Define Psychological Safety In The Workplace
Forbes features insights from members of the Forbes Human Resources Council on how HR leaders define psychological safety in the workplace, emphasizing that it is measured through behaviours, such as speaking up, challenging ideas and admitting mistakes, rather than employee sentiment alone. Draw...
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How can HR improve performance criteria?
HRD highlights McLean & Company research, with experts Leann Schneider and Justine Czencz outlining how better performance criteria can improve clarity, fairness, and employee trust.
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You Can’t Engage Employees With Criteria They Don’t Understand
CXM World (Customer Experience Magazine), a global publication focused on customer and employee experience trends, explores why employee engagement efforts fail when expectations and evaluation criteria aren’t clearly understood. The article argues that unclear metrics and misaligned communicatio...
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HR's influence at work stalls – how can it be rebuilt?
HCAMag reports that HR’s influence within organizations is stalling, according to new research from McLean & Company, with fewer HR teams being seen as strategic partners in planning and execution. The article highlights that this decline comes despite clear links between HR involvement and stron...
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HR leadership gaps put AI adoption at risk as change fatigue rises, McLean & Company report finds
Complete AI Training reports on new research from McLean & Company warning that gaps in HR leadership are putting AI adoption at risk as organizations struggle with rising change fatigue. Based on a survey of more than 1,600 organizations, the report finds companies are implementing AI faster tha...
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Press Releases
Employee Engagement Holds Steady as Key Drivers Show Uneven Progress, McLean & Company Report Finds
McLean & Company's latest research, Employee Engagement Trends Report 2026, shows that while employee engagement and intent to stay remained broadly stable in 2025, weak scores in compensation, career development, collaboration, stress, and coaching continue to limit stronger business outcomes.
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Outdated Methods Are Undermining Hiring Decisions, Says McLean & Company
With organizations under growing pressure to improve hiring accuracy, McLean & Company's latest research highlights why traditional talent selection methods are becoming harder to defend. The global HR research and advisory firm warns that poorly designed assessments can limit visibility into can...
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McLean & Company Announces Alex Weber as Keynote Speaker and Reveals Agenda for Signature 2026 HR Conference in Las Vegas, October 4-6
McLean & Company has announced internationally acclaimed leadership and peak performance expert Alex Weber as a keynote speaker for Signature 2026, the firm's flagship HR conference taking place October 4–6, 2026, at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. The global HR research and advisory firm has also publi...
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Poor Performance Criteria Can Undermine Employee Trust, McLean & Company Tells HR Leaders
As organizations continue to refine performance management, many still struggle to define criteria that reflect today's work realities and support fair, effective talent decisions. New research from global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company highlights how poorly designed performance c...
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Converging Disruption Has Created a Defining Opportunity for HR, Says McLean & Company in New 2026 Research Report
Rapid AI development, environmental volatility, and shifting employee expectations are compounding, and that pressure is landing directly on HR. In its new report, HR's Moment: Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity With Trust and Innovation, global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company outli...
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Beyond Bonuses: McLean & Company Research Reveals Why Most Pay-for-Performance Programs Fail, and What HR Can Do About It
Findings from McLean & Company's research reveal that while organizations widely recognize the importance of connecting performance to compensation, few believe they execute it effectively. The global HR research and advisory firm's "Design a Purposeful Pay for Performance Program" outlines a cle...
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McLean & Company Announces Innovation Strategist Shawn Kanungo as Keynote for Signature 2026 HR Conference
McLean & Company has announced globally recognized innovation strategist and bestselling author Shawn Kanungo as a keynote speaker for Signature 2026, the firm's flagship HR conference taking place October 4–6, 2026, at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Known for his high-energy presentations and expert...
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McLean & Company Announces Signature 2026, Its Flagship HR Conference, Taking Place in Las Vegas This October
Signature 2026 has been announced with a renewed focus on McLean & Company's timely and enduring theme, "Human-Centric, Future-Ready." An evolution of the conference's core message, the 2026 event reflects the growing urgency for HR leaders to balance rapid change with people-first strategies. ...
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Post-Incident After-Action Reviews Are Critical to Building Organizational Resilience, Says McLean & Company
New research from McLean & Company shows that when organizations intentionally slow down after a crisis to reflect, create space for honest and psychologically safe dialogue, and act on what they learn, disruption becomes a catalyst for resilience rather than a trigger for repeated failure. The f...
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