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Nov 19, 2024

HR’s Role in Driving Digital Transformation Success

Lisa Highfield, Principal Director, emphasizes that technology either disrupts or disrupts and transforms organizations, highlighting that HR’s pivotal contributions lie in leveraging its expertise in managing the people's side of the organization.

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Nov 19, 2024

Are Your Leadership Skills Up to Par?

A new piece from the Association for Talent Development dives into required leadership skills in the ever-shifting world of work, pointing to key takeaways from McLean & Company's Future of Work Report regarding the evolution of leadership.

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Nov 14, 2024

HR’s people expertise is pivotal to digital transformation, McLean & Co. says

AI strategy is the central point from which both technical and people-related AI activities originate, according to Principal Director Lisa Highfield. As organizations integrate artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies into their operations and workforce (the “transformation” part)...

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Nov 08, 2024

10 Ways HR Can Champion Pay Transparency In The Workplace

President Jennifer Rozon suggests that HR managers can advocate for pay transparency and build trust by conducting regular salary audits, sharing pay scales, educating leaders and fostering open discussions about compensation.

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Nov 07, 2024

Can HR be the hero of digital transformation?

Principal Director Lisa Highfield explains that expanding the definition of digital transformation success highlights HR's critical contributions, particularly in managing the people aspects, in this piece from BPM.

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Oct 24, 2024

The key to an effective succession plan? Good communication, McLean says

Kelly Berte, Practice Lead, and Justine Czencz, Manager, share that the succession planning process involves identifying, developing and placing the right talent in critical roles to ensure the organization’s continued performance.

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Oct 21, 2024

How should we handle an employee who hates HR?

Director Lexi Hambides suggests that when an employee is dissatisfied with HR, it's best to tackle the issue head-on and face-to-face.

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Oct 18, 2024

How evolving technology in HR is redefining possible

Data and insights from McLean & Company's HR Trends Report 2024 inform BrightMine's dive into how evolving technology in HR is redefining what's possible.

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Oct 17, 2024

A 6-step plan to improve the HR department’s image

Manager Alexandra Zawora shares that maximizing the impacts of HR's promotional efforts requires highlighting how HR work connects to and has a meaningful impact on improving each audience's experience with the organization.

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Dec 15, 2022

Redeployment and Upskilling Should Be Priority Before Turning to Layoffs in a Recession, Says HR Advisory Firm McLean & Company

Amid signs of an economic recession, organizations across all industries are re-evaluating costs, resources, and options. McLean & Company, the trusted research and advisory partner for HR and leadership professionals worldwide, is recommending that HR professionals and leaders focus on redeploym...

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Dec 06, 2022

Five Key HR Trends for 2023 Reveal What the Future of Work Will Look Like, Says HR Advisory Firm McLean & Company

As organizations prepare to head into a new year of business, McLean & Company, the trusted research and advisory partner for HR and leadership professionals worldwide, has revealed five key data-based employee and workplace trends in its HR Trends Report 2023. The timely report will assist HR le...

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Nov 30, 2022

Organizations Must Follow Five Crucial Steps When Implementing Layoffs In a Recession, Says HR Advisory Firm McLean & Company

With signs pointing toward an economic recession, many organizations are finding themselves re-evaluating costs and resource allocation. McLean & Company, the trusted research and advisory partner for HR and leadership professionals worldwide, is recommending that organizations and their HR teams...

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Oct 26, 2022

Employees Are Demanding Transparency - Here's What Organizations Need to Know, According to HR Advisory Firm McLean & Company

As organizations experience pressure from employees and other influential organizations to be more transparent amid an already-challenging labor market, McLean & Company, one of the world's leading HR research and advisory firms, has released the timely resource The Rise of Organizational Transpa...

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Sep 22, 2022

Employees Who Are Satisfied With Workplace Flexibility Are 3.7x More Likely to Be Engaged at Work, Says HR Research Firm McLean & Company

McLean & Company, the trusted partner of HR and leadership professionals around the world, has released its latest research-backed blueprint, Develop a Targeted Flexible Work Program. The newly released resource was designed to help HR leaders develop the flexible work model needed to attract, re...

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Sep 14, 2022

Outdated Employee Value Propositions Linked to 22% Decline in HR Recruiting Effectiveness, Says HR Research Firm McLean & Company

McLean & Company, the globally trusted partner of HR and business leaders, has published the research-backed resource, titled Uncover the Employee Value Proposition. The up-to-date blueprint offers HR leaders key considerations when addressing current labor market challenges to help them strategi...

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Sep 09, 2022

Talent Pools Are Crucial for Effective Succession Planning in an Uncertain Labor Market, Says HR Research Firm McLean & Company

McLean & Company, the trusted partner of HR and leadership professionals around the world, has released its newest research-driven resource, Use Talent Pools to Support Flexibility in Succession Planning. Succession planning plays a critical role in overall business success as organizations consi...

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Aug 25, 2022

Organizations With a Data-Driven HR Analytics Strategy Are 45% More Likely to Achieve Desired Results, Says HR Research Firm McLean & Company

McLean & Company, the globally trusted partner of HR and business leaders, has released its latest blueprint, Use Dashboards to Become a Data-Driven HR Function. The research-backed industry resource is designed to help HR leaders create and use dashboards that reflect meaningful metrics to gener...

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Aug 17, 2022

Buddy Systems Alleviate HR Pain Points and Improve New Hire Experience, Says HR Research Firm McLean & Company

McLean & Company, the globally trusted partner of HR and business leaders, has released its newest research-driven resource, titled Implement a Buddy System at Work. This data-backed guide is intended to support HR leaders in building a more consistent and effective way to help onboard new employ...

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