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Business Insider explains how companies can use artificial intelligence to identify talent and skills gaps in their workforce by analyzing HR data more effectively than traditional methods. The piece outlines practical steps for using AI, including organizing data, interpreting insights, and refi...

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This 15Five article draws heavily on findings from McLean & Company’s HR Trends 2025 report to show how HR’s role is evolving from administrative tasks to strategic business partnership. McLean argues that HR must shift toward data‑driven decision‑making, skills‑based hiring, flatter job structur...

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This People Matters article explores how HR professionals are increasingly expected to lead governance, ethics, risk and culture, not just people operations. McLean & Company’s insights drive the message that HR’s role is expanding into enterprise leadership. The firm highlights the need for HR t...

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In this guide from UC Today, the evolution of human capital management (HCM) is laid out clearly, shifting HR from administrative operations to strategic business enabler. McLean & Company’s research is referenced as a foundation for best practices in aligning people, processes and technology to ...

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In B2B Daily, the issue of escalating job‑title inflation is explored, citing McLean & Company’s Director of HR Research & Advisory Services, Amani Gharib, who warns that without clearly defined job levels and criteria… internal approaches to job titling, pay grades, and career paths can be subje...

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In this FromDayOne piece, McLean & Company’s Principal Director, Research and Advisory, Lisa Highfield, explains that although mass job losses from AI have yet to materialize, the nature of work is shifting dramatically. She emphasizes that human‑AI collaboration is becoming the norm, rather than...

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This piece in HR Dive outlines survey findings showing 92% of workers believe companies hand out grandiose titles to bypass raises, and 15% admit accepting lower pay for a fancier title. McLean & Company’s contributor, Amani Gharib, adds that excessive title inflation can erode culture and create...

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In HR Dive, McLean & Company is cited for emphasizing the critical role that communication plays in successful succession outcomes. The article references McLean’s research suggesting that HR should support leadership transitions by guiding succession conversations, advising communicators, and he...

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By being cited in HRD, McLean is recognized as a thought leader whose research helps define the criteria for what makes a “best-in-class” HR partner. This strengthens McLean’s brand in the Canadian HR services ecosystem and reinforces credibility with Canadian clients and prospects.

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