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Employee retention: 7 strategies for retaining top talent
Featuring on CIO, this article discusses key tactics IT and HR leaders can use to keep top performers in a fiercely competitive market. Grace Ewles, Director at McLean & Company, offers data-backed insight, noting that retention now ranks as the second-highest priority - just after developing lea...
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McLean & Company shares organizational design implementation strategy
This feature in Lexpert shines a spotlight on McLean & Company’s newly unveiled Implement Organizational Design roadmap. Michelle Leedy, Senior Executive Advisor, underscores that crafting the right organizational structure isn’t enough - without a clear implementation plan and employee alignment...
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17 Steps To Efficient Digital Hiring Without Losing The Human Touch
This Forbes HR Council article explores how to balance speed and empathy in the digital hiring process. McLean & Company's President, Jennifer Rozon, emphasizes the importance of intentional human touchpoints - such as personalized outreach and structured interviews - to ensure candidates feel va...
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Why HR should pay more attention to buzzwords like ‘quiet quitting’ and ‘coffee badging’
In this Fortune article, workplace buzzwords are unpacked as signals of deeper cultural disconnect. McLean & Company’s Grace Ewles notes that terms like “quiet quitting” often reflect employee sentiment being dismissed or misunderstood, and urges HR leaders to dig deeper with employee listening a...
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Want to retain talent? Prioritize career paths & relationships with managers, finds McLean & Company
UNLEASH spotlights findings from McLean & Company’s recent research on retention. William Howard, Practice Lead, shares that strong manager relationships and clearly defined career paths are key predictors of high performance and low turnover - especially in a market where development opportuniti...
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Enterprises Push Ahead with AI-Powered Job Replacement Despite Risks
As organizations scale up AI use in hiring, Yahoo Finance headlines the need for thoughtful implementation. Lisa Highfield, Principal Director at McLean & Company, cautions that without ethical oversight and employee input, AI can erode candidate trust. She advocates for governance structures tha...
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How to identify and address flight risk, according to McLean & Co.
In HR Dive, McLean & Company’s Molly Woudenberg and William Howard outline how to recognize early flight-risk signals - such as waning collaboration or withdrawal from stretch assignments - and the importance of proactive “stay conversations.” Their advice centers on empowering managers to re-eng...
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McLean & Co. Launches Career Pathing Framework
In this Mexico Business News article, McLean & Company is highlighted for launching its evidence-based Integrated Career Pathing Framework. The firm underscores that ambiguous career tracks are a key drain on retention - hence, this new framework helps organizations define role levels, map intern...
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Three AI-Driven Changes Redefining the HR Function
Rather than covering tech trends, this Workday blog details three AI transformations reshaping HR - from predictive analytics to autonomous workflows. McLean & Company’s expertise is echoed in its advisory to HR leaders: rather than outsourcing decision-making entirely to AI, HR must steer adopti...
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For HR Teams Navigating Workforce Disruptions, McLean & Company Launches Comprehensive Scenario Planning Guide
With layoffs hitting record levels, AI transforming workplaces, and shifting employee expectations, McLean & Company's newly released HR Guide to Scenario Planning provides HR leaders with actionable strategies to navigate rapidly evolving workplace trends. The guide offers a structured four-st...
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Employee Engagement Trends Report 2025: McLean & Company Publishes New Research on Shifts Shaping the Workplace
A new Employee Engagement Trends Report from McLean & Company underscores the importance of data-driven strategies to sustain engagement in a shifting workplace. As businesses contend with economic uncertainty and ongoing organizational transformation, the report uncovers both key engagement driv...
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Effective Hiring Starts With Customized Assessments, Says McLean & Company Report
Global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company's research highlights how enhancing pre-employment assessments significantly improves hiring success by aligning candidate evaluation with organizational needs and competencies.
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Competency Frameworks Drive Organizational Success - Here's How, According to McLean & Company
A new research snapshot from McLean & Company, a globally recognized HR research and advisory firm, explores the impact of well-structured competency frameworks on talent management and organizational success. The firm's findings highlight how a clear and consistent approach to defining employee ...
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McLean & Company Research Reveals Why Employee Wellbeing Programs Fall Short - and How to Fix Them
According to McLean & Company, a global HR research and advisory firm, organizations must take a strategic, integrated approach to employee wellbeing to drive long-term business performance. The firm explains in an updated resource that without a cohesive strategy, wellbeing initiatives often fal...
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HR Must Identify Critical Roles to Reduce Talent Gaps in Succession Planning, Says McLean & Company
HR leaders must guide organizations in separating role criticality from individual performance to ensure operational continuity and long-term success, according to new research from McLean & Company. The HR research and advisory firm reports that organizations often struggle to distinguish roles ...
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McLean & Company's Flagship HR Conference, Signature 2025, Heads to Houston, Texas for November
Signature 2025 has been announced with a bold theme for this year's event: "Human Centric. Future Ready." McLean & Company's annual research-based conference challenges HR executives and leadership teams to rethink, reimagine and transform the workplace with next-level strategies designed for the...
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HR Plays Key Role in Maximizing Social Media Benefits for Organizations: Guide From HR Advisory Firm McLean & Company
In a newly updated resource, global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company explains the importance of making better use of technology, including social media, to deliver on organizational goals and priorities. HR's expertise is the key to unlocking social media's potential to engage the w...
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Strategically Redesigning the Structure of HR Functions Is Essential for Long-Term Success, Says McLean & Company
A new resource from global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company outlines a four-step process to help HR leaders redesign the structure of HR functions. The firm's research findings and recommended approach will help HR leaders ensure that HR structures are strategically aligned, adaptab...
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