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Job skills in demand for 2025 and beyond
Fallan Mitchell, Senior Analyst for HR and Advisory Services at McLean & Company, discusses how the SAR (Situation – Action – Result) framework is used to help candidates articulate soft skills as measurable, results-oriented stories.
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Generation Z employees say they rely on AI for emotional intelligence
The piece quotes McLean & Company’s guidance warning that over-dependence on AI may undermine soft skills like empathy and personal accountability. HR leaders are advised to create opportunities for interpersonal learning that AI cannot replicate.
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Losing jobs to AI was just the start, Gen Z is outsourcing emotions too. New reports warn of a looming crisis
This article references insights from McLean & Company regarding Gen Z’s growing reliance on AI for emotional support. McLean cautions that this trend risks diminishing emotional intelligence and underscores the need for HR to balance AI adoption with investment in human-centric skill development.
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Skeptical about trending workplace terms? You're not alone.
In this article, Grace Ewles discusses skepticism around buzzwords like “quiet quitting”. McLean & Company’s latest research report, Buzzwords: Helpful or Harmful?, is cited in exploring how trending workplace terms - like “quiet quitting” or “rage applying” - can both reflect and distort employe...
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Enhancing Employee Onboarding: A Strategic Approach from McLean & Company
In this piece by Investors Hangout, they focus on how McLean & Company's research is designed to equip HR leaders with valuable insights and effective strategies to create engaging onboarding experiences. By moving beyond simple orientation, organizations can develop new hires that contribute mea...
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Most workers are hourly—so why do they feel left out of HR policies?
Despite making up two-thirds of employees, hourly workers are often left behind—leaving businesses exposed to growing risks, as stated in this HRD article. McLean & Company’s data confirms that 36% of hourly employees feel their organization lacks a clear development path for them. That’s over a ...
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19 Smart Strategies To Prepare For Anticipated Layoffs
In Forbes, the Forbes Human Resources Council outlines 19 proactive steps for navigating workforce reductions. McLean & Company’s President, Jennifer Rozon, contributes to this guidance, recommending that organizations develop comprehensive support frameworks - including ensuring benefits continu...
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Unveiling the Signature 2025 HR Conference Agenda Highlights
In Investors Hangout, McLean & Company offers a preview of its upcoming Signature 2025 conference, themed “Human Centric. Future Ready.” The event, scheduled for November 2–4 in Houston, Texas, will feature keynote presentations from industry leaders, including futurist Crystal Washington and McL...
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Navigating the Human Side of Change: A Playbook for HR Leaders
In ASE, McLean & Company emphasizes that successful change management hinges on addressing the people side of transformation. The firm advises HR leaders to prioritize transparent communication, leadership alignment, and employee support throughout change initiatives. Drawing from McLean’s resear...
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Effective Succession Planning Communication Contributes to Improved Retention: New Guide From McLean & Company
A new guide from global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company provides advice for HR to educate those communicating with succession candidates and candidates' people managers to effectively inform and support these individuals. Effective communication leads to improved succession program...
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McLean & Company Releases New Hire & Exit Survey Benchmark Reports to Help HR Plan for the Future of Work
New benchmark reports from global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company examine elements that impact the new hire and exit components of the employee lifecycle. Focused on the common themes identified in the firm's data, the reports provide HR leaders and their organizations with valuabl...
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New Future of Work Report From McLean & Company Addresses the Changes Organizations Must Prepare For
Global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company has released a new data-driven report, The Future of Work. In the industry report, the firm highlights both current and future key drivers of critical workplace impacts and offers insights on how to help individuals, leaders, and organizations...
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McLean & Company Releases New Organizational Design Guide to Help HR Leaders Adapt to Market Changes and Enhance Employee Experience
In an ever-changing business environment, global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company's new resource explains that organizations can ensure operational efficiency, adaptability, and maximization of potential for continuous improvement and sustainability through intentional organizationa...
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McLean & Company Announces CHRO and DEI Panel Discussions to Take Place at McLean Signature 2024, the Industry Event for Future-Focused HR Professionals
McLean & Company, the global HR research and advisory firm and host of the McLean Signature 2024 conference, has shared details surrounding the highly anticipated CHRO and DEI panel discussions, details of which can be found in the McLean Signature 2024 conference agenda.
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Job Redesign Can Help Meet Evolving Employee and Organizational Needs, According to New Guide From HR Research & Advisory Firm McLean & Company
In a new resource designed to help HR optimize individual jobs or job families, McLean & Company highlights that job design is critical to individual and organizational effectiveness. The HR Guide to Job Redesign is intended to help HR leaders determine the best solution and approach to job redes...
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Global HR Advisory Firm McLean & Company Releases New Resource to Help HR Leaders Effectively Promote HR's Value to Key Audiences
The lack of clarity around HR's role and its value has been a persistent challenge for decades. To help address this challenge, McLean & Company's new resource offers best practices on examining how HR creates value for key audiences, crafting segmented HR value propositions for each audience and...
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Organizations Must Navigate DEI Resistance and Misconceptions to Enable an Inclusive Future for All, Says HR Research & Advisory Firm McLean & Company
According to a new resource from global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company, HR and DEI leaders face shifting challenges, misconceptions, and resistance in the DEI space as they seek to guide their organizations into an inclusive future of work. Leaders must uncover the root causes of ...
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McLean & Company Reveals New Agenda Details for McLean Signature, the Highly Anticipated Annual Industry Conference for HR Professionals
Global HR research and advisory firm and conference host McLean & Company has recently shared the full McLean Signature 2024 conference agenda. Set for October 27-29 in Las Vegas with speakers from Revvity, the Atlanta Braves, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and Partners Credit Union, a Walt D...
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