Many workplace traditions often reflect the culture of the dominant group, without questioning whether that culture represents everyone at the table. What is presented as festive can unintentionally alienate. What is framed as inclusive may, in practice, be anything but.
Gratitude is instrumental in effective communication, personal wellness, healthy work/life balance, solving conflict, and encouraging team connection. Learn how you can infuse it in your culture.
Quiet cracking doesnโt happen overnight. People arenโt necessarily unhappy. Theyโre just done pretending to be inspired. Theyโre clocking in, meeting deadlines, answering emails, but the lightโs gone out behind their eyes. And the scariest part? Theyโre not saying a word about it.
Managing is not about power; it is about responsibility. When leaders remember that their role is to guide, support, and grow the people around them, productivity takes care of itself.
Over the years, Iโve learned something powerful: a lack of budget isnโt a roadblock; itโs a creative constraint. It forces us to get back to what truly matters. It pushes us to build programs that are more authentic, human-centered, and impactful than any expensive, top-down initiative ever could be.
Tomorrowโs workers crave a deeper connection with their employer and its purpose. Seventy-four percent of Gen Z workers rank purpose at work as more important than a paycheck.
Resilient startups navigate challenges and thrive with employees who wouldnโt dream of leaving. Their success is almost always anchored by a strong, intentionally built culture.
Remote work changed everything. The watercooler moments are gone, but connection doesnโt have to be. Hereโs how HR can rebuild culture, trust, and team spiritโno matter where people work.
Despite this yearโs headline-grabbing backlash against DEI, a new surveyโwhich claims to be the largest workplace inclusion survey since the Trump administrationโs efforts to eliminate the U.S. governmentโs DEI effortsโsuggests these efforts are still popular.
There is no bigger opportunity for HR to model honesty and fairness than during manager misconduct investigations. By the time someone comes to HR with a complaint, trust is already strained. Most employees donโt speak up until a situation feels unbearable. And often emotional damage is already done across a team. What happens next can either start to rebuild trust or confirm the fear among employees that nothing will change.

