Simpplr Named a Leader in Analyst Evaluation of Intranet Platforms, Q2 2026
Simpplr was named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Intranet Platforms, Q2 2026, achieving the highest possible 5‑out‑of‑5 scores in 14 of 28 evaluation criteria. The analyst firm highlighted the platform’s AI‑enabled search, extensive application integration, internal communications tools, governance engine, and advanced analytics. Simpplr’s AI‑driven architecture unifies knowledge, workflows, and employee engagement across more than 50 connected systems. The recognition underscores Simpplr’s push to transform static intranets into intelligent digital‑workplace experiences.
Study From the IBI Shows ComPsych Behavioral Health Services Deliver 507% ROI
ComPsych announced an independent study by the Integrated Benefits Institute showing a projected 507% return on investment – roughly $6.07 saved for every $1 spent – on its behavioral health services. The analysis of 2024‑2025 de‑identified member data used validated...
University of Phoenix to Spotlight AI Skills in New Webinar
The University of Phoenix will host a webinar titled “AI for Everyone, or Only for the Few? Skills, Education, and Access in the Workplace” on April 16, 2026, at 11 a.m. MST. Part of the Bridging Perspectives series, the event targets higher‑education...
When DEI Training Doesn’t Work, the Approach, Not the Concepts, May Need a Shift
DEI training has long struggled to move beyond compliance, with many one‑off sessions failing to change behavior and sometimes sparking backlash. Recent rollbacks at firms such as AT&T, Meta and Molson Coors highlight political pressure, but practitioners argue the problem...
Franklin Templeton: Pay Aligned, Communication Gap Persists
Franklin Templeton’s sixth Voice of the American Workplace Survey reveals that employers and employees share the same financial priorities—higher pay, stronger retirement benefits, and long‑term security—but a communication gap is eroding confidence. While 88% of workers want benefits explained in...
OneTen Becomes SkillsRight to Drive Skills-Based Hiring
OneTen has rebranded as SkillsRight, shifting from advocacy to delivering execution‑focused, data‑driven skills‑first hiring solutions. The change responds to AI, automation and persistent talent shortages across sectors such as healthcare, cybersecurity and advanced manufacturing. SkillsRight will provide an AI‑powered workforce...
How to Develop Future C-Suite Leaders: A Guide for Mentoring and Succession Planning
Companies that treat succession planning as a continuous leadership discipline avoid costly vacancies and preserve enterprise value. The article outlines a practical 1‑3‑5 year talent mapping framework that categorizes ready, stretch, and pipeline candidates for C‑suite roles. It emphasizes distinct...
Flight Attendant Fired Over Onboard Lingerie Selfies — Then She Took The Airline To Court
China Southern terminated veteran chief flight attendant Guo after she posted lingerie selfies on WeChat during a delayed flight in October 2019. The airline cited misuse of work time and violation of online conduct rules, while Guo argued the post...
Microsoft Announces Significant HR Changes, Focused on AI
Microsoft’s chief people officer Amy Coleman announced a sweeping HR reorganization aimed at embedding artificial intelligence across the function. The memo details the departure of chief diversity officer Lindsay‑Rae McIntyre and the consolidation of engineering‑focused HR under CVP Melanie Simpson....
This Isn’t the First Time Work Disappeared
A wave of AI tools that can write, analyze, code, and design is prompting a rapid contraction in traditional job functions. Tasks that once required entire teams are now handled by a single person or an algorithm, creating a perception...
The Tech Relocation Job Market Is Recovering. The Competition Is Growing Faster
Tech hiring is edging up, with CompTIA forecasting a 1.9% rise in overall tech employment and Indeed showing 2‑4% monthly gains in developer listings. However, the niche of relocation‑friendly positions—those offering visa sponsorship and moving costs—has only modestly rebounded, now...
Aon Integrates New AI Benchmarks Into Radford McLagan Compensation Database
Aon has upgraded its Radford McLagan Compensation Database with AI‑specific benchmarks, adding job families such as head of AI, machine‑learning engineer and AI ethics specialist. The enhanced platform blends real‑time labour‑market insights, AI‑driven job matching and automated data validation to give...
Workday Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Management Solution to Enable Organizations
Workday announced a new vaccine‑management solution that integrates real‑time HR data with immunization records for its 45 million‑worker customer base. The offering adds dashboards that show vaccination rates, status by location and role, and supports scenario planning for office space, PPE...
Rain and Toku Partner to Launch Real-Time Stablecoin Payroll Infrastructure
Rain, a global stablecoin card and payments platform, announced a partnership with compliance specialist Toku to launch the first real‑time, compliant stablecoin payroll system. The integrated solution lets employers fund and settle payroll instantly in stablecoins across more than 100...
World of HR: Employee Engagement Drops Globally for the Second Year in a Row
Gallup’s 2025 State of the Global Workplace report shows employee engagement slipping to a post‑COVID low of 20%, marking the second consecutive year of decline after a 2022 peak of 23%. While overall engagement has risen since 2009’s 12% baseline,...
Great American Promotes Jesse Gutierrez to Divisional President, Professional Liability
Great American Insurance Group announced that Jesse F. Gutierrez will assume the role of Divisional President, Professional Liability effective April 27, 2026. He succeeds Reina L. Gregorio, who is retiring after more than 13 years with the firm. Gutierrez joined...
Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 Report: Three Essential Actions for HR Leaders
Gallup’s 2026 State of the Global Workplace report reveals a sharp drop in manager engagement, falling from 31% in 2022 to 22% in 2025, while overall employee engagement remains flat. The study links this decline to a $10 trillion annual productivity...
Meta’s New Executive Pay Plan Ties Nearly $1 Billion to Stock Performance
Meta Platforms unveiled an executive compensation plan that mirrors Tesla’s high‑stakes equity model, tying nearly $1 billion in potential payouts to stock‑price appreciation. Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth, Chief Product Officer Chris Cox and Chief Operating Officer Javier Olivan each receive...
New Law Transforms Workplace Rights for Women
The UK’s Employment Rights Act 2025, rolling out through 2026‑27, introduces sweeping workplace reforms aimed at women. Large employers must publish menopause support plans, while all firms need actionable gender‑pay‑gap reduction strategies. New sick‑pay rules eliminate the £125 (≈ $156) lower‑earnings...
The Meeting that Decides Your Career. And You're Not in It
Most companies hold quarterly or annual talent reviews where senior leaders decide promotions, retention, and layoff risk based solely on a manager’s commentary. The article reveals that introverted employees, who often deliver strong results, are disadvantaged because they lack visibility...
HR Has Rarely Been More Important than in the AI Era, Says Zapier’s Chief People & AI Transformation Officer
Zapier has elevated its Chief People Officer, Brandon Sammut, to also oversee AI transformation, a move made at the end of 2025. The People team is now driving AI‑enabled work redesign across the company, using a three‑point framework of efficiency,...
The Subtle Art of Building Restaurant Culture
The article argues that a restaurant’s success hinges on deliberately building a strong culture, with the general manager acting as the chief cultural architect. Empowering managers through trust and autonomy enables them to provide tools, set standards, and make day‑to‑day...
Bad, Abrupt Termination After a Discrimination Complaint. Still Lawful. Here’s Why.
A Fifth Circuit court affirmed summary judgment for an employer who fired an African‑American female manager the same day she was accused of insubordination, despite her earlier Title VII and Section 1981 discrimination complaint. The court held that the employee...
GLP-1s Are Turning Into A Hiring Advantage Companies Can’t Ignore
Employers are adding GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs such as Ozempic and Zepbound to their benefits packages, turning the medication into a hiring differentiator. About 12% of Americans currently use GLP‑1s, and the drugs cost roughly $1,000 per month without insurance. A...
Esports Has Changed, but Sexist Situations Won’t Go Away
Recent accounts from League of Legends players Ève “Colomblbl” Monvoisin and Maya “Caltys” Henckel reveal they were turned down for team spots solely because they are women. Their stories sparked a wave of community backlash, highlighting that gender‑based exclusion remains...
Direction to Design
The Training Journal L&D Influence Report 2026 confirms that learning and development must move closer to the business, rely on portable evidence, and focus on performance rather than content. While those directions are widely accepted, most organisations stumble on translating them...
The Multifamily Operations Daily Huddle: The Importance of Emotional Regulation in Leadership
Property managers who maintain composure during emergencies set a steady tone for their teams, turning potential chaos into coordinated action. In multifamily settings, where resident disputes, maintenance crises, and staffing pressures intersect, emotional regulation becomes a core operational asset. The...
🎧 The WGA’s Surprise Deal — SAG and DGA, You’re Up
The Writers Guild of America reached a tentative agreement with the major studios, injecting $321 million into its health plan while raising deductibles and premiums. The contract shifts from the traditional three‑year cycle to a four‑year bargaining period and includes modest...
Equity Compensation Plan Design: How to Structure Your Startup's Stock Option Plan
Startup founders often mishandle equity compensation, either making plans too restrictive or overly generous, which can hurt talent attraction and founder ownership. A well‑crafted equity incentive plan defines the option pool—typically 10‑20% of fully diluted shares—sets clear vesting schedules, and...
The AI PM Interview Has Changed. Here's What to Expect.
The interview process for AI product managers has been overhauled for 2026, moving from theory‑heavy questions to hands‑on assessments of model building, rapid prototyping, and safety awareness. Candidates who breezed through traditional PM loops in 2023 are now being rejected...
Remote Work Holds Strong as Only 4% of Workers Want Full-Time Office
A FlexJobs survey of over 4,000 U.S. workers shows remote work is now the default, with 58% naming fully remote as their ideal arrangement and only 4% preferring a full‑time office. Hybrid models remain popular but lag far behind pure...
How to Put People First in Your AI Rollout
Vertafore placed employee confidence at the heart of its 2025 AI rollout, pausing regular work for a week‑long immersion to teach staff responsible, creative use of generative tools. The experiment treated confidence as the primary KPI, measuring attitudes before and...
Entering NoMan’s Land
The article explores a emerging model where startups are built without traditional middle management, relying on AI‑driven autonomous agents to execute purpose‑defined outcomes. It cites examples such as Claude Flow/Ruflow, Steve Yegge’s Gastown/Gas City, OpenClaw, Instar.sh, and the open‑source Paperclip...
Priyanka Singh Promoted to EVP, Operations & CFO at Litera, Taking on Expanded Strategic Role as Litera Sees Ongoing Strong...
Litera, a leading legal‑AI platform provider, announced the promotion of Priyanka Singh to Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer. Singh, who joined the company a year ago, is being recognized for her rapid impact on scaling Litera’s...
People Investment Strategy
Oklahoma launched the Talent Accelerator, an employer‑led, performance‑based training program funded with a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Industry‑Driven Skills Training Fund. The initiative aims to upskill 700 workers in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing and AI, offering...
Pin Data: AI Recruiting Cuts Time-to-Hire by 70%
Pin, an AI‑powered recruiting assistant, reports that its platform slashes time‑to‑hire by nearly 70%, enabling average fills in about two weeks. Recruiters using Pin achieve a 48% outreach response rate across email and SMS, roughly five times the industry average....
NoDesk: Issue #415
NoDesk’s Issue #415 delivers a curated list of remote job openings, spanning senior engineering, sales, marketing, and support roles across global regions. The newsletter also features a “Top Picks” section with articles examining the frozen labor market, corporate push‑back on...
Truemed Teams with Clarity to Boost Health Access, Employee Engagement
Truemed announced a strategic partnership with Clarity Benefit Solutions to let eligible employees use HSA and FSA dollars for evidence‑based health interventions such as fitness equipment, sleep tools, and adaptive footwear. The collaboration requires a licensed practitioner’s recommendation and a...
Ninth Circuit Clarifies Withdrawal Liability Industry Rules
The Ninth Circuit issued two 2026 rulings that clarify when employers in the building‑construction and entertainment sectors trigger withdrawal liability from multi‑employer pension plans. In Walker Specialty Const., Inc., the court held that asbestos‑abatement work falls within the “building and...
Eightfold AI Introduces AI Interview Companion and New Interview Capabilities
Eightfold AI announced an expansion of its Talent Agents to cover the entire interview lifecycle. The rollout adds an AI Interview Companion that provides real‑time guidance during human‑led interviews and extends the existing AI Interviewer with functional and coding interview...
The Top Executive Coaching Companies of 2026
Our research evaluated over 70 executive‑coaching firms from June 2025 to March 2026, applying a weighted methodology that measured leadership experience, program structure, client focus, global reach, peer learning, and media presence. The analysis identified the top ten providers, with Vistage ranking...
Intellezy Expands Training with Spanish, French, German Audio
Intellezy announced that 40 of its professional training courses now feature audio dubbing in Spanish, French, and German. The new audio option complements its existing library with transcripts and captions in 40 languages, enhancing accessibility for global learners. Courses span...
Navigating Drug Testing, Substance Use in Today’s Workplace
In a recent episode of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber attorneys Matthew Roberts and Bianca Saad dissect how California employers must balance safety with evolving legal protections around drug and alcohol use. They explain that while cannabis is legal, the state’s...
Nintendo Is Hiring. So Is Disney. + 75 Open Marketing Roles
The Landing Pad newsletter highlights a surge of marketing openings at 75+ companies, from legacy giants like Nintendo and Disney to fast‑moving tech firms such as NVIDIA and TikTok. Roles span entry‑level coordinator positions to senior manager and director titles,...
🧊The Thaw Begins?
The federal hiring freeze is easing as agencies shift to a merit‑based, skills‑first recruitment model. The VA plans to double hires and cut time‑to‑hire to 30 days, while OPM introduces shared certificates and technical assessments across departments. The CDC now...
Appspace Tops Gartner Magic Quadrant for Workplace Apps
Appspace has been named a Leader in Gartner’s inaugural Magic Quadrant for Workplace Experience Applications. The company earned the Leaders quadrant for its ability to execute and completeness of vision, highlighting its unified platform that combines space, communication, and services....
4 Steps to Build Trust and Improve Your Performance Management
The latest episode of Let’s Grow Leaders walks managers through a concise four‑step framework for handling high‑stakes, confidential conversations without eroding credibility. It reframes confidentiality as a tool for creating a safe environment where employees feel comfortable raising concerns early....
The Leadership Superpower I Had to Learn the Hard Way: Curiosity Over Being Right
The author recounts a career built on being right and decisive, only to discover that constant certainty eroded trust and connection with teams. A pivotal shift to curiosity revealed that humility and self‑awareness, not dominance, foster psychological safety. By questioning...
Sales Hiring Has a Charisma Problem (And Other Assumptions Worth Questioning)
Sales hiring has long leaned on charisma‑driven case studies, yet Owner discovered that interview case‑study scores barely predict on‑the‑job success. The data‑driven audit revealed virtually no correlation between those scores and quota attainment, prompting a broader reassessment of talent evaluation....
People Who Don’t Realize They Definitely Don’t Want THIS Job
Ask a Manager published a reader‑driven post highlighting candidates who apply for roles that don’t match their true ambitions. The piece cites a lobbyist‑hopeful who wanted to push psychedelic legalization, an admin applicant eyeing a lobbyist promotion, and a clothing‑production...