Every sector and every industry is rapidly transforming under the influences of automation, artificial intelligence, and data science. To succeed in the workplace of the future, workers will need to be equipped with hybrid sets of job skills that span across an array of subject areas and industries. Additionally, the skills any one employee needs will change often throughout their career as the business landscape continues to evolve. This means learning must expand beyond the classroom to become a lifelong experience, ... […]

Millennials. Chances are you manage at least one. You may even be one yourself! Poised to make up 75 percent of the global workforce by 2025, this generation of future company leaders has a lot to learn from — and give to — your organization. Yes, Generation Y — definitions vary, but for our purposes, we're considering that to include everyone born between 1980 and 2000 — may be perceived as entitled, ... […]

In just the past couple of decades, we've gone from desktop computers and mobile phones to laptops and smartphones. Now, we even have smart watches capable of receiving text messages and phone calls, tracking our sleep patterns and daily fitness activity, and more (cue Black Mirror montage). While technology has certainly changed the way we live, it has also changed the way we work. We need to ask ourselves: What does it mean for employee privacy when technology is ... […]

Sometimes, we put on blinders. Because of the way we live, we think we're fine — that we don't have a problem with women, people of color, or members of the LGBTQIA community. We think of ourselves as nice people just going to work and doing our jobs — just like Todd, a department manager I once coached. In fact, I've coached many managers and leaders who feel diversity and inclusion (D&... […]

Today's staffing market is robust and healthy, growing between 3 and 6 percent annually, according to recent data from Staffing Industry Analysts. At the same time, the nature of the market itself has changed dramatically, with engagements increasingly executed through managed services providers and vendor management systems. More and more firms ... […]