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Human Resources/HR The Law Didn’t Change. The Guidance Did. Here’s Why It Matters. One of the biggest misconceptions about HR compliance is that everything changes when a new law is passed. In reality, some …

training In an AI World, What Should We Really Be Hiring For? For years, hiring conversations have centered on experience, technical expertise, and industry knowledge. Those things still …

Human Resources/HR Voting Leave Laws Aren't the Same Everywhere. Is Your Business Ready? When most business leaders think about HR compliance, they tend to focus on the issues that come up every day. Things like …

Human Resources/HR It's Summer! Here Are 5 HR Areas to Review Now. For many business leaders, people-related issues get all the attention in the spring and fall. Goals are set, budgets are …

Employee Engagement One of the First Signs of Disengagement Is Feeling Invisible When leaders talk about employee disengagement, the conversation usually starts with the obvious things. Compensation. …

Human Resources/HR Maybe We’re Thinking About PTO Too Narrowly Not long ago, our CEO, Tina Hamilton, wrote a column about a trend that’s subtly growing in large corporate workplaces …

Mid-sized business What Breaks First When a Company Grows? From the outside, growth usually looks like momentum. More customers. More hiring. More opportunities. But inside growing …

Performance Management Signs You've Outgrown Your HR Platform Most HR platforms are built to solve a specific problem at a specific stage of growth. For many businesses, a PEO is exactly …

Employee Relations Success Isn't Random: Preparation, Service, and Seeing Opportunity When It Appears In a recent episode of the EO Philadelphia Ignite & Inspire Podcast, Tina Hamilton sat down with Alex Ankudovich of …

Performance Management The Cost of Getting HR Almost Right If you’re running a growing organization, you’ve probably experienced at least one of these: You're pulled into employee …

Performance Management Strength Without Bureaucracy When growing organizations start to feel bogged down with people issues, the natural reaction is to put some structure in …

Private foundation Why a People Strategy is Part of an Operational Strategy Typical SMB leadership teams don’t think of employee-related tasks as part of their operations. You hire when there’s an …