You can also read this along with other resources in issue 360 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. I recently shared a post on organizational capacity to absorb change, drawing on research showing employees can realistically take on only one or two major changes per year, even though leaders are planning three or four by …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. One objective of workforce planning is ensuring that an organization has the workforce capacity to execute its critical goals and priorities. While acquiring more people (e.g., employees, contractors, etc.) is one way to increase workforce capacity, another way is to unlock …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Organizations invest significant time and resources in attracting, hiring, and retaining top talent to enable business strategy execution. But two things can quietly work against that investment: 1) the sheer volume of change moving through the organization, which outstrips employees’ capacity, …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. As we enter the second half of the calendar year, it is a natural time to pause, assess progress against performance goals set at the start, and determine what adjustments may be needed. It is even a time when new goals …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Much of the discussion around AI has focused on how efficiency gains will help employees create new forms of value. But does this hold true in all cases? A new HBR article explores who captures AI’s upside and who absorbs its …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. As organizations implement new technologies, AI tools, team restructurings, and other organizational changes, change fatigue has become a growing concern for HR and business leaders. Change fatigue happens when the volume and pace of change outpaces what employees can realistically absorb. …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. With employee experience being a central focus for many organizations and leaders, the newly released 2026 edition of Gallup’s annual State of the Global Workplace report offers useful insights into employee sentiment. While there are several insights throughout the 251-page report, …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. I recently shared my post and one-page cheat sheet on goal creep, when new goals are added mid-cycle without recalibrating current priorities or resources. The core point was that when new work is added without adjusting current priorities or available capacity, …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Employee health and wellbeing are recognized as important for many reasons, including their role in enabling organizational performance. Yet many organizations have far less clarity on which practices most improve employee wellbeing while also strengthening performance outcomes. A new analysis from …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. The ability to make effective decisions in a timely manner has always been a core component of leadership effectiveness. But with today’s leaders facing an increasing number of high-stakes decisions (often with limited information), demonstrating this capability has become even more …
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