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From The Workforce Institute advisory board member and chief nurse executive at UKG, Nanne Finis: During these past three years, we have each lived with uncertainty. We have each been personally traumatized and many of us have lost loved ones or have friends who have. I believe that we are ready for new growth, new thinking, new patterns, and new perspective.

Adam Menne is a senior director of technical solutions at UKG, and also serves as a chaplain outside of work. Today he's providing us with his perspective as a manager, on ways to navigate when an employees is coping with grief. He also provides five tips on how to support your employees.

Today’s post is a guest contribution from Erika Sandoval, who is global senior partner of human insights in the strategic advisory group at UKG, and it features firsthand insight into the practice of nearshoring.

Missed any recent insights, research, or podcasts from The Workforce Institute at UKG? Look no farther than our monthly recap. Here’s a look at our conversations from April 2023.

This article is the second in a two-part series on the positive impacts of servant leadership.

Alex Smith, CHRO of The City of Memphis, makes her first contribution for The Workforce Institute in a two-part series on servant leadership.

No longer a “nice to have,” environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs have become a business imperative for organizations worldwide. When done right, there can be myriad benefits for the planet, as well as the company, its people, and its customers. This month, members of The Workforce Institute advisory board give their perspectives on how organizations can make a positive impact through ESG.

Today, The Workforce Institute at UKG takes a break from our usual prescriptive approach to navigating workplace challenges. Below, we present two personal stories from guest contributors on how work, the workplace, and a little bit of laughter can help us cope with loss. If you are grieving, we hope these stories will demonstrate that you are not alone, and that work — from your manager to employee benefits to the physical workplace itself — can be a useful resource throughout this difficult process.

Today’s post comes to us from The Workforce Institute advisory board member David Creelman, CEO of Creelman Research, and guest contributor Kuniko Takahashi, who is co-founder of the BoardHR Initiative and leads the WICI Human Capital Working Group in Japan.

Today, we’re focused on what women want specifically at work. To start, working women are looking for organizations that combat the gender pay gap, provide flexible hours, and allow them to move up the career ladder.