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What is Strategic Human Capital Management (HCM)?
Strategic human capital management (HCM) can help your business maximize the efficiency and productivity of your people.
HR
Getting on Track: 5 Tips for a Successful HCM Implementation
Implementing a new HCM solution is marathon, not a sprint. Here’s how to get your workforce management or HCM implementation project off to a great start.
UKG Workforce Institute
The Hidden Dangers of Employee Fatigue: Industry Insights
We're continuing the UKG Workforce Institute’s new series, Industry Insights, featuring practical strategies for professionals in specific industries, written by subject-matter experts in those industries.
HR
5 Steps to Build an Effective Compliance Strategy
Your compliance strategy shouldn’t fall to one person or department. Find out the critical teams needed to build an effective strategy.
UKG Workforce Institute
Our Two Cents on Digital Wallets for Employees: The Workforce Institute Weigh-In
The Workforce Institute Weigh-In for August 2023: Digital wallets are starting to replace traditional bank accounts for younger employees. What are some of the most important evolving HR and payroll preferences of younger workers that organizations should know about?
HR
Your Questions About Affirmative Action in the Workplace Answered
The U.S. Supreme Court rewrote the rules for university admissions. So what are the implications for DEI&B and affirmative action in the workplace?
Workforce Management
How to Support Your Frontline Workers
Research demonstrates that both employers and employees benefit when organizations support their frontline workers. Here’s how you can boost your strategy.
HR
4 Key HR Trends in Higher Education
Understanding these four HR trends in higher education will help you attract, retain and support your employees.
HR
HCM Implementation: What You Need to Know for a Successful Transition
Without a thoughtful HCM implementation strategy, even the most innovative solutions can fail to deliver the intended results.
UKG Workforce Institute
Plan Now for Long-Term AI Impacts
Advisory board member David Creelman breaks down ways to prepare for the inevitable AI boom which will take place over the next 5-10 years.
Life-Work Trends
Using AI Storytelling in Business
Learn the difference between predictive and generative AI, plus 10 advantages for incorporating AI storytelling into your business strategy.
Life-Work Trends
6 Ways to Build Resilience at Work (With Examples)
Change and resiliency go hand in hand. So how can you grow your resiliency muscle? Here are six ways to build resilience at work, according to UKG employees.
Payroll
5 Benefits of Automated Employment and Income Verification
Learn how streamlining the employment and income verification process reduces HR’s workload and empowers employees.
UKG Workforce Institute
It’s Time to Start Rewarding Our Resilient Frontline Workers
Advisory board member Sarah Morgan says those who risked their own health to keep our businesses afloat, and those who took on additional responsibilities during the times when labor and talent shortages were abounding, are feeling less appreciated than ever.
Employee Experience
How to Use Employee Engagement Surveys to Enhance Dialogue
There's no magic formula to enhancing dialogue with your employees. But using employee engagement surveys the right way can help.
UKG Workforce Institute
Monthly Recap: July 2023 at The Workforce Institute
Missed any recent insights, research, or podcasts from The Workforce Institute at UKG? Here’s a look at our conversations from July 2023.
Employee Experience
The 2023 Women’s World Cup Brings Much Excitement—and Some Workplace Challenges
Nearly half of all employees who plan to watch the 2023 Women’s World Cup will miss work because of it, according to a new UKG Survey.
Life at UKG
UKG Interns Reflect on Their UKG Intern Academy Experience
In honor of National Intern Day, three UKG interns share their experience with the UKG Intern Academy.
UKG Workforce Institute
Industry Insights: Summertime, and the Learning is Easy — with HR Summer Camp for the Public Sector
Public sector HR professionals face challenges today that have only intensified since the onset of the pandemic. Employee expectations have shifted, requiring government and education HR leaders to shift along with them — not only to ensure that essential roles are filled and services are delivered, but also to become a company where people aspire to work.
UKG Workforce Institute
Tips for Managing the Multigenerational Workforce
In today’s post, advisory board member Laurie Ruettimann looks at every generation in the workplace, their similarities and differences, and how leaders can best manage members of each generation.
