SHRM Blog

Workplace culture continues to come under scrutiny in today’s constantly changing and highly competitive market. One in four U.S. workers say workplace inclusivity needs improvement. Candidates have higher expectations for employers’ ability to cultivate an inclusive workplace culture and foster a diverse workforce.

In response, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) initiatives are becoming a priority for more workplaces. And while the responsibility to drive these efforts tends to fall on HR, they can no longer be viewed as solely...

Building trust in your organization greatly benefits the employees, the culture, and the organization’s performance, which are all tightly related.

Unfortunately, building trust is not an easy task for two reasons. First, because trust is relative. While some behaviors (such as telling the truth) are universal, others are not. In fact, the same behavior that would cause one person to trust you could cause another person to distrust you. Second, knowing what behavior you want to change is not enough. Old behaviors are very hard to change. You must form new habits....

Do bosses trust employees to be productive when working remotely? Not according to a new survey by Citrix of 900 business leaders and 1,800 knowledge workers - those who can do their job remotely.

Half of all business leaders believe that when employees are working “out of sight,” they don’t work as hard. Yet this belief contradicts the facts.

Similarly, Microsoft released a new study, where it found that 49% of managers of hybrid workers “struggle to trust their employees to do their best work.” This lack of trust in worker productivity...

As an HR/business leader, provide one piece of insight into allowing digital nomad employees?

To help you best determine the place of digital nomad employees in your organization, we asked HR managers and business leaders this question for their best insights. There are several insights presented to help you embrace and best manage your remote workforce, especially the digital nomad employees.

Here are the insights that these 13 HR leaders provided about allowing digital nomad employees:

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