Workplace Trends and Insights

Balancing a career and caregiving presents unique challenges for an increasing segment of the workforce—but the right support can transform challenge into opportunity. SHRM thought leadership, capturing the experiences of over 5,800 survey respondents, uncovers the real-world impact of caregiving responsibilities on well-being, performance, and company success.

Whether your organization faces a PR scandal, a controversial executive departure, a natural disaster or anything else that tests your values as an organization, how do you provide continuity as an HR executive? This guide will help you assess the crisis, deploy resources effectively and support your employees through a difficult period.

The more attractive—and authentic—your employer brand is, the more you can attract qualified, interested applicants to your open roles and even convert candidates into company champions. 

Organizations know learning and development (L&D) is crucial to retaining talent, so much so that they cited providing learning opportunities as the top retention strategy in 2023.1 When employers don’t get the results they want from L&D initiatives, it may be because they offer learning opportunities without enabling a learning culture.