Training And Development

Employee engagement, top-talent retention and leadership development continue to lead the list of concerns keeping HR executives up at night.

So, just how good of an HR professional are you? How about the people who report to you?

With the average compensation 21.5 percent higher than last year, it was a very good year for HR's top earners, but an exceptional year for one person in particular -- Daniel Walker of J.C. Penney.

Want your employees focusing on producing better products and not the day-to-day performance of the company's stock price? Evidently, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo Inc.'s just appointed CEO, does, according to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.

Does today's market require us to redesign the human resource function by taking it apart? A strong case could be made for answering "yes."

Though employers have had a few months now to become familiar with the U.S. Equal Employment Occupation Commission's guidance on the use of criminal background checks, questions and confusion about how best to respond have only grown.

This article accompanies Coming to Terms.

What confidence can stakeholders have in the succession plan of the enterprise when more than half of the nation's CHROs fail to put sufficient energy into identifying and grooming their own replacements?

The 2012 Olympic Games were truly global -- the actual and virtual coming together of people, ideas and cultures. This inter-connectedness is something multi-nationals are embracing as well, or ignoring at their own peril.

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To stimulate discussion about the jobs crisis in this presidential election season, Wharton Digital Press is offering a free e-book edition of HREO columnist Peter Cappelli's Why Good People Can't Get Jobs through Sept.

When employees understand their brand better, experts say, they're more likely to be engaged with their company and more productive at work.

Recent research finds nearly 80 percent of millennials are employed at small- to mid-sized companies. Experts say HR leaders at large organizations must focus on creating flexible and social media-friendly environments to get Generation Y on board and engaged.

The notion that mentoring leads to rewards for the employees being mentored is pretty intuitive. But a recent report from New York-based Catalyst suggests it's also good for the one doing the mentoring, and for the business itself.

A recent university study dispels the myth that teleworkers feel disconnected unless they receive frequent communication from their organizations.

Philadelphia-based Comcast Cable promoted Melanie Penna to senior vice president of human resources service delivery.

Workers who misbehave or are counterproductive may just be bored, say university researchers.

When Steve Jobs announced his medical leave in January 2011 -- thereby raising obvious concerns about Apple's future leadership -- shareholders rejected a proposal that would have required the adoption and disclosure of a detailed, written succession-planning policy.