The IRC4HR blog and a selection of interesting articles curated for IRC4HR’s readers.
It's easy to see that quality of life often starts with a good job. But defining what constitutes a good job is complex. Can we say exactly what makes a job "good"? Read More
It might sound strange, but after more than three decades as a consultant and researcher on organization culture, I believe the workplace has the potential to strengthen our fraying social fabric and lift our spirits. Read More
Leaders today are struggling to create workplaces that attract and retain employees who feel engaged and empowered. At the same time, leaders face a future defined by agile, interdependent networks of organizations and stakeholders. Both challenges require a shift from traditional top-down, siloed, “ego-system” business practices. Read More
Over the past two years, we’ve transformed how we work at a break-neck pace and made progress toward a “Good Jobs” future, where work meets high-level human needs, such as meaningfulness and belonging, and provides for basic needs, like compensation and safety. How do we ensure that the Good Jobs movement keeps rolling forward? Read More
Plus a “C” for weaving them all together. Managers, there’s more you can do to help your workforce succeed in today’s hybrid, remote world. But done right, the approach I outline below won’t just serve your employees and boost your team’s performance—it might just ease your mind and lighten your Read More
They say the presidency doesn’t change people so much as reveal who they are. The same can be said for the pandemic and managers at all levels. We’ve heard plenty about how COVID and a slew of other crises over the past two years have transformed how we work. Read More
Looking back at 2021 and thinking about what to bring with us into the new year. It’s been quite a year. A political insurrection, a continuing pandemic, extreme weather events, and a Great Resignation—something I prefer to call the Great Workplace Reinvention. That renaming might suggest I’m an optimist Read More
We’re witnessing the prospect of reform that allows all workers to grow into their potential, enables organizations to thrive, and permits us to produce shared, sustainable prosperity. It’s been called the Great Resignation, the Great Reassessment, even an opportunity for a Great Retention. I have another suggestion for naming the Read More
We can use the crises of the past eighteen months to reform and upgrade a capitalist system that has let too many workers down. Read More
As we emerge from the crises of the past eighteen months, history has lessons for us. We can look back over the past 100 years for insights into how to use trying times to transform companies into places that are more adaptable, effective, and human-centered when it comes to creating economic and social value. Read More