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HR Departments Begin Fall Planning — Key Priorities for Q4
Author: Sr. Correspondent, HR Tech / Workforce Strategy As organizations wind down Q3, HR departments across the country are shifting into fall planning mode. The priorities that defined the first half of 2026 — skills-based hiring pilots, AI tool evaluation, and pandemic-era…
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Labor Day 2026 — What the Holiday Tells Us About the Labor Market
Author: Sr. Correspondent, HR Tech / Workforce Strategy Labor Day 2026 falls on a quiet but data-rich moment in the U.S. labor market. The traditional end-of-summer holiday provides a natural checkpoint for HR leaders to assess the trajectory set by the first…
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September Hiring Momentum: What Q4 Signals Mean for HR Leaders in the Post-Summer Reset
The Summer Quiet Before the Hiring Storm September 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most consequential hiring months in recent memory. Hiring platform activity points to a sharp rise in job postings in August compared to July—one of the…
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AI in Performance Management: The Questions Everyone Is Avoiding
The Uncomfortable Truth About AI Performance Reviews By late 2026, a substantial and growing share of large employers deploy some form of artificial intelligence in their performance management processes — a sharp rise from two years ago, according to widely circulated industry…
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The CHRO Succession Wave: Who Replaces the Next Retiring CHRO?
A significant wave of retiring CHROs will leave a leadership vacuum across the Fortune 100.
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AI in Performance Management: The Q3 2026 Data Everyone Is Avoiding
AI-driven performance review systems are crossing a quiet threshold — 40% of Fortune 1000 companies now use AI scoring in annual reviews, but only 31% trust the results.
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The Mental Health Mandate: What 2026 Data Reveals About Workplace Well-Being Investments
By: Senior Correspondent, HR Leadership Strategy By 2026, employee mental health has transitioned from a discretionary benefit to a board-level mandate. The shift was driven by a convergence of post-pandemic burnout data, rising healthcare costs, regulatory pressure in European markets, and a…
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Skills-Based Hiring Is the Enterprise Standard: What the 2026 Data Shows
By August 2026, skills-based hiring has moved from early-adopter practice to mainstream enterprise default, with the largest employers furthest along. The Evidence The accumulated research points the same direction: better quality of hire, lower turnover, wider candidate pools and faster time-to-productivity than…
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The CPO Board Seat Trend: Why HR’s Top Executive Is Finally at the Strategy Table
The Data: Board Seats for HR Leadership Are Growing Large public companies have seen a marked rise in the number of board members with explicit HR, workforce, or people operations backgrounds, according to board-composition tracking from executive search firms. Industry surveys also…
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The Remote Work Premium: Why Companies Are Paying More for Distributed Teams in 2026
The Remote Work Premium Has Become a Competitive Necessity In 2026, most knowledge workers prefer some form of flexibility, and companies that want to attract top talent are responding by building remote work premiums into their compensation strategies. The question is no…