Industry intelligence for people leaders

ISSUE NO. 39 · WEEK 40, 2026

HR Leadership Weekly

Industry intelligence for people leaders

Section archive

Tag: Engagement

  • Employee Experience Platforms — The AI-Powered Office of 2026

    In 2023, the employee experience (EX) platform was a niche category — a collection of tools for onboarding, engagement surveys, and recognition that HR leaders layered on top of their core HRIS. By 2026, EX platforms have become the primary interface through…

  • Employee Retention in 2026: The Data Shows It’s Not About Pay — Here’s What Matters

    Employee retention had become the single most pressing challenge for organizations in 2026, with voluntary turnover rates hovering at 2.4% monthly — significantly above the pre-pandemic level of 1.6%. But a comprehensive analysis of retention data from 2,000+ companies revealed that compensation,…

  • Employee Retention Strategies for 2026 — Beyond Competitive Pay

    For the better part of a decade, the dominant narrative in employee retention was simple: pay people enough and they will stay. As the talent shortage peaked and companies engaged in bidding wars for critical skills, compensation emerged as the primary lever…

  • December 2025 Year-End Employee Experience: What the Data Showed

    As 2025 drew to a close, employee experience data showed a clear pattern: organizations that treated EX as a measurable, data-driven function were outperforming those that treated it as a cultural initiative across every key metric — engagement, retention, productivity, and even…