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Agentic AI presents a unique opportunity to enhance human and business potential, address our nation's slowing productivity, and foster a more empathetic and connected world.
Workday is thrilled to be recognized as a Leader in the first-ever Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Talent Acquisition. To us, this recognition is an acknowledgement of our innovative spirit, fueling our passion to continue delivering industry-trusted solutions for our customers.
With burnout more prevalent than ever for HR professionals, CHROs are often tasked with fixing burnout issues at the source. Finding balance among competing priorities to move beyond stress is key to unlocking success.
Keeping your employees engaged is critical for productivity and growth, but without starting at the source, your goals are unreachable. Combatting declining manager engagement is critical to your employee engagement strategy and bottom line.
Exploring the core principles of a successful talent philosophy, highlighting the elements that drive employee engagement, performance, and growth.
Work has changed—and so has what employees expect from it. To keep pace, organizations need performance management strategies that build clarity, unlock growth, and fuel real impact.
Tracking the right HR metrics is key for understanding the impact of your people strategy. As the role of HR grows more strategic, prioritizing the correct metric can be the difference between simply reporting and truly leading.
A thriving small business starts with a strong people strategy. By building an intentional HR approach early on, your SMB can create the foundation for growth, resilience, and long-term success.
Discover how skills-based hiring unlocks access to a wider range of skilled individuals, helping organizations build more agile and effective workforces. Read about the strategies and benefits of this transition, supported by data showing 86% of leaders are ready for change.
Why Skills-Based Hiring Is so Revolutionary
The rise of skills-based hiring has turned recruitment on its head. But why has it proved so revolutionary compared to traditional hiring, and how can your business ensure it stays ahead of the curve?
Heavy workloads and inadequate staffing are just two of the top workplace stressors leading to burnout and high turnover. Learn how you can enable managers to support their teams and improve employee wellbeing.
AI is changing how companies find and engage talent—shifting sourcing from a manual, reactive process to a more strategic function. Is your organization ready to embrace stronger, more scalable hiring pipelines?
Purely data-driven talent management is soon being replaced with workforce programs that emphasize the importance of empathy, trust, and meaningful connections in today's workplace.
Australian HR leaders gathered at the 2025 Australian Financial Review (AFR) Workforce Summit, to discuss the trends bringing unprecedented disruption and opportunity.
With AI shifting the world of work, it’s never been more important to upskill your workforce. Taking an employee-centric approach is key to realizing the benefits of AI adoption.
Talent density is becoming a defining factor in how high-performing teams operate and grow. In this article, we explore what it means, why it matters, and how to build it with intention.
Companies are rethinking how they hire by placing greater emphasis on skills to find the best talent. Learn how AI opens more doors for candidates and makes skills-based hiring more effective, fair, and scalable.
With more and more services being hosted in the cloud, legacy ERP systems can no longer keep up. Read on to learn how Cloud ERP can ensure your SME continues to grow in the current marketplace.
Emotional intelligence is a necessity for today’s finance leaders. Understand its pivotal role in leadership and strategic business success.
Workday metrics show that employers need to prioritize key talent retention, internal mobility, and clear communication of business goals to successfully navigate the evolving labor landscape.
The competition for top talent is fiercer than ever in 2025—and today’s prospective employees have drastically different priorities. Read on to learn how you can refocus your hiring strategy to win the war for talent.
Skills-based strategies are transforming the workplace into a more dynamic, adaptable, and equitable environment. Learn why business leaders are focusing on skills, what strategies they’re adopting, and how AI is enabling this shift—based on insights from Workday research.
Workday Chief Learning Officer Chris Ernst discusses new research from Workday about why leaders are organizing work around skills, not jobs, in the age of AI, how they’re preparing for a potential talent shortage, and the key strategies they’re adopting.
Organizations across the globe are facing a number of new HR challenges in 2025. Take charge of your HR strategy and overcome hurdles including AI adoption, upskilling, and retaining top talent.
Workday leaders predict the top HR trends for 2025, emphasizing the importance of adaptability, human skills, and upskilling to build a thriving, human-centric workplace.
Read more on how we’re helping our customers succeed with innovative HR technology.
At organisations worldwide, payroll has traditionally been characterised by manual data processing and a focus on operational efficiency. However, this perspective is starting to change, creating opportunities for a more strategic, data-driven approach to this business-critical function.
Chris Ernst, chief learning officer at Workday, shares insights gained through the move toward a skills-based talent strategy at Workday.
We talked to two McKinsey experts about the helix organizational model, and how it can help cultivate a workforce that adapts to the dynamic demands of the business.
The latest insights from Workday Peakon Employee Voice reveal that on average, 27% of employees within an organization are at high risk of burnout. We examine the top drivers for burnout and provide the blueprint for how organizations can avoid the burnout “doom loop” and retain top talent.
Every large organization seems to be going through an HR transformation. But what has the constant refrain of transformation achieved, and has it really fixed anything?
Tom Nesteruk, an HR leader at AdventHealth, shares how his team transformed its HR operating model and leverages AI to take on one of healthcare’s biggest challenges—recruitment and retention of nurses and other critical roles.
Accelerate with Workday makes it easier than ever for companies to get started and see results with Workday—realizing 42% faster time to value. Learn how this new program helps keep organizations moving forever forward.
Metrics from Workday customers indicate the hiring slowdown may be coming to an end. We explore how that impacts organizations’ talent strategies and why that makes “retaining” the new “recruiting.”
The acquisition solidifies Workday as a leader in providing an end-to-end, AI-powered talent acquisition and mobility solution, helping HR leaders meet today’s evolving hiring and talent landscape. Learn more from the company’s founder and CEO—and now GM of HiredScore at Workday.
Augmented workforces aren’t just changing the future of work, they’re shaping the here and now. Learn how your company can benefit by integrating artificial intelligence.
Our global payroll strategy combines Workday technology with an expansive partner ecosystem to provide customers with the solutions that best support their evolving needs.
Closing the talent gap is a persistent issue for organizations, exacerbated by rapid technological advancements. Addressing it requires a flexible talent strategy that includes utilizing the contingent workforce and promoting internal talent mobility.
Payroll has the potential to provide valuable insights for strategic decision-making, creating a big impact on business outcomes and significantly influencing the success of an organization.
Our global survey of 2,600 executives indicates that diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts remain a priority, with many increasing budgets and better utilizing AI and other technologies to achieve DEI goals.
Empower your team to benefit from AI by understanding their perspective. A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Workday, “A Human-Centered Approach to Al in the Workplace,” shares more.
HR leaders are aware of AI’s strategic value—and cautious of its risks. A report from Workday and FT Longitude sheds light on what HR leaders think about AI and how they can effectively embrace it.
Discover how change impacts the manager experience, why perceptions are more positive among senior leaders, and where organizations need to focus their attention in 2024.
Our customers are leveraging Workday AI to understand the skills within their workforce—and connect those insights to skills that fuel their business strategies. Learn more from Workday Chief Customer Officer Sheri Rhodes.
In the second installment of the Q&AI video series, Sayan Chakraborty, co-president of Workday, explains how artificial intelligence is changing the world of HR.
We continue to innovate to help our customers thrive.
Two Workday leaders—Cristina Goldt, general manager of workforce and pay for products developed for the office of the CHRO, and David Hudson, vice president of product management for Workday’s payroll products—share why organizations need to rethink their global payroll strategy and explain what organizations need to make the shift.
We’re thrilled to be named a Leader in this category for the second time since the category’s inception last year. With artificial intelligence and machine learning built into its core, Workday Enterprise Management Cloud unlocks the potential of our customers’ processes, data, and people.
With the rise of highly skilled contractors, C-suite executives benefit from “borrowing” external talent to nimbly fill critical gaps—and lean into technology to effectively manage the extended workforce.
With employee expectations constantly evolving, internal mobility is a crucial part of a successful talent retention strategy. Learn how to enable talent mobility at your organization.