Human Resources

Elevating Belonging and Diversity Initiatives for Your Company

Business leaders have become increasingly focused on belonging and diversity across their companies in the past 18 months. In this conversation with Nicole Knott, managing director, Accenture, and an HR expert based in the UK, she discusses the importance of keeping the momentum going.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

Why Investing in Employee Growth and Development Is More Important Than Ever

A new report finds that while employees appreciate the job security many employers have been able to provide during the pandemic, they’re now concentrating on their future career opportunities. Organizations are recognizing that employee growth and development will remain crucial in 2021 and beyond.

Workday Staff Writers

Analytics and Insights Human Resources

Workday and Microsoft: Connecting the Employee Experience

We’re proud to share that we’re expanding our collaboration with Microsoft through a new Microsoft Viva Connections integration that will be available later this year. In this article, Josh Lannin, vice president of employee experience technology at Workday, shares insights on what customers can expect from this beneficial integration.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

Listening to Every Employee Voice: Honoring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Findings from our Employee Expectations Report 2021 show that the proportion of employee comments on the topic of DE&I has increased substantially. This signals that employees increasingly expect their employers to take a clear stance on DE&I, communicate new initiatives, and listen to every voice at every level.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

How the Pandemic Has Impacted Employee Health and Wellbeing

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many employees on the verge of burnout as the lines between their work and personal lives have blurred even more. Our research shows that organizations’ response to employee burnout varies across the world.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources Workday News and Culture

How Business Leaders Can Pave a Path for Belonging and Inclusion

James Vaughn, vice president of community and language services at Workday, shares insights he’s gained throughout his career journey that help him model inclusion and connection from the top.

Jillian Ogawa

Human Resources

How HR Can Deliver Remarkable Employee Experiences

Organizations need greater understanding about their employees’ complete experience—their needs and how they’re feeling—in order to meet them where they are.

Julie Jares

Human Resources

Turning Intentions Into Outcomes for a More Inclusive Workplace

We all start with an overarching aspiration, such as wanting to be a great place to work or retaining our diverse representation. A group of human resources and diversity leaders share their insights on how to achieve those results.

Greg Pryor

Human Resources

Workday Research: European Employees Seek New Skills and Opportunities in a Post-Pandemic World

A survey of 17,000 workers in nine European markets reveals interesting insights about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their careers. Learn what they said, and how organisations can take steps to improve the employee experience.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

The Skills Obsession: The Third Age of Human Capital Management

We’re in the midst of a major shift in the world of HR, according to thought leader and Workday executive Greg Pryor. He discusses what this means, its effect on how we think about skills, and the technology fueling the shift.

Julie Jares

Customers and Community Human Resources

Workforce Optimization: Creating a New Path to Business Agility

Disruption isn’t isolated to unprecedented times. Workforce optimization—a strategy that combines the efficiency of automated workforce management with the flexibility of an agile, skills-based talent approach—is critical in driving business continuity and profitability.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

Q&A With Former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano

In a conversation with Emily McEvilly, Workday’s chief customer officer, Sam Palmisano discusses the latest work coming out of his think tank, the importance of the data-focused enterprise, and his predictions for the future of technology and collaboration.

Workday Staff Writers

Analytics and Insights Human Resources

What Your Employees Need: Supporting Caregivers in 2021

The pandemic has required many employees to juggle online meetings with their roles as caregivers. Are businesses providing the support caregivers need? A recent global report reveals how employee expectations have evolved.

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Human Resources

3 Myths About Payroll Service Bureaus and Efficiency

To empower your business’s payroll teams to quickly adapt to change, outsourcing payroll services may not be the answer. We look at three myths that prevent payroll from adapting to change — and the realities around what’s needed for efficiency and agility.

Jillian Ogawa

Customers and Community Human Resources

Quick-Service Restaurants: Moving Forward With Creativity

Amid disruptive times, quick-service restaurants have found a way forward through creativity, agility, and flexibility. Let’s look at how they’ve done it and how they’re looking to the future.

Jeremiah Barba

Human Resources

Workday Podcast: What Matters to Retail Frontline Workers

So much has changed in retail since the pandemic began, but not everything. Chris Cameron, managing director at Deloitte Consulting, joined us to talk about the always-important role of retail frontline workers.

Jeremiah Barba

Analytics and Insights Human Resources

A Structured Approach to Belonging and Diversity

Every person should feel valued for the work they do and the unique perspectives they bring. With the VIBE Index, we want to help equip organizations with the tools they need to build stronger, more inclusive workforces.

Workday Staff Writers

Analytics and Insights Human Resources

Analyzing the Right Data to Build Diversity and Belonging

To move the needle on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, companies must define it as part of their business strategy and hold leaders accountable, according to research shared by thought leader Josh Bersin.

Julie Jares

Human Resources

Workday Podcast: How Inclusion Spurs Innovation

When teams build upon each other's diverse ideas, the results can be powerful. Frans Johansson, author and CEO of The Medici Group, reflects on why it’s so vital for business leaders to embrace diversity and inclusion.

Greg Pryor

Customers and Community Human Resources

How First Advantage Is Creating an Anti-Bias Culture

With a greater spotlight on social injustice over the last year, organizations are re-examining how they can build greater diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Michael Pilnick, executive vice president of global human resources at First Advantage, discusses how the company is evolving its culture to create inclusivity for all.

Ghadeer Redler

Human Resources Planning

Why Integrated Workforce Planning Is Vital for Business Agility

The pandemic has created momentum for the remote workforce and there’s no going back, with one study predicting the total percentage of work from home employees will double in 2021. With this big change, one thing is for certain: Decades-old workforce planning processes will no longer work.

Workday Staff Writers

Customers and Community Human Resources

Workday Industry Insights Europe: Building a Firm Foundation for Retail Human Capital Management

At our recent digital event, Harrods and Fielmann AG talked about how having a single system with Workday helps them achieve greater business insights, stay connected with their employees, and streamline business processes.

Jeremiah Barba

Customers and Community Human Resources

How Delivery Hero Scales Talent Alongside Fast Growth

The global senior director of people systems and operations at Delivery Hero discusses how the company has been able to improve its employee experience—even as the organization undergoes massive growth.

Workday Staff Writers

Customers and Community Human Resources

The Importance of Two-Way Trust During Times of Adversity

Trust in the workplace is built through actions, not words. Bob Saccullo, director of people operations at Blackbaud, shares how the company has been able to maintain two-way trust between leadership and employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ghadeer Redler

Customers and Community Human Resources

Workday Podcast: Why Uncertainty Doesn’t Have to Hurt Employee Engagement

Employee engagement remains a top priority for HR leaders throughout the pandemic, but managing that with a distributed workforce can be challenging. On this Workday Podcast episode, Deep Mahajan, senior director of people development and culture at technology company Nutanix, shares insight into how her organization is keeping up with employee engagement regardless of where they are.

Ghadeer Redler

Human Resources Workday News and Culture

How Core Principles Won the Day Amidst Uncertainty

After a year like no other, it turns out that as a company, we were focused on many of the right things all along: employee experience, belonging and diversity, and agility. Read more from Workday Chief People Officer Ashley Goldsmith.

Ashley Goldsmith

Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Workday to Acquire Peakon: Why Employee Engagement Matters

David Somers, Workday’s general manager for talent optimization, interviews Peakon's Phil Chambers on the value of analytics in continuous listening, and driving meaningful employee experiences.

David Somers

Human Resources

Workday Podcast: Talent Maturity in the Professional Services Industry

Many professional services firms are looking for top talent with new skill sets to meet their clients’ changing needs and help them prepare for future disruption. Jeanne Urich, managing director at Service Performance Insight, reflects on 2020 and shares where firms currently rank in the talent maturity model benchmark.

Craig Hines

Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Achieving Lasting Change in 2021

All of the crises our world has endured in the past year have caused disproportionate hardship for our Black and Brown communities. Workday Chief Diversity Officer Carin Taylor shares her thoughts on achieving lasting change and more inclusive workplaces.

Carin Taylor

Human Resources

Vaccine Management in the Workplace: A Roadmap for Business Leaders

The availability of COVID-19 vaccines is welcome news. Organizations will need to develop vaccine management solutions to plan for, track, and report on vaccine status for their workforces.

Barbry McGann

Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Employee Resource Groups Are a Must-Have to Drive Greater Diversity and Lasting Change

Employee resource groups are affinity groups aimed at creating a sense of community in the workplace, but they can be utilized for so much more—especially as strategic partners in advancing corporate social responsibility and deepening cultural competency.

Jillian Ogawa

Human Resources Technology Innovation

How We Can Collaborate to Empower the Future Workforce

The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged local economies and led to high unemployment. We believe there is an innovative solution to help address these challenges: the creation of skills-based talent marketplaces.

Aneel Bhusri

Customers and Community Human Resources

Workday Podcast: VMware’s Holistic Approach to the Virtual Workplace

What does the future workplace look like at VMware? Amy Gannaway, vice president of global compensation, benefits, and HRIS, discusses how the company is supporting its employees’ productivity while prioritizing their overall well-being.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources Planning

Finance and HR Leaders Discuss Planning in Times of Uncertainty

If we’ve learned anything from 2020, it’s that agility must be at the center of business planning. Leaders from Microsoft and G6 Hospitality talk about how they’re embracing continuous planning in times of disruption.

Jeremiah Barba

Human Resources

What Is Talent Management in 2021?

In this blog, we give an overview of what is talent management, why it’s a key aspect of human resources, and how talent management systems help companies develop an engaged, skilled, and productive workforce.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

5 Critical Challenges for HR Leaders in 2021

According to Greg Pryor, executive director at Workday, we are experiencing a once-in-a-generation, if not a once-in-a-lifetime, shift in the way HR leaders think about human capital management. In this Q&A, Pryor explains why the focus is now on people and performance enablement.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Workday Named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises

In a year when agility and resilience have been more important than ever, we’re particularly proud to once again be recognized as a Leader for our completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Barbry McGann

Human Resources

How to Join Workday at HR Tech 2020

We’re excited to be a Diamond Sponsor at HR Tech 2020, which is shaping up to be an incredible interactive experience. Learn how we’re participating, and about a special award we’re honored to receive.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources Planning

The Grocery Industry: Fresh Innovation for Turbulent Times

Grocery stores couldn’t close their doors to change to the new way of operating in a pandemic. But they’ve adapted quickly and tapped into the positive force of innovation to keep feeding households everywhere.

Jeremiah Barba

Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Coming Out Day 2020: Creating Safe, Supportive Workplaces for the LGBTQ+ Community

People around the world recently celebrated International Coming Out Day on Oct. 11. Workday employees and customers discuss the significance of this annual event, and what companies can do to be better allies for the LGBTQ+ community.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources Technology Innovation

The Foundation of the Workday Skills Cloud

Skills are the fundamental currency of the changing world of work, and we believe our skills cloud is a true differentiator for talent optimization. Workday CTO Jim Stratton provides a closer look at how we’ve engineered skills cloud to provide the greatest possible value to our customers.

Jim Stratton

Human Resources

Deloitte Report: 2 Key Focus Areas for HR in the Year Ahead

Human resources departments must take these two actions to thrive in a world where disruption is the norm, not just for their own teams but across their companies, according to Deloitte’s “2020 Global Human Capital Trends” report.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

GE Korea Safely Navigates Returning to the Workplace

South Korea is one of few countries that’s been able to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections. Mira Lee, chief human resources officer at GE Korea, shares how the organization navigated uncertainty and safely returned their employees to the office.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

Professional BusinessWomen of California: A Force for Good

At the 31st annual conference hosted by Professional BusinessWomen of California, attendees came together to connect on how to have a greater impact in their job roles, organizations, and communities. Read the highlights and takeaways from key sessions.

Ellen Murphy

Customers and Community Human Resources

Workday Podcast: The British Heart Foundation Pumps Efficiency Into Workflows

Human resources workflows are the lifeblood of organizations. Kerry Smith, director of people and organizational development at the British Heart Foundation—and recipient of HR Magazine’s Most Influential Practitioners award—shares how her organization improved the health of its culture.

Julie Jares

Customers and Community Human Resources

How Prudential Is Delivering a World-Class Employee Experience

By prioritizing the wellbeing of its customers and employees, Prudential plc helps people get the most out of life. Jolene Chen, group head of HR, shares how the company is able to deliver on its value and purpose through a time of change and disruption.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources Planning

A Holiday Shopping Season like No Other

Due to the massive amount of disruption in the retail industry this year it’s somewhat futile to try and predict how the holiday season will turn out, so let’s talk about how it’s unfolding so far and how retailers are preparing for the busiest weeks.

Jeremiah Barba

Customers and Community Human Resources

How Zynga Uses Data to Support Remote Workers and Create Personalized Experiences

HR leaders at the creator of the popular social games “Farmville” and “Words with Friends” discuss how they’re engaging their newly remote workforce—and why data makes a big difference.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources

4 Ways to Support Frontline Workers’ Financial Wellbeing

With 58 percent of employees stressed about their finances, learn what businesses can do to ensure their people achieve greater financial stability.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources Workday News and Culture

Workday’s Commitments to Further Support Equity in the Workplace and in Communities

Our Chief Diversity Officer, Carin Taylor, shares more details on our plans to increase hiring and development of diverse talent at Workday, further cultivate a culture of belonging, build inclusive products and technologies, and strengthen our communities.

Carin Taylor