How a Strong Mobile Experience Supports Frontline Workers
New technologies and solutions are often limited to office workers, but that’s a mistake. Learn how mobile applications can play a major role in your deskless employees’ day-to-day work.
Human Resources
News, trends, and insights for HR leaders, HR professionals, and hiring managers.
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The Future of Retail: 4 Ways to Design for What’s Next
Disruption still impacts every corner of the retail space. Business leaders and industry experts weigh in on the most compelling trends in retail, including leveraging AI for financial planning and multichannel experiences, new approaches to talent retention, and doubling down on data analytics.
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The Contingent Workforce: A Strategic Lever to Drive Resilience and Sustainable Agility
Businesses increasingly depend on contingent workers for workforce agility and flexibility. Leaders from Everest Group explain how vendor management systems (VMS) have evolved with this trend and can deliver advanced technology capabilities to manage the contingent workforce.
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Designing the Future of Work With Experimentation, Not Anticipation
HR leaders must embrace an agile mindset and flexible work-design framework—or risk being stuck in reaction mode.
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The Future of Hospitality: 5 Realities Changing the Industry
Hotels, restaurants, and other hospitality businesses may be rebounding back to pre-pandemic norms—but that’s about the only thing returning to the status quo. Whether it’s new omnichannel approaches, better scenario planning, or embracing AI to address staffing challenges, hospitality leaders weigh in on what comes next—and how businesses can prepare.
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Workday Podcast: The ROI of Doing the Right Thing With Belonging and Diversity
Improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within an organization is the right thing to do. But it is also the smart thing to do. We talked with Scott McMillion of the FBI and Workday’s Carin Taylor to learn more about building a successful DEIA strategy that improves an entire organization.
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Creating Employee-First Digital Experiences at PVH Corp.
A senior HR leader at PVH Corp. (owners of the Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands) shares practical advice on building digital-first associate experiences for retail with Workday in a session from NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show.
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What Is an HRIS? How IT and HR Are Evolving Together
More than ever, the companies that succeed are those where HR and IT work in conjunction. A human resources information system, or HRIS, is the perfect tool to bring those departments in sync.
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An M&A Wave Is Coming to Financial Services. Are You Ready?
Why—and how—companies can speed and smooth integration by prioritizing data and strategic change management.
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Future of the CHRO: Top HR Priorities That Will Drive Business Impact in 2023
What are the top priorities for CHROs in 2023? Insights from business and HR leaders indicate a future focused on creating a workplace that’s in step with the pace of change.
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The Future of State and Local Government: 5 Essential Focus Areas
No one knows for sure what the future holds. But some people have a pretty good idea. We asked experts, government leaders, and big-picture thinkers what trends and issues will shape state and local governments over the next few years—and what you can do today to prepare.
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4 Reasons an Employee Engagement Solution Is Key in Periods of Uncertainty
For businesses to remain competitive during times of uncertainty and transformation, understanding employee sentiment is critical. That’s where employee engagement software gives you the edge.
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Training and Control: The Need for a New Manufacturing Frontline Experience
Workday’s new survey found that 48% of manufacturing leaders reported a higher employee turnover than the historical average. Learn how manufacturers can invest in their frontline worker experience to improve recruitment and retention rates.
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Workday Podcast: Gladstone’s Journey From ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’ to Successful Digital Transformation
With a tangle of siloed systems and inefficient paper-based processes, Gladstone Institutes was looking to modernize its technology to better sustain its mission of overcoming unsolved diseases of the brain, heart, and immune system. We talked with Scott Pegg, Gladstone’s CIO, and Derek Sharp at Avaap, to learn more.
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Thriving in a Changing World: Lessons From Tech and Media Leaders
In an industry keynote from Workday Rising, our flagship customer event, leaders from LiveRamp and Warner Bros. Discovery shared their approach to effectively adapting to change.
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A World of Work Without Jobs: What Are Butterfly Careers?
The modern workplace is entering a phase of perpetual evolution. HR thought leaders Dr. John Boudreau and Greg Pryor share insights on how a world without jobs could function and the value of butterfly careers.
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Workday Podcast: Redesigning the Employee Experience for Frontline Workers
In this episode of the Workday Podcast, Ben Eubanks, chief research officer at Lighthouse Research and Advisory, discusses what frontline workers need for an employee experience that fosters belonging and retention. His insights are part of a Workday-sponsored report, “Frontline Workers: How to Connect, Enable, and Support Them in the Modern Workplace.”
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Frontline Workplaces: Experiencing High Turnover? The Cause May Be Your Manager
Feeling supported by their managers is the strongest indicator of a frontline employee’s sense of belonging and desire to stay, according to findings from a Workday-sponsored report. Here’s how companies can enable their frontline managers to foster an engaging employee experience.
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Video: Why HR Innovation Matters to the Future of Healthcare
In this video, Vince Vickers, principal and national healthcare consulting leader at KPMG shares why healthcare organizations need to reimagine how to retain top talent and better support their workforces.
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Why Employee Feedback Is the Key to a Highly Engaged Organization
Find out what differentiates highly engaged organizations from their peers, how they make the most of employee feedback, and what business leaders can do to create a best-practice engagement strategy.
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Workday Podcast: Using Employee Feedback to Create a Highly Engaged Organization
Discover the best practices of highly engaged organizations, and learn why organizational psychology is so important for getting the most out of employee feedback.
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Workday Podcast: Accelerating Transformation in Healthcare With Deloitte and Sentara Healthcare
The ability to evolve and adopt new solutions that help solve the challenges of retaining clinical talent, effective supply chain management, and consistently delivering excellent patient care is mission critical for healthcare providers. Leaders from Deloitte, Sentara Healthcare, and Workday connected to discuss how healthcare organizations are meeting these demands.
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Workday Global Study: Higher Education’s Digital Transformation Gap
Higher ed leaders say the pace of change is slowing down. But they understand that to stay competitive, a data-focused digital strategy must come to life.
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Why Intelligent Resource Management Matters
For professional services firms facing a tight talent market and far-ranging industry pressures, the usual ways of pairing people and projects require a rethink. We talk with Workday’s Patrice Cappello and Justin Joseph to learn more about how intelligent resource management can help.
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How Listening to Your Employees Unlocks the Engagement Edge
When businesses prioritize employee engagement as a strategic initiative, the benefits compound to create what we’ve termed the “Engagement Edge.” Discover the potential benefits here.
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4 Key Ways to Create Student Success in Higher Education
The student experience is taking center stage as higher ed institutions prioritize student success. It will require digital experiences, flexibility, educational options, and a rich set of accessible services to meet students where they are.
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Spreading the Shopping Spirit Year-Round
As Christmas Tree Shops (CTS) undertakes a major expansion and rebranding effort, the retailer’s human resources director shares how the chain is driving employee engagement to boost customer service.
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Workday Study: The New Hospitality Front-Line Experience
The hospitality industry was hit hard by the pandemic, but now that many more consumers are in the mood to go out and about, front-line workers are harder than ever to come by. Our front-line worker study shows there are a few strategies hospitality leaders can deploy to find and keep qualified workers.
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Workday Study: Building the New Retail Front-Line Experience
The “Great Resignation” has slowed down, but employee burnout persists as retailers continue to try filling essential roles. In a recent study, “Empathy and Empowerment: The New Front-Line Experience” findings show, some leaders are blazing a hopeful path amid turnover woes.
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What Is HR Service Delivery and How Is It Evolving?
Improving the employee experience is a major priority for business leaders, and central to that is how employees receive their services. As the global workplace continues to evolve, HR service delivery must evolve alongside it.
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Workday Podcast: The Future of Restaurant Management
Restaurant leaders have to balance innovation, frontline worker satisfaction, and top-notch customer service. That’s no small task! Hospitality industry experts sit down to talk about the future of the restaurant industry on this episode of the Workday Podcast.
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Workday Podcast: The Keys to Successful Retail Transformation
Insights, analytics, and data—three key ingredients for real retail transformation. On this podcast episode, KPMG retail expert Sam Ganga talks about what matters for retailers as they look to effectively adapt to a rapidly changing retail landscape.
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Embracing the Future of Total Workforce Management
The future of sourcing, managing, and paying for your workers starts with integrating your VMS and HCM systems to enable total workforce management.
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Workday Podcast: How Tech Companies Innovate in Disruptive Times
Deep Kular from Accenture and Ben Askin from Vertex join us on the Workday Podcast to talk about trends in the tech industry and the role of Workday's Industry Accelerator for Technology in helping companies adapt quickly and thrive in fast-changing environments.
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Creating the Federal Workforce of the Future
Nearly 28% of U.S. federal employees will be eligible for retirement within five years. Read the report by Deloitte and Workday to learn how federal agencies can modernize their HR processes to attract and retain a skilled workforce.
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Accenture CEO: 5 Forces That Will Define Leaders’ Priorities in the Next Decade
During the “Changemaker Keynote: Customer Perspectives on Embracing Change” at Workday Rising, Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet shared how leaders can guide their organizations amid massive change.
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Workday Global Study: Leaders, Do You Know How Your People Feel?
A positive employee experience isn’t just good for morale: Half of the HR leaders in our global study say that it’s crucial to accelerating transformation across the business. And CFOs are the most likely of the C-suite members to name empathy as the skill most needed to meet the demands of the business.
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Workday Podcast: How Banking and Capital Markets Can Innovate and Thrive
Banks and investment organizations face increased pressure and complexity with reporting and accounting requirements that call for speed, accuracy, and data insights. John Van Puffelen of PwC and Jay Rabinowitz from Workday discuss financial services trends and the role of Workday’s Industry Accelerator for Banking and Capital Markets in empowering companies to more quickly innovate and streamline their operations.
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Workday Named as a Leader for 7th Consecutive Year in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises
We’re thrilled that Workday has been named as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud HCM Suites for 1,000+ Employee Enterprises. We believe being named as a Leader for the seventh consecutive year demonstrates that we consistently enable our customers with the power to adapt.
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Workday and KPMG Report: Strategic Workforce Planning Closes the HR-Finance Gap
The study examines how modern cloud-based tools enable HR and finance to make strategic, data-driven workforce decisions.
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Workday Podcast: Transforming Banking and Capital Markets
In a highly regulated financial services industry, gaining insights and simplified reporting capabilities is essential. Learn how companies can solve their most pressing needs and be more agile with Workday’s Industry Accelerator for Banking and Capital Markets.
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Navigating Seismic Change in the Public Sector
Learn how government finance, human resources, and technology leaders can guide their organizations through change with an insightful new report from Workday and Accenture.
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Does Your Talent Marketplace Foster Internal Mobility? 3 Ways to Know
An internal talent marketplace can help with internal mobility, but the solution’s effectiveness depends on how it leverages skills data to remove barriers that discourage employees from seeking opportunities.
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Workday Podcast: Addressing Burnout Risk in 2022
Creating the right conditions for employees to thrive is a key component of organizational success. Dr. George Margrove, senior principal psychologist for Workday Peakon Employee Voice, provides an overview of how the employee experience is evolving in 2022.
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Why Technology Companies Are Choosing Workday
Tech companies face a litany of challenges to stay competitive. Here’s why Salesforce chose Workday Financial Management to drive its next generation of growth.
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Workday Podcast: Building a More Inclusive Federal Government
With President Biden’s executive order on workplace diversity, U.S. federal agencies have an opportunity to better attract, develop, and retain talent that “looks like America.” Dr. Gina Guillaume-Joseph, CTO of government at Workday, joins the Workday Podcast to share how government leaders can improve their DEIA initiatives.
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Understanding the Core Invoicing Capabilities of Vendor Management Systems
Invoicing functionality is fundamental to a VMS. In this article, we take a look at the latest invoicing innovations and discuss how these capabilities can be leveraged to effectively support your extended workforce program.
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6 Signs a VMS Is Truly Innovative
Whether you’re assessing your current vendor management system or in the market for a new product, here are six steps your provider should be taking in order to create innovation that has true impact.
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Workday Podcast: How Nonprofit Leaders Can Strengthen Their Mission
Running a nonprofit organization can be challenging—from building revenue to working with a board of directors and elected officials. Robert Egger, a nonprofit founder and award-winning author and speaker, joins the Workday Podcast to share how nonprofit leaders can get the most from their organizations.
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What Is Quiet Quitting and How Is It Linked to Engagement?
“Quiet quitting” is a new name for an old phenomenon—employee disengagement. Find out more about what quiet quitting means for your business and why a focus on employee engagement is the solution.
