Hacking HR

One of the telltale signs of organizational culture health is what companies reward. If the path to recognition is that employees should always be available, respond to non-urgent messages and emails at night… people may adapt to survive. However, slowly but surely, always-on mode is a ticket to burnout. When the energy capacity is drained, you will see reduced collaboration, emotional withdrawal, more errors, rising rework, disengagement disguised as compliance, and managers stretched beyond their capacity. Company-wide wellbeing indicator averages often hide these issues. That is why it is so important to measure them at the team level. Your business may report “healthy engagement,” but if you dig in, you may find that specific teams are operating in chronic stress and silent depletion. 👉 Which of these organizational signals or others have you seen normalized in workplaces? 💬 Share your comments below. — 🌐 Note: We discussed all these topics at the Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health Summit. The videos and the summit workbook (gathering the key takeaways) are available at the Hacking HR LAB, HERE: bit.ly/4dDsKcU #mentalhealth #culture #leadership #HR #HumanResources #HRM #CEO

Come join us for the Workshop on “Wellbeing Won’t Stick in a Culture of Chaos,” led by Dr. Kristi McCann. This session will focus on helping HR and business leaders identify the cultural conditions that may be driving burnout, disengagement, stress, and leadership fatigue. Participants would leave with a simple culture repair framework and one practical next step to improve working conditions. The workshop is designed for HR leaders, People & Culture leaders, organizational development professionals, employee experience leaders, wellbeing leaders, executives, managers, and business leaders responsible for workforce planning, culture, and performance. 📅 When: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 - 09:00 AM PT 🌐 100% Virtual & Free to Attend 👉 Register here: streamyard.com/watch/hFXA3QhW… 🎯 Objectives: - Explore why wellbeing initiatives often underperform. - Identify where workplace chaos undermines employee trust and energy. - Learn how leaders can create clearer, more caring work conditions. - Reframe wellbeing as a culture and business sustainability issue. About Dr. Kristi McCann Dr. Kristi McCann is the Founder of Leading Pathways Consulting, where she helps organizations move from cultures of chaos to cultures of caring. With more than 20 years of experience in human resources, leadership development, organizational culture, and consulting in all sectors, Kristi works with leaders to identify the workplace patterns that contribute to burnout, disengagement, and employee stress. Her work focuses on helping organizations build healthier ways of working through clearer communication, stronger leadership practices, trust-building, and sustainable culture repair. Through her practical and people-centered approach, Kristi helps HR and business leaders create workplace conditions where both employees and organizations can thrive. Learn more: [leadingpathways.net] #organizationalculture #workplaceculture #HR #HumanResources #HRLeadership #wellbeing #wellness #mentalhealth #employeeburnout #CHROs #HRBP #HRBusinessPartner #employeeexperience #employeeengaement #employeeburnout #leadership #CEOs #leadingpathways

If you are a CMO in the HR Tech space, we’d love to have a conversation with you to understand your goals and how we can serve you, so our community can learn more about your solutions. Next Friday (and every Friday), we will host a Hacking HR Live Webinar Planning session with Q&A. Join us! 📅 When: May 29, 2026, 08:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 👉 Register in advance for this meeting: bit.ly/4tSLVWf After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details to join the meeting. #HRTech #HRtechnology #Marketing #CMOs #technology #employeeexperience #employeeengagement #payroll #compliance #AIinHR

@tru_art_hr 💯 True!

@hacking_hr Very important perspective, Workforce transformation cannot depend on one leader alone. Sustainable change happens when organizations build systems, shared ownership, and long-term strategies that continue beyond leadership transitions.

1 in 9 CEOs were replaced in 2025. 52% of CHROs are likely to follow within 12 months. If your workforce transformation lives in one person, it won't survive the next transition. Check out our latest post: bit.ly/3RisAQF #WorkforceTransformation #CHRO #PeopleAnalytics #FutureOfWork #HRLeadership #CEOs #Leadership #WorkforceAnalytics #HRAnalytics #WorkforcePlanning #Workforce

Most organizations still plan their workforce once a year in a world that now changes by the week. Workforce readiness is the biggest challenge organizations face today. And it’s the operating model behind organizational adaptability, which means workforce intelligence that fuels real-time decision-making and people development may become one of the most important capabilities organizations build next. 👉 Check out our latest post: bit.ly/4wCt58c Featuring insights inspired by today’s launch of Cornerstone OnDemand Workforce AI. #WorkforceReadiness #WorkforceIntelligence #Skills #FutureOfWork #CornerstoneWorkforceAI #workforceplanning #HR #HumanResources #leadership @CornerstoneInc

👉 HR has spent a decade fighting for a seat at the table. The irony is that the biggest threat to that seat is not a skeptical CFO or a CEO who undervalues people strategy. It is the gap between what HR builds and what it can actually prove it delivers. 🔍 Succession plans that live in a deck. HRBP models where partners spend most of their time on escalations. Onboarding that measures completion, not capability. Learning programs that run on schedule regardless of whether there is a real skill gap behind them. These are the norm. And they stay invisible until someone asks the right question at the wrong moment. 💡 The Global HR Capability Framework was built by 100+ HR experts across 18 countries for exactly this reason. Not to create another model to present at a conference. To give HR leaders a research-backed way to assess what their function can genuinely deliver, based on their industry, size, region, and maturity level. Because what good HR looks like in a 300-person healthcare organization is fundamentally different from what it looks like in a 15,000-person financial services firm. Most frameworks ignore that entirely. 🎯 These 10 questions are drawn from that work. They are diagnostic. The ones hardest to answer are usually the ones worth starting with. Explore the full framework at lnkd.in/e6uHCMXD Which of these 10 questions would be hardest to answer honestly in your organization right now? #HR #HRLeadership #HRStrategy #FutureOfWork #HackingHR

AI Investments are not delivering expected value. Here’s why your managers can be the ultimate lever to change that. Check out our latest post: bit.ly/4ug7xwt #AIinHR #AItransformation #HRLeadership #HRTech #Leadership

How can we build a culture where businesses and people thrive together, without exhausting people along the way? This was the central question across all conversations at the Workplace Wellbeing & Mental Health Summit. This mini ebook brings together insights from HR leaders, psychologists, executives, researchers, and practitioners. Inside the ebook: 🔥 Why burnout is a design problem 🟡 How psychological safety shapes trust, performance, collaboration, and retention (but also, creativity and innovation!) 🔵 How can we support managers, the first line of defense (and the group at the highest risk of burnout) 🧭 Practical frameworks to identify early burnout signals before they snowball into crises 💡 Reflection questions, diagnostics, self-assessment exercises, and a cheat sheet with leading indicators 👉 Download the ebook, read it, and share it: bit.ly/4uLxLqz #WorkplaceWellbeing #BurnoutPrevention #PsychologicalSafety #Leadership #EmployeeExperience #FutureOfWork #HR #WorkplaceCulture #HumanResources

🚨 An HR team approves an AI tool for hiring. Three months later, an employee questions a rejection decision. Suddenly everyone is searching for answers that should’ve existed before deployment. 🧩 Who reviewed the system? 📂 Where’s the documentation? ⚖️ Was bias testing ever completed? 👀 Who monitors decisions over time? 📞 Who handles escalation if something goes wrong? Most organizations are still treating AI governance like a side conversation attached to procurement. Meanwhile, regulators are looking for operational accountability. And accountability sounds very different when somebody has to explain a real decision tied to a real person. This diagnostic breaks down 5 signals that tend to appear before organizations realize their governance process is mostly improvisation. Explore the Global Strategic AI Leader certification: certifications.hackinghrlab.io #AIGovernance #AIinHR #HRLeadership #HRTech #ArtificialIntelligence #PeopleOps #FutureOfWork #DigitalTransformation #HackingHR

Engagement in learning breaks before learning even starts. What if the real problem isn’t content, but the experience around it? 👉 Check out our latest post in partnership with @iSpringPro: bit.ly/4wt7f6X #employeeexperience #employeeengagement #learning #learninganddevelopment #LMS #HRLeadership #Leadership

Quality of hire matters more than ever, and that quality starts with a rock-solid kickoff meeting. Learn how to identify gaps and turn kickoffs into strategic conversations. Check out our latest post in partnership with @sparkhire 👉 bit.ly/4nnPBNN #TalentAcquisition #HiringManagers #Recruitment #Recruitinglife #HRLeadership #HiringProcess #candidateexperience #employeeexperience #qualityofhire

HR capability is one of the most talked-about topics in our community. Yet most functions still can't answer a basic question: where do we actually stand? Not where we think we stand. Where we actually stand. 🔍 We built the Global HR Capability Framework with that question in mind. 18 domains. 180 competencies. These 10 points come straight from the research. Some will resonate. Some will sting a little. 💡 Either way, the conversation is worth having. Explore the full framework at …alcapabilityframework.hackinghrlab.io #HR #HRStrategy #HRLeadership #FutureOfWork #HackingHR

🔍 Trying to define 180 HR competencies forces decisions most teams avoid. Not what HR is “involved in.” Not what HR “supports.” 👉 What HR is actually accountable for. And where that accountability ends. ⚠️ That’s where things start breaking. Some responsibilities don’t hold once you try to assign a real owner. Some “capability gaps” disappear once the work is properly divided. Some areas that look collaborative fall apart because no one owns the outcome. 🧠 That’s the level of precision behind the Global HR Capability Framework. Every competency had to: * produce a clear output * define its boundary * hold the same meaning across different leaders Otherwise, it didn’t make it in. ✅ Pick one area in your organization. Can two leaders clearly agree on what HR owns vs what it doesn’t? If not, that’s usually where execution starts to break. 🔗 Explore the full framework here: …alcapabilityframework.hackinghrlab.io

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🌿 May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we are preparing something amazing! 🌐 A Virtual Summit dedicated to workplace wellbeing and mental health! Three days of panels gathering Senior HR and business leaders and experts from diverse industries and latitudes to explore how to position wellbeing as a performance driver, addressing the systemic causes of mental health risk, and building leadership and organizational practices that enable sustainable work. This 3-day, 100% virtual, free-to-attend event is brought to you by Deep Care and Leading Pathways. Check out some of the awesome speakers who will join us in two weeks! 🔷 Dr. Brandi Fannell, Founder & Principal Advisor, The Anchored Collective Co. 🔷 Nena Dimovska, Head of People Success, Semos Cloud 🔷 Juliette Dupré, Chief People Officer & Interim COO, OtherSide Entertainment 🔷 Aman Malhi, Director, People and Culture, Refrigerative Supply Limited 🔷 Jes Baumeister, Director of Human Resources 🔷 Tiffany Deans, Founder + CEO, GroundingWork 🔷 Amber Myers, Manager, Human Resources Business Partner, CGI 🔷 Christina Moran, Leader of People Operations, ThenDesign Architecture / Acusights Solutions 🔷 Jocelyn Hernandez, Founder & Principal Consultant, J H Consultant LLC SAVE THE DATE! 📅 When: May 5-7 | 07:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time 📜 All attendees who participate live or watch the post-event recordings may download a certificate of participation. 👑 Premium members of our community gain a @credly badge and HR Credits (13.5 SHRMs + 13.5 HRCIs + 13.5 IHRMs) 👉 JOIN US! Check out the agenda and register here: beta-app.hackinghrlab.io/events/workpla… #Workplacewellbeing #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #HackingHR #HRLeadership #HRCommunity #employeeexperience

Most companies think they have a skills gap. But what they actually have is a learning capacity gap — and it's a much harder problem to solve. 🔷 40% of core job skills will change over the next 5 years. You can't train your way out of that. You need systems that help people learn faster than work evolves. This diagram breaks down the speed of change: Skills disruption ➡️ the need for talent velocity ➡️ business agility. It's an entirely different way of thinking about L&D. We had a conversation with Panos Siozos, CEO of @LearnWorlds, and he shared several examples of how organizations are doing it. 🌟 Read the full article here: bit.ly/4rRPCdG #FutureofWork #Skillsgap #Workforceplanning #LearningandDevelopment #HRLeadership #EmployeeExperience #Employeetraining #Upskilling

This May, join us at The Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health Summit! Prepare for the most powerful event, where HR leaders, consultants, and wellbeing advocates will come together for 3 days to explore how to design holistic wellbeing and mental health strategies that support both people and organizational success. 🌟 Here are some of the leaders you’ll hear from: - Jessica Lewis, Human Resources Director, PointsBet Canada. - Jasmine Moseley Beal, Founder, President & CEO, Virtue Key Consulting Group - Veronica Estrella, Founder, Flourish at Work - Malvika Jethmalani, Founder, Atvis Group - Lisa Friscia, President and Founder, Franca Consulting - Sarah Tariq, Sr. HR Specialist, Ferrero - Stephanie Lemek, Founder & CEO, The Wounded Workforce - Anita Barbero, CEO, Renew Your Health - Roberta Richards, Senior Director Human Resources, Netcracker Technology The summit is 100% virtual and free to attend, and it’s brought to you by our amazing sponsors DeepCare and Leading Pathways. 📅 When: May 5-7 | 07:00 - 11:25 AM Pacific Time 📜 All attendees who participate live or watch the post-event recordings may download a certificate of participation. 👑 Premium members of our community gain a @credly badge and HR Credits (13.5 SHRMs + 13.5 HRCIs + 13.5 IHRMs) 👉 JOIN US! Register for free: beta-app.hackinghrlab.io/events/workpla… #Workplacewellbeing #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #HackingHR #HRLeadership #HRCommunity #employeeexperience #SHRM #HRCI

Understanding human pain is the hardest and most important work HR does. 👉 Check out our latest post: bit.ly/4u0TnyS #workplacewellbeing #mentalhealth #HRLeadership #HR #leadership #culture #mentalhealthstigma #mentalhealthmatters