Research Topics

How are organizations truly enabling talent mobility, in each of the 5 models we identified in 2021?

As the economy works to find its footing, how are organizations making decisions about what talent is critical, and how to develop that talent?

AI is changing how we do performance management -- but we aren't necessarily convinced it is all good. This report would analyze the ways AI might be used in performance management, and analyze the pros and cons of the approach, using pre-existing research to understand how people might react to this new technology. Readers would learn: Which applications of AI in PM are ok, and which should you potentially stay away from? Which technologies are using AI in PM in which ways and why? How might your organization begin using AI in PM?

Update to Coaching Tech Research - 2021

Good practices with the integration of skills libraries, etc. How do you set yourselves up for success in a world where they're more and more integrated into bigger suites Learning Ecosystem

Small incremental changes for 150 years instead of redfining what the system should be.

How leadership expecations have changed and what the technology has done to change it? What is the role of employee development today if you have some of these technologies out there? At one point, your boss told you what your job would be; then it was a partnership; then we found that depending on the past experiences of the leader, you may have a really different experience; high variability from leader to leader. Now, tech can tell you that you're a good match for a job because of skills; what is the leader's role? What's the leader's role in which people's appetite for coming back to the office is going to continue to wane? Can we do it differently?

More committee buys, building relationships more broadly, proving value?

Instead of looking for new ways of doing things, look for the things we know to be true and doing them well?

The use of Generative AI in the workplace may level the playing field when it comes to skills. What will be the new category of KSA's needed to succeed?

Federated, Centralized, or Decentralized: which structure makes sense, and what roles belong in each? Optimization of budget Optimizing portfolio, etc. Financial mgt of the learning org, how to get really good at doing that Look up Dave Vance - a practical way to justify needing a budget (forensic spend analysis) (financial acumen) what other practices are there to undertstand where is the org spending money and can we optimize that spend to pool dollars

Too often, organizations try to boost employee wellness by adding more to employees' plates: An app to interact with, a program to follow, a class to take. These efforts, though well-intentioned, don't address a fundamental and underlying driver of employee stress and burnout: There's just too much to do. This project would look at how organizations are simplifying, redesigning, and / or automating work to make workloads more manageable--and the effects those efforts have on employee wellbeing.

Organizations that put purpose at the center of what they do are experiencing challenges on a number of fronts: economic, social, cultural, and political. How are they weathering these challenges? What changes are they making? And how are these new dynamics affecting organizational culture and performance?

The 2020 murder of George Floyd kicked off a host of pledges by corporations to support DEIB efforts more strongly. Fast forward three years, and organizations have laid off DEIB leaders in droves, layoffs have disproportionately impacted employees from diverse backgrounds, and DEIB budgets (never large to begin with) have been slashed. What is a leader to do? This report is designed to understand the current challenges and how leaders might navigate them effectively, as they continue to support DEIB efforts.