2023 Summer HR Highlights

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Welcome back to Season 2 of foHRsight where co-hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi TItleman share some of their highlights from both their summer break and the HR press.

In addition to tales of Mark’s cross-country tour and Naomi’s attendance at the final tour of Grateful Dead offshoot Dead & Company, they share some of the news that has jumped out to them over the summer including:

Insights from upcoming season 2 podcast guest Rob Sadow who is the co-founder of Scoop – a technology company who have created the ‘Flex Index’ and who have research that suggests an optimal of 2.5 days per week in the office. You can read more here:

https://fortune.com/2023/05/09/hybrid-work-becoming-norm-bosses-workers/

Research from a recent ADP study that showed the number of HR people in companies is rising.

https://www.adpri.org/hr-staffing-ratios/

Some interesting findings from McKinsey that reinforce the importance of the middle manager.

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/stop-wasting-your-most-precious-resource-middle-managers
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