Editor's Note

Recruiting the best talent is only half the battle. Keeping them is yet another challenge. Building an inclusive workplace culture and boosting employee morale by recognition and continuous feedback are some of the sure shot ways to keep employees happy and productive. However, are organizations successful in carrying out such programs today?

Organizations with diverse workforces attract talent and are more successful. Yet, strong diverse and inclusive cultures are still not the norm in most workplaces today. To understand more about the status of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) in today’s organizations and its impact on employee performance, HR.com conducted an exclusive state of the industry research, The State Of The Diversity And Inclusion 2018. To learn more about the research, along with key strategic takeaways, we invite you to download and read the complete report here.
 
Employers have long struggled to develop effective performance management (PM) programs. Today, organizations are moving away from traditional PM programs and are more inclined towards continuous performance management programs. HR.com collaborated with BetterWorks to conduct research into the role of continuous PM. To learn more about what organizations should do to improve the overall PM process, read the complete report Moving Towards Continuous Performance Management here.
 
Feedback has become associated with criticism. It triggers all of our insecurities about not measuring up, not being good enough, making mistakes, and being wrong. We also fail to give feedback to people because we know it will trigger these fears in others and we don’t want to make people feel that way. Read Cheri Torres’ article, 5 Ways To Give Feedback And Trigger The “Feel Good” Hormones, for more insights on how to give feedback positively.
 
Today, about 55 percent of youngsters report feeling unengaged at work. Perhaps even more alarming, some 66 percent expect to leave their current positions by 2020. That’s a cataclysmic shift in workforce development, that a full two-thirds of the largest working population are planning to leave their current jobs. Why do we have this disconnect? Read Mark C. Perna's article, How To Employ The ‘Why Generation,’ to know more.
 
Rachel Ernst’s article, Transforming People Management To Empower and Retain Talent, talks about how The Muse, a career resource firm reinvented the way they nurture, develop and support employees along every stage of their career path. A great example on how a focus on employee success can drive talent retention and business performance.

And that’s not all! We have a variety of informative articles on various aspects of talent management in this issue of the magazine. We hope you enjoy reading this month’s enlightening articles and send us your valuable feedback.