The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) is a pretty high falutin’ outfit. It’s the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company. Not focused … Read more

China Gorman is a successful global business executive in the competitive Human Capital Management (HCM) sector. She is a sought-after consultant, speaker and writer bringing the CEO perspective to the challenges of building cultures of humanity for top performance and innovation, and strengthening the business impact of Human Resources.
Well known for her tenure as CEO of the Great Place to Work Institute, COO and interim CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and President of Lee Hecht Harrison, China works with HCM organizations all over the world to enhance their brands and their go-to-market strategies. Additionally, she serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Jobs for America’s Graduates as well as the Advisory Boards of Elevated Careers, the Workforce Institute at Kronos, and WorldBlu. Addtionally, she chairs the Globoforce WorkHuman Advisory Board and the Universum North America Board. China is the author of the popular blog Data Point Tuesday, and is published and frequently quoted in media properties like Fortune, TLNT, Huffington Post, Inc., Fast Company, U.S. News & World Report and many others.
The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) is a pretty high falutin’ outfit. It’s the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company. Not focused … Read more
Ben Eubanks over at Lighthouse Research and Advisory has written a fascinating white paper on transparency. Transparency in Compensation: Trends and Best … Read more
I’m seeing a trend in the human capital management space wherein vendors/consulting firms are creating mini-whitepapers rather than big research reports. … Read more
After taking off three weeks for vacation and business travel commitments, it’s time to be back considering new research and data of interest to the HR … Read more
As I’ve written in the past, Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report is a treasure trove of data that most HR professionals miss. That’s because the … Read more
Every year, I look forward to two reports: The Deloitte Human Capital Trends report and the Kleiner Perkins Internet Trends report. I’ve written about the … Read more
“Over 70% of companies are planning to invest in solutions with recruitment marketing capabilities over the next 12 months.” This is one of the opening … Read more
Jobvite’s annual Job Seeker Nation Study was published a couple of weeks ago. They took a whole new approach, given the current political environment in … Read more
I rarely do book reviews. When I do, it’s because the book is written specifically for my readers, HR professionals in the trenches, and because I know and … Read more
If you’ve heard me speak on “Humanity Means Business,” you know I pay a lot of attention to the intersection of corporate culture, business performance, … Read more
PayScale has produced its 8th annual in-depth report on compensation best practices: Comp is Culture. If you have anything to do with paying people – so, … Read more
You might not be aware of a trend in the corporate valuation world. You might not think that developments in how companies are being valued by the … Read more
I came across this fascinating white paper from SilkRoad the other day. The Big Shift Puts Employees First: HR Transforms from Processes and Transactions … Read more
I’m not a big fan of over-generalizing the characteristics of the different generations in the workforce. It’s just too easy to say “Millennials are … Read more
The Workforce Institute at Kronos, where I am a member of the board, has an eye-opening report on the cost of wasted time at work. The $687 Billion … Read more
A recent SmashFly publication, the SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Report Card for the 2016 Fortune 500, came across my desk a while back. If you’re … Read more
Last month I wrote about the new Gallup report, State of the American Workplace, and discussed some of its broader findings. This week, I’m digging … Read more
Accenture’s strategy group has published an interesting look at the workforce of the future: Harnessing Revolution, Creating the future workforce. At an … Read more
Deloitte’s annual human capital report was just published. I look forward to this one every year because it’s backed by a massive amount of data collection … Read more
I was doing some research for a client and came across this report from Monster: Monster Multi-Generational Survey, published in 2016. The underlying … Read more