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Why Learning Cultures Are Winning in 2025
By Pam Thornton The landscape of work has shifted dramatically between the technology tornado of advancing AI, evolving employee expectations, and increased competition for top talent. Despite this whirlwind of changes, one truth remains constant – employee development is the cornerstone of long-term organizational success. The organizations that fail to prioritize learning are going to…
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The Evolution of the American Work Ethic
By Allison Ebner At our monthly ‘all team’ meeting in January, the EANE staff discussed some of the major trends reported in our recent Business Trends Survey. Clearly, business execs are concerned about talent acquisition, talent retention and leadership development as they ranked as 3 of the 5 biggest challenges for the C-Suite in 2025.…
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Emerging HR Leader Trends – What are the HOT skills for emerging HR Pros?
By Sam Borsari It’s a Tale as Old as Time – Effective Communication is Key Emerging HR professionals are faced with a rapidly changing business environment, which has greatly emphasized the value of effective communication. Hybrid and remote workforces have become a reality for many, which means there are greater communication barriers than there were…
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Learning & Development Trends in 2025
By Val Harlow As each year starts, it’s a great time to look at what will be trending, especially in the Learning & Development space. Focusing on trends in organizational learning helps companies increase their connection to employees, understand what they need in the learning space and how to deliver on it. What are the…
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Essential Leadership Competencies for 2025
By John Henderson As we have entered the year 2025, it is time to focus in on what our people leaders need to be successful this year. Let’s begin by defining “competency” – it is “Knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviors that contribute to individual and organizational performance.” In looking back to 2014, the top…
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Conscious Unbossing: How to Address this Rising Trend Among Gen Z and Millennials
By Pam Thornton “Conscious Unbossing” is a mindset that has been adopted by more than half of the young professionals that are working, according to a recent Forbes article. Gaining individual expertise over pursuing a management role is highly preferred by the Gen Z and Millennial demographic. These employees are deliberately opting for less hierarchical,…
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EAA National Business Trends Survey and webinar announcement
By Allison Ebner At the start of each new year, we are filled with optimism and renewed energy as we drive our initiatives forward within our organizations. Whether you are an organizational executive or a human resource professional, it’s helpful to understand key trends from the regional and national business climate as you move through…
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Resolve to Call
By Marquita Rhodes If you’re like me, your New Year’s resolution probably revolves around finding ways to maximize every dollar in your budget. Your membership with the Employers Association of the NorthEast (EANE) should be no different. Might I suggest you start maximizing your membership by making full use of the HR Hotline? In 2024,…