Category: Employee Experience

AI Eases Burnout on the Frontline but Fuels a Different Kind of Stress

Frontline employees who regularly use AI are feeling less burned out than their peers, but that relief comes with a dose of anxiety about what the technology means for their future. A new global study from UKG, conducted with Workplace Intelligence,...

Retailers’ Holiday Wish? Enough Staff to Serve the Surge

The tinsel isn’t up yet, but for U.S. retailers, the holiday hustle has already begun, and so has the stress. Store leaders are entering the season hopeful for booming sales but anxious about a challenge that’s becoming as traditional as...

Employee Engagement Ideas That Actually Work: Data-Backed Plays to Lift Retention, Productivity, and CX

Keeping people genuinely excited about their work is getting harder. Gallup says only about 21% of employees feel engaged right now, and that lack of connection costs companies an estimated $8.8–$8.9 trillion a year. It shows up as slow projects,...

Employees Stopped Leaving but Stopped Caring Too

It seems like America’s workforce is holding steady in their jobs. However, their hearts aren’t really in it. New data from MetLife reveals more: employees are less likely to quit, yet more likely to feel disconnected, undervalued, and burned out. According...

Cisco’s Webex Meeting Platform Delivers Human-AI Collaboration

Hotdesks, meeting rooms and remote calls are all ripe for an in-meeting or session AI makeover. Cisco’s new agents address that gap, making human-AI collaboration a powerful feature, with AI teammates now capable of working as a part of any...

Employee Engagement Survey Best Practices: Unlocking the Benefits of Feedback

Ask most leaders if they listen to their people, and they’ll say “of course.” But many employees don’t feel heard. That gap appears in subtle ways: lower energy, quiet exits, and the slow drain of “clock-botching,” where people do the...

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service Highlights AI and Collaboration

Hot on the heels of Gartner’s CCaaS Magic Quadrant, the unified communications edition is out for businesses considering revamping or building out their contact centre strategy. Unsurprisingly, leading the report’s insights are the twin boosters of collaboration and AI. Nestling...

Generosity Across Generations: What Today’s Workforce Really Wants

Nearly 4 in 10 Millennials and Gen Z employees are actively seeking new opportunities, while just a fraction of Baby Boomers are doing the same. The gap points to a bigger truth: while today’s cooling job market may keep people...

Internal Mobility & Employee Experience: How to Master Internal Hiring

Hiring externally has become second nature for many companies. A role opens, recruiters go to market, and weeks later, a stranger walks in. It works sometimes. Other times, the team waits, projects lose steam, and the newcomer struggles to fit. Meanwhile,...

Leadership & Employee Experience: The Impact of Executive Accountability on EX

Work is messy these days. People are balancing shifting hybrid routines, office return demands, and AI tools showing up faster than anyone can adapt. The pressure is clearest in places where leadership & employee experience aren’t pulling in the same...