Category: Corp Matters

CindyKW / Corp Matters

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Manager Burnout Is the Real Retention Crisis

  Gallup released an update to its State of the Global Workplace report in April 2026. The findings are not subtle. Manager engagement is collapsing, stress among U.S. workers is at a record high, and AI anxiety is no longer theoretical. If you lead people, this data should change how you’re spending your time and...

CindyKW / Corp Matters / Hiring

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Make Candidates Feel Seen, Not Screened

  If you or anyone you know is job hunting right now, you already know the process feels broken. Applications disappear into a void. The only response, if there is one, is a form rejection that reads like an auto-reply — even for jobs you were clearly qualified for. No explanation. No acknowledgment. Plenty of...

CindyKW / Corp Matters / Wellness

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Is the Fruit Bowl Your Wellness Program?

Did you know August is Wellness Month? Some organizations throw a step challenge, hand out a stress ball, and call it a year. Then it is back to business as usual until next August rolls around. Maybe it makes sense, though. August has that “new beginnings” energy. Kids are heading back to school, summer is...

CindyKW / Communication / Corp Matters

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Communication Paralysis

We’ve all heard the complaints: the meeting that could have been an email, the email no one replies to (please don’t reply all), the chat thread that never ends. Communication is one of the biggest challenges every workplace faces. We used to call it “going paper blind” when too many flyers on a bulletin board...

CindyKW / Corp Matters

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HR At Every Meeting? 

We have all seen it: an HR rep sitting silently through a weekly team status meeting —or missing entirely from a major restructuring talk where they were actually needed.  Treating HR as a “just in case” security blanket does not reduce risk. It dilutes their judgment, lets managers avoid building their own skills, and can...

Best Practice / CindyKW / Review

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Time for a Best Practice Review?

10 Signs It’s Time for an HR Best Practices Review While we frequently hear that employees are our greatest asset, anyone in a leadership role knows that directing them can often feel like herding cats. Maintaining HR compliance and building a healthy workplace culture are essential, even if injecting a little humor makes dealing with...