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The Manager Effect: Why Frontline Leaders Are Key to Retention

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Quick Summary Frontline managers influence every part of the employee experience, from day-to-day motivation to long-term retention. A now-classic and widely shared Gallup study found that managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement, which makes them a powerful driver of...

Adrienne Sadural

Adrienne Sadural 08 December 2025

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How Not to Lose Your Business After a Data Breach or Cyber-Attack

The U.S. National Cyber Security Alliance found that 60% of small businesses closed their ...

Adrienne Sadural

10 Workplace Conflict Resolution Best Practices

No workplace is conflict-free. In fact, workplace conflict is likely more common than ...

Evidence-Based HR 103: Why Modern HR Organizations Need Data Science

In our “Evidence-Based HR 101” (EBHR) article, we introduced the idea of using evidence ...

HR Risk Management Part 3: Risk Monitoring

In our first post in this risk management series, we noted how few HR organizations ...

Christine Ramos

Improving the Relationships Between HR and Other Departments

In many organizations, individual departments operate independently of each other. Where ...

Kristen Cavallo

Why Outsource your Human Resources? Here are a Dozen Benefits.

The decision to outsource all or part of an organization’s HR work can be difficult to ...

Adrienne Sadural

Social Media Best Practices for Small Businesses

Social media is a big deal for small businesses. According to research from social media ...

Are You Recouping Your Costs from Summer Interns?

Internships can be surprisingly expensive for employers.

Christine Ramos

What PEOs Do Throughout the Employee Lifecycle

When business owners partner with a professional employer organization (PEO), they can ...

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