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O’Brien brings a unique combination of expertise in Human Resources and business development experience to the table.

O’Brien brings a unique combination of expertise in Human Resources and business development experience to the table.

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.; For more impact, organizations may offer greater transparency around decision-making and compensation package development to reduce uncertainty, she noted.

This forces development and innovation of new ideas and practices — and creation of new best-fit practices.

WTW’s Ihrke offered several ways for employers to utilize well-being communication: ;Develop a cohesive narrative connecting leaders, managers and employees, and provide regular messaging from leaders on the importance of well-being.; ;Establish a communication channel across well-being initiatives and stakeholders, and connect those initiatives with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals and objectives.; ;Create an annual communication plan with quarterly or monthly well-being themes, creating relevance and tying messaging (e.g., tips, leading practices) to programs that support these health topics.; ;Develop communication strategies for unique employee populations and life events, such as birth or adoption, marriage, death of a loved one, or school graduation.; If employers can help drive well-being in a meaningful way, they will likely see positive results, said Alight’s Thomas Conway.

A talent shortage in critical areas like machine learning, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data science, and development and operations (DevOps) has far-reaching implications for startups that go beyond growth.

One Size Does Not Fit All Since menopause is largely a variable experience , Garza said employers should not develop “leading practices” that would overgeneralize the needs or experiences of any one woman.

“People may fear AI because AI makes it possible to close a skills gap where individuals have spent years refining and developing those skills,” he explained.

For example, the White House released the “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights ,” (2023) providing principles for AI users in the workplace to follow to protect the American public, and the “ Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” in hopes of providing guidance to manage AI risks.