This issue is dedicated to helping HR leaders navigate what we call the “distraction tax”: The toll nonwork factors take on employee productivity, engagement, morale and well-being. This issue offers valuable tools for helping employees work through external distractions and disruptions, without discouraging them from bringing their whole selves to work.
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October 2020
HR Leaders Magazine
Explore insights for handling the impact of life and world events on employees’ work
Editor’s note
How External Factors Impact the Employee Experience, and What HR Can Do
Many factors that impact the employee experience are outside HR’s control. To improve the employee experience; however, HR leaders need to understand how these factors affect their employees and how to manage these experiences in an ever-changing environment.
Employees Need Mental Health and Well-Being Support Now More Than Ever
The events of this year have increased levels of stress, depression, anxiety and other mental health concerns in the workplace. HR leaders should seize the opportunity of this moment to advance their organization’s commitment to employees’ psychological and emotional well-being.
A Business Case for the Hybrid Workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic disruption revealed how many jobs can successfully be done in a partially or fully remote environment. To take advantage of this paradigm shift, HR leaders can use a hybrid workforce model to build flexibility into when and where employees do their work.
