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Most PIPs Fail for 1 Simple Reason
Clear expectations are essential to both performance and engagement. In this Inc. feature exploring how leaders can make performance improvement plans more effective, McLean & Company research shows that employees who clearly understand their job expectations are 8.6 times more likely to be engag...
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20 Employee Retention Strategies That Go Beyond Pay Raises
What keeps employees committed to an organization goes well beyond compensation. President Jennifer Rozon shares with Forbes how personalized growth opportunities can strengthen retention, with AI helping organizations better understand individual strengths, goals, and needs at scale. She emphasi...
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How a people-first approach builds retention, engagement
This HRD Canada feature highlights McLean & Company’s Employee Engagement Trends Report 2026, which found that organizations highly effective at delivering a strong employee experience are 2.3 times more likely to report high workforce productivity and nearly twice as likely to achieve their stra...
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AI alignment, not replacement: How CIOs are rebuilding IT value
As organizations move from experimenting with AI to redesigning how work gets done, the opportunity may lie in realignment rather than replacement. In this TechTarget feature, William Howard, Practice Lead, HR Trends and AI, explains how AI can reshape organizational structures, roles, and decisi...
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Why men need to wise up to menopause: understanding what women go through could transform the workplace
Menopause is a workplace issue that affects more than those who experience it directly. Karen Mann, SVP of HR Research, Learning & Advisory Services, emphasizes the importance of equipping all leaders with the knowledge and practical tools to support menopausal employees in this MSN feature, orig...
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You Have a Skills Platform. But Do You Have a Skills Strategy?
Grace Ewles, practice lead of HR Research & Advisory Services at McLean & Company, emphasizes that becoming a skills-based organization requires more than investing in technology in this Reworked feature. She encourages organizations to begin with clearly defined business problems and high-impact...
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McLean & Company Expands Signature 2026 Agenda With HR Transformation Leaders
McLean & Company’s Signature 2026 conference expands its keynote lineup with HR transformation leaders Brooke Ferguson, Chief Human Resources Officer at Gildan, and Manny Ocasio, Chief People Officer at Vitalant, as highlighted by HRTechEdge. Their sessions will explore enterprise transformation,...
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HRD Canada reveals Best Places to Work for 2026
Laura Hansen-Kohls, Vice President of HR Diagnostics, Advisory, and Data Insights at McLean & Company, highlights employee listening as a defining practice of leading Canadian workplaces in this HRD Canada feature. She emphasizes that meaningful listening requires leaders to seek understanding, t...
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Best Places to Work in Canada: The Listening Advantage
In HRD Canada's 2026 Best Places to Work report, six McLean & Company thought leaders share insights on the practices shaping leading employee experiences. Laura Hansen-Kohls, Lexi Hambides, Lisa Highfield, Jansel Akyol, Grace Ewles, and Adrienne Go explore employee listening and leadership, pay ...
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Press Releases
McLean & Company Announces Finalists for Inaugural 2026 HR Excellence Awards
Global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company has named 45 finalists for its debut HR Excellence Awards. The firm's awards program recognizes organizations that use diagnostic insight to strengthen employee listening, organizational alignment, and HR management and governance.
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McLean & Company Launches Human-Centric AI Program to Build Organization-Wide Capabilities for Responsible AI Adoption
Global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company introduces a judgment-first, blended learning experience designed to help leaders and employees across the organization move beyond AI experimentation and build sustainable, responsible AI capability at scale.
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McLean & Company Unveils Full Agenda for Signature 2026: HR Conference Will Bring CHROs Together to Navigate AI, Transformation, and the Future of Work
Taking place October 4-6 in Las Vegas, McLean & Company's premier HR conference will bring together HR executives, industry leaders, and experts for three days of research-backed insights and practical strategies for navigating the interconnected challenges shaping organizations and the future of...
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Gildan CHRO Brooke Ferguson and Vitalant Chief People Officer Manny Ocasio Join the Mainstage Lineup for McLean & Company Signature 2026 in Las Vegas
Brooke Ferguson, Chief Human Resources Officer at Gildan, and Manny Ocasio, Chief People Officer at Vitalant, have been announced as mainstage speakers for McLean & Company's flagship annual HR conference, Signature 2026, taking place October 4-6, 2026, at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Under the event...
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Former HR Leader of NASA, Brady Pyle, and Saatva Chief People Officer Maureen Burke to Keynote McLean & Company Signature 2026 in Las Vegas October 4-6
Brady Pyle, former NASA HR leader and current Chief Human Resources and Inclusion Officer at Space Center Houston, and Maureen Burke, Chief People Officer at Saatva, have been announced as mainstage speakers for McLean & Company's flagship annual HR conference, Signature 2026, taking place Octobe...
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McLean & Company Wins 2026 Canadian HR Reporter Readers' Choice Awards, Marking Third Consecutive Year Voted as Go-To Partner by HR Leaders
Global HR research & advisory firm McLean & Company has been recognized again by Canadian HR Reporter for two of its annual Readers' Choice program's award categories for 2026: Excellence in Employee Engagement Surveys and Leadership & Team Development. McLean & Company has previously won the sam...
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Only 19% of HR Departments Are Highly Effective in Project Management, According to McLean & Company
A new blueprint from global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company reveals project management remains a significant capability gap, with only 19% of HR respondents rating their department as highly effective in project management. The firm's newly published blueprint, Get Started with HR ...
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McLean & Company Launches HR Awards Program to Recognize CHROs and HR Teams Driving Measurable Impact
McLean & Company has launched a new industry Awards & Recognition Program to recognize the innovative work of HR leaders and their teams. By pairing diagnostic-based verification with award and badge recognition, the HR research and advisory firm is giving organizations a credible way to demonstr...
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Employee Engagement Holds Steady as Key Drivers Show Uneven Progress, McLean & Company Report Finds
McLean & Company's latest research, Employee Engagement Trends Report 2026, shows that while employee engagement and intent to stay remained broadly stable in 2025, weak scores in compensation, career development, collaboration, stress, and coaching continue to limit stronger business outcomes.
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