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Cinnabon Fired an Employee for Racist Slurs in a Viral Video. There’s a Vital HR Lesson to Learn Here — Improve Your HR

Cinnabon Fired an Employee for Racist Slurs in a Viral Video. There’s a Vital HR Lesson to Learn Here — Improve Your HR

Cinnabon rightly fired her. Her behavior was absolutely inappropriate. Cinnabon issued a statement: We’ve seen the disturbing video from the Cinnabon bakery in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, and we do not condone this behavior. The former employee was immediately terminated by the franchise owner. Their actions do not reflect our values or the welcoming experience every guest deserves. […]

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What’s the Industrial Automation Journey—and How to Master It

What’s the Industrial Automation Journey—and How to Master It

Industrial automation is not a single initiative or technology rollout. It is a continuous journey shaped by operational complexity, workforce pressure, regulatory demands, and the need for resilient, scalable performance.  Many manufacturers struggle with automation not because tools are unavailable, but because their operations lack the structure required to support it. Disconnected systems, inconsistent asset data, reactive

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Telling Is Not the Same as Training

Telling Is Not the Same as Training

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I remember hearing this phrase a long time ago at an Association for Talent Development event. Telling isn’t training. And it’s true. Creating learning experiences like training involve understanding the audience, designing materials, and confirming that the transfer of knowledge actually happened. Organizations that invest in employee training can see

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Cinnabon Fired an Employee for Racist Slurs in a Viral Video. There’s a Vital HR Lesson to Learn Here — Improve Your HR

No-Fire Season Is Real—Here’s Why Smart Companies Observe It — Improve Your HR

Note: I should have published this before Thanksgiving, but I, quite frankly, forgot! Sorry! It’s officially no-fire season — that is, unless someone commits an egregious act— you don’t terminate employees from the week before Thanksgiving until January. That’s the rule from employment attorney Todd Stanton, and it’s a good one. (In the interest of full

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Top Features to Look for in Workplace Experience Software

Top Features to Look for in Workplace Experience Software

In hybrid and flexible workplace models, employees expect the office to be just as intuitive and seamless as the apps they use every day. They want freedom to choose where they work, clarity on who’s in the office, and tools that help them collaborate without friction. Workplace leaders, meanwhile, need data to optimize space, support cost-saving initiatives, and plan confidently for

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Make Time for Yourself at Work

Make Time for Yourself at Work

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I know I’ve mentioned before that this seems to be the time of year when individuals (and organizations) set goals and make plans for the upcoming year. But the truth is, we should really do this continuously.  Sometimes I wonder if the reason that individuals (and organizations) don’t accomplish their

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Why Strategic Talent Alignment Is Becoming a Core Leadership Skill — Breakfast Leadership Network

Why Strategic Talent Alignment Is Becoming a Core Leadership Skill — Breakfast Leadership Network

Strategic talent alignment is one of the most transformative and powerful tools a modern business has today, even though it is overlooked. Like a football team brings the A team, why would you not invest in the talent pool for your business? From making informed decisions when it comes to talent to encouraging a higher

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Cinnabon Fired an Employee for Racist Slurs in a Viral Video. There’s a Vital HR Lesson to Learn Here — Improve Your HR

What the Department of Education’s ‘Professional Degree’ Proposal Really Means for Employers — Improve Your HR

There is a panic spreading across social media about the reclassification of many graduate degrees as non-professional, and how that could affect pay scales, as well as the amount people can borrow to pay for those degrees). If you’re an employer, the two questions you actually need answered are: “Do I have to reclassify anyone?” (no), and

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Secure systems for smart buildings: FM/IT compliance coordination at government facilities

Secure systems for smart buildings: FM/IT compliance coordination at government facilities

Facility managers at government agencies around the world face increasing pressure to meet complex and evolving compliance standards that span both physical and digital infrastructure. In the U.S., for example, these standards include cybersecurity frameworks like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, which emphasizes governance, risk identification, and incident response for critical infrastructure systems such as

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