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Welcome to the jungle: Why are workers quitting after getting promoted?

Promotions are typically seen as recognition for excellent work and a way to solidify someone’s place within a company. But that might not be the case anymore, according to a recent ADP Research Institute study.

June 1, 2020

ADP Research Institute® uncovers that despite COVID-19’s significant impact on the workforce, worker confidence and outlook has stabilized

A recent survey of workers in the U.S. from the ADP Research Institute reveals that an initially significant decrease in worker confidence appears to be leveling off despite the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on nearly every worker in the U.S.

May 3, 2020

May 2020 ADP National Employment Report®, ADP Small Business Report® and ADP National Franchise Report® to be Released on Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Due to the important contribution that small businesses make to economic growth, ADP Research Institute issues the ADP Small Business Report independently of the ADP National Employment Report. The ADP Small Business Report offers detailed private sector employment data that are specific to businesses with 49 or fewer employees.

February 4, 2020

ADP Research Institute® Report Reveals the Gig Workforce is Filling a Void in the Tight Labor Market

Demand for skilled workers is creating opportunities for tenured, skilled workers and retirees in the gig workforce - among other key findings.

August 16, 2019

Human Resource Executive: Finally, a Sympathetic Deconstruction of What HR is Doing Wrong!

In Human Resource Executive, HCM Analyst Bill Kutik provides a review of the Nine Lies About Work, by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall. Learn about the incisive analysis and essential truths from these authors that freethinking leaders will recognize immediately.

June 30, 2019

HBR: The Power of Hidden Teams

Read the main bar article in the May/June 2019 issue of Harvard Business Review’s The Big Idea: The Power of Hidden Teams. Global engagement is tragically low; but now we have the data to start making change.

June 15, 2019

Forbes: Why Managers Should Give Up Feedback and Pay More Attention

You crave feedback. This may sound like a basic truth of our work lives today. But actually, it’s a lie. Learn what improves performance in this article by Forbes contributor Robert Trapp, which provides insights from the authors of Nine Lies About Work, Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall.

June 6, 2019

TIME Magazine: Work-life Balance is a Myth. Do This Instead

In the real world does anyone, anywhere, ever actually find balance? In this article from TIME Magazine, Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall, the coauthors of Nine Lies About Work, bust the myth about work-life balance and reveal how to find the love in what we do.

May 16, 2019

Knowledge@Wharton: What Really Helps Employees to Improve (It’s Not Criticism)

Freethinking leaders recognize the power and beauty of our individual uniqueness. Read this Knowledge@Wharton article where Wharton management professor and bestselling author Adam Grant interviews Marcus Buckingham. In this interview, Marcus reveals what the best managers do and answers some tough questions around strengths and feedback — does it work?