Diversity & Inclusion. It’s not enough to check off the diversity box. Diversity is the what, inclusion is the how, and diversity doesn’t work without inclusion,” said Rita Mitjans , chief diversity and corporate social responsibility officer at ADP. MORE

Roughly 450 HR-technology product and service providers exhibited their solutions, including during the first-ever Pitchfest, an interactive competition introducing start-up HR-tech products. This is the landscape on which vendors are developing their products today.”. MORE

RitaMitjans : Mom, Harvard ’90, Chief Diversity & Corporate Social Responsibility Officer. aoutwater : Sr Director of Marketing for ADP DataCloud Big Data & Analytics (tweets are my own), youth baseball coach, Kayaker/Backpacker, Go Jumbos. Equal Housing Lender. MORE

There will be a renewed focus on employee productivity and well-being, and the rise of AI-driven HR tech will make the HR more agile and efficient. This prediction is based on the renewed focus on diversity in the workplace. Diverse organizations work better. MORE

Highlights of the Talent and Performance Management Survey: When survey takers were asked if they expect to face shortages of talent in areas that will impact their productivity or success in 2016, the majority (71.4%) answered “Yes.”. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). MORE

I particularly enjoyed the session delivered by Great Place to Work ®’ s Sarah Lewis-Kulin , vice president certification production. This illustrates a growing trend in HR and business to focus on more than diversity for the sake of compliance. MORE

Even though HR is known to be a female dominated profession, there’s still much room for improvement in the top C-suite positions, especially when it comes to closing the gender pay gap (something we will know in more detail following data received from the Equal Pay Day 2018 deadline). Anada Lakra , Entrepreneur & Product Person. Amy Wilson , SVP Products at SAP SuccessFactors. Dara Brenner , Vice President, Product Management. MORE