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Unconventional Perks That Actually Boost Retention
In today’s tight labor market, traditional perks like free snacks or standard health insurance packages aren’t enough to keep top performers from walking out the door. In the post-COVID years,…
How Leaders Can Inspire Trust Without Oversharing
Research consistently shows that high-trust organizations enjoy significantly better outcomes, with employees reporting lower stress, higher productivity, and stronger engagement when trust is present. Yet trust has a fragile foundation:…
The HR Budget Trap: How to Spot (and Stop) Wasted Spend
Year after year, well-intentioned HR budgets leak value through hidden cracks: unused subscriptions, redundant processes, poorly structured benefits, and tech sprawl that siphons dollars without lifting performance. The result? HR…
What We’re Reading: 12 by Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter
The new year is a time when many organizations will reflect on performance, engagement and leadership capability, and with this in mind it felt fitting to choose a book that…
OrgShakers Welcomes Jenn Oswald
OrgShakers is delighted to welcome Jenn Oswald to our global team of senior People & Culture experts. Jenn joins with 25 years of experience helping early‑stage and high‑growth companies establish…
Rethinking Flexibility: How Smarter Work Design Can Boost Performance
In recent years, flexibility has evolved from a ‘nice-to-have’ perk into a strategic performance enabler. With the pandemic acting as a sudden catalyst for remote and hybrid working, flexibility was…
Leaving Behind the Silence That Surrounds Financial Wellbeing
As we look toward 2026, one truth has become increasingly clear: financial wellbeing is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’ …it’s a core part of good work. For too long, employers have…
Marquis Who’s Who Honours David Fairhurst as a Global Leader in HR
We are very proud to see that our Founder and CEO David Fairhurst has been elected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes,…
The New Role of Trust in the Workplace
For years, trust in the workplace has been a background hum threaded through strategy, performance, and culture work. In the last year, the dull roar seems to have morphed into…
What Should Employers Leave in 2025?
Each year, we like to ask the OrgShakers team what practices and mindsets they believe employers should be leaving behind in the year that has passed to help them begin…
What We’re Reading: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
As we head into December, we wanted our final read of the year to feel seasonally appropriate while still delivering meaningful insights for leaders and HR professionals. And after looking…
Don’t Let Wisdom Walk Away: The Hidden Art of Knowledge Interviews
Every organization has been there; that moment when a key employee moves on, and suddenly we realize how much of their knowledge existed only in their head. It’s not just…
