Success is often defined by growth, financial performance, and visible accomplishments. Yet for many leaders, there comes a point when those external markers no longer provide the fulfillment they once promised. As organizations expand, responsibilities increase, and expectations grow, leaders are f...

HR is failing when we look at problems narrowly: accepting a manager's convenient opinion that the employee is the problem. This episode looks at how human resources professionals can properly diagnose whether a team issue stems from the employee, the manager, or the system they both work within. De...

Most of us spend our days heads-down focusing on our immediate work - compensation, hiring, performance management, employee issues... But HR leaders need to look up - and out. To build a strong workforce strategy, we must look beyond organizational boundaries to anticipate macroeconomic, political,...

The war with Iran has entered what Robert Pape, Professor at the University of Chicago, calls the "spiral phase" — a dynamic that's both vertical, with harsher strikes on both sides, and horizontal, with the Red Sea now pulled into the conflict via a Houthi blockade. This week brings the death of th...

Global Hiring Just Got Real for SMBs: How isolved and Remote Are Making It Work Global hiring used to mean local entities, legal headaches, and a stack of disconnected systems. Not anymore. isolved and Remote are partnering to bring enterprise-grade international hiring to small and midsized busines...

In Episode 211 of It’s About Payroll, Brian Escobar and Walt Duncan review the biggest conversations and lessons from Season 17 while examining where the payroll profession is heading next. Walt opens with an important reminder to continue helping and encouraging others, even while navigating person...