August 2025
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Letter from the Editor: Boosting Morale This August
By Kathleen Hedrick, Associate Editor Newswire
Here are some straightforward and impactful strategies your HR team can implement this August to boost morale and foster a positive work environment. Read More.
The New-Collar Workforce Is Here — Is HR Ready?
By Dr. Kate Hill
The post-remote work environment of 2025 is fast becoming known as the beginning of the age of the new collar worker, with firms like Apple, Bank of America, Cleveland Clinic, Delta Airlines, Google, and Tesla hastily creating new collar jobs with specialized workplace factors integral to modern technology, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and logistics industries. The widespread success of these highly specialized workers is increasing the bottom line of innovative companies and reshaping economies, remaking talent searches, and shaking up traditional HR processes. Read More.
Leadership For Today
By Edwin Mouriño, Ph.D.
Today’s workforce is expecting their leaders to care for them, and this is going to require leaders to use their minds. We have learned from those who study neuroscience, neuropsychology, and NeuroLeadership that our brains need a leader to create environments that feel safe and secure. Today’s workers need leaders who communicate well, facilitate understanding, and create fair and transparent processes, so that our brains do not waste precious effort in guessing or trying to understand what to do next. Read More.
Future-Ready HR Skills For 2025 and Beyond
2025 will be a year of transformative change driven by disruptive forces reshaping the world of work. HR must be prepared to lead the way as it stands at the forefront of these shifts. From the evolving technology and AI revolution, to navigating shifting talent dynamics and redefining strategies for change, HR’s role will be pivotal. Read More.
Currency of Leadership
By Tricia Manning, PCC
In leadership, we often think of legacy as something we leave behind. A title. A project. A metric of success. But legacy is also how you make people feel. Read More.
HR CONNECTIONS
Moment of Inspiration
“”You can have the best strategy and the best building in the world, but if you don’t have the hearts and minds of the people who work with you, none of it comes to life.”” — Renee West
Community Spotlight – District 8
By Brian Sauls
District 8 is Great! Exciting things continue to happen when great minds come together. In April, SHRM Charlotte County, SHRM Collier County, and SHRM SWFL collaborated as co-sponsors of the Tri-County Conference held at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. Read More.
Find a Chapter Near You
SHRM Florida is a community of 28 professional chapters and a growing number of student chapters organized into 10 districts Visit Visit Chapters and Chapter Presidents SHRM Florida to find a Chapter near you!
What’s Happening in Your Local Area?
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If you are an affiliated chapter within the state of Florida and wish to post an event, please email Kathy Scott at [email protected].
SHRM Florida Career Center
Looking for HR talent to grow your team? Seeking your next career opportunity? This dynamic platform serves as a centralized hub where job seekers and employers can connect, creating a seamless experience for talent acquisition in the Sunshine State. Visit the SHRM Florida Career Center at careers.hrflorida.org and explore the possibilities today. Read More.
Upcoming SHRM National Events
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