For years, companies have treated employee experience like a checklist. Free snacks. A ping-pong table. Unlimited PTO that nobody actually takes. A wellness app that nobody opens after the second week. For a while, it seemed to work, or at least it looked like it did. Engagement scores went up. HR teams celebrated. But then some of the same employees …
AI Won’t Fix Employee Burnout, Unless Leaders Rethink What They Do With the Time It Saves
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how work gets done. It can draft documents, summarize meetings, analyze information, organize data, and handle repetitive tasks in a fraction of the time. For employees, that sounds like good news: less routine work and more time for valuable work. But saving time is only the beginning. What if AI’s biggest return isn’t efficiency, but …
The Hidden Cost of Employee Burnout and What Remarkable Leaders Can Do About It
Employee burnout is often treated as a personal problem. An employee feels exhausted, loses motivation, or struggles to keep up with work. But burnout does not affect employees alone. It can also affect productivity, teamwork, employee retention, workplace culture, and overall business performance. This is why burnout should be more than an HR concern. It is also a leadership issue. …
Awarded Top 15 Coaches In Orlando- 2022
Top Coaches in Orlando 2022 Located in the state of Florida, Orlando has earned its fame for its entertaining theme parks, but it is also renowned for its excellent quality of life and culture. Influence Digest has recognized the President of Authentic Culture & Engagement Solutions, Deloria Nelson as being one of the top coaches in Orlando. Deloria has been …
The Death of Trust
Written by Deloria Nelson Streete In my city, the circumstances surrounding the death of 22-year old Nevan Baker are puzzling. The Orlando Police Department says they “exhausted all leads” in the case and found no evidence of foul play. However, it is said that Nevan was found with his hands tied, teeth missing, and face bruised. In this case, …
Navigating the tumultuous waters of race relations and politics in 2016
Merriam Webster defines tumultuous as marked by tumult : loud, excited, and emotional. Other definitions include words like passionate,intense, explosive and deafening. I think most of us would agree that all or some of those words and the emotions associated with them is what causes most people to avoid or ignore any conversation that would tread into those murky waters. …
The Color Blind Conundrum
Conundrum is defined as a puzzle or as something confusing. As an African American woman, HR Practitioner and Diversity & Inclusion Advocate I have often been confused by well-intended colleagues who tell me that they were raised to be color-blind and they don’t see my race or color. I’d like to discuss why this statement confuses me: Studies show that …