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The leadership readiness gap: Why succession planning isn’t enough

The leadership readiness gap: Why succession planning isn’t enough

Organizations often identify high-potential leaders and create succession plans but still lack confidence in their bench — DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast 2025 finds 80% of organizations feel unprepared. The core issue is a leadership readiness gap: readiness is contextual and requires intentional

Chief Learning Officer by Elizabeth Loutfi-Hipchen
06 Oct 2026
Transgender former EEOC employee may proceed with bias lawsuit, judge says

Transgender former EEOC employee may proceed with bias lawsuit, judge says

A judge has allowed a transgender former EEOC employee to proceed with a bias lawsuit against the agency. The court found the complaint plausibly showed the commission, under Chair Andrea Lucas, maintained a hostile work environment.

HR Dive by Ryan Golden
05 Oct 2026
Trump administration revamps insurer price transparency reporting

Trump administration revamps insurer price transparency reporting

The Trump administration’s HHS, Labor and Treasury Departments finalized a rule on Monday overhauling insurer price-transparency reporting to remove “junk” entries and tighten disclosure requirements. Employers applauded the clearer, streamlined cost information, while insurers gave a mixed response

HR Dive by Rebecca Pifer Parduhn
05 Oct 2026
Settled: 7 lawsuits employers resolved in September

Settled: 7 lawsuits employers resolved in September

In September employers resolved seven lawsuits, including two high‑profile cases in which companies paid millions to settle claims that their diversity, equity and inclusion programs were discriminatory. The settlements highlight continued legal scrutiny of workplace DEI initiatives and the financia

HR Dive by Ryan Golden
05 Oct 2026
Holiday hiring is getting ‘smaller and more surgical’

Holiday hiring is getting ‘smaller and more surgical’

Heading into the holiday season, many of the largest U.S. companies are scaling back and targeting hires more narrowly, favoring smaller, more "surgical" additions over broad seasonal ramp-ups. Companies are largely keeping quiet about Q4 plans as fragile consumer confidence and changing staffing mo

HR Dive by Lara Ewen
05 Oct 2026
Employers need to be prepared for accidental overdoses on jobsites

Employers need to be prepared for accidental overdoses on jobsites

Associated Builders and Contractors’ vice president of human resources urges employers to treat accidental overdoses as a foreseeable workplace hazard and to include Naloxone and response training in standard first-aid protocols. Framing overdose preparedness like any other safety measure ensures fa

HR Dive by DeAnna Thomas
05 Oct 2026
Week in review: The Gen Z communication divide

Week in review: The Gen Z communication divide

This week’s roundup examines the growing communication divide with Gen Z — how differing preferences and expectations are reshaping workplace and recruiting interactions. It also explores why the current job hunt feels especially draining, from prolonged processes and stiff competition to shifting c

HR Dive by Kathryn Moody
05 Oct 2026
Sirius XM beats allegations of AI-fueled racial bias

Sirius XM beats allegations of AI-fueled racial bias

Sirius XM prevailed against claims that its AI-driven hiring tools produced racially biased outcomes. The plaintiff had applied to about 150 positions, and the company pointed to application issues — including use of multiple addresses and other inconsistencies — as legitimate reasons for not hiring

HR Dive by Caroline Colvin
05 Oct 2026
Rehearsal Intelligence: Using Digital Twins for Crisis Readiness

Rehearsal Intelligence: Using Digital Twins for Crisis Readiness

High-profile incidents like CrowdStrike’s faulty update and the Change Healthcare breach caused cascading outages and over $7 billion in documented losses, revealing that many organizations hadn’t rehearsed their responses. "Rehearsal Intelligence"—using real-time digital twins, dynamic virtual repl

MIT Sloan Management Review by Massimo Pani. Massimo Pani is a senior officer in the Italian Carabinieri Corps, currently serving as a security expert at the Italian Embassy in Skopje, North Macedonia. He advises ambassadors, minis
05 Oct 2026
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