Analysts hail AI training partnership between Stellantis and Microsoft

The importance of staff training to use the latest technologies is paramount to maintain levels of productivity, an analyst said.

By Paul Myles • April 30, 2026

Uber Freight director: A mentor is a springboard toward success

Gaining workplace visibility by demonstrating skills is also critical for career development, Olivia Hu, senior director of autonomous trucking and electrification, said.

By Kelly Stroh • April 29, 2026

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Top trends in leadership development

With hiring on the back burner, the pressure is on L&D professionals to upskill the leadership team while also looking internally for the leaders of tomorrow. 

By HR Dive staff

Is career agency the next frontier in employee development?

Career agency means partnering with workers to embrace uncertainty, to experiment and to make data-informed choices, a workplace development expert said.

By Ginger Christ • April 28, 2026

Why investing in leaders strengthens organizations

Research consistently shows that leadership quality has a direct impact on employee engagement, retention and organizational performance, writes an HR leader in the entertainment industry.

By Jerame Johnson • April 28, 2026

The greatest AI challenges are not technical—they are human

AI adoption is accelerating, but leadership judgment will determine its impact.

April 27, 2026

Employers hesitate to train high-turnover workers — but training may strengthen retention

Employer-provided training “may be reinforcing, rather than narrowing, existing gaps in the labor market,” Indeed Hiring Lab said in its analysis.

By Kathryn Moody • April 21, 2026

Leaders may be overspending on tech and underspending on talent

“New tools alone don’t drive performance,” a deputy chair and managing principal from KPMG US said. 

By Caroline Colvin • April 21, 2026

Why AI readiness training fails

Organizational friction over artificial intelligence isn’t the fault of employees but rather poor change management, experts told HR Dive.

By Jen A. Miller • April 15, 2026

What makes a culture of learning?

Employers working to implement a learning culture often struggle to get employees to use provided learning programs, research shows.

By Kathryn Moody • April 14, 2026

What Gen Z wants — and needs — to learn at work

Young workers crave workplace experiences that can’t be digitized, recent reports showed.

By Kathryn Moody • April 7, 2026

AI may threaten critical thinking in the workplace

Human capital as a whole is at risk due to AI use at work, according to University of Bath researchers.

By Caroline Colvin • April 7, 2026

Gen Z interns want practical experiences that can’t be digitized, survey finds

Younger workers are “doubling down on judgment, creativity and adaptability — the skills AI can’t replace,” a KPMG U.S. expert said.

By Laurel Kalser • April 3, 2026

Workers don’t know how to use AI — and companies are to blame, research finds

There’s an “alarming” lack of proficiency when it comes to workers’ understanding of artificial intelligence, a principal analyst at Forrester said.

By Lara Ewen • April 1, 2026

Nearly half of firms willing to pay 11% to 15% premium for AI skills

The urgency is growing as deployment of AI agents reaches a tipping point, a KPMG survey found.

By Alexei Alexis • March 31, 2026

Onboarding needs to focus on worker support, not policy review, report says

Onboarding is a key aspect of the employee lifecycle that is often overlooked, per Talogy, a talent management provider.

By Kathryn Moody • March 31, 2026

Poor management is driving workers away, report shows

A report from Aerotek shows a wide range of factors influencing the job search in Q1 2026, including an interest in skilled trades.

By Caroline Colvin • March 26, 2026

DOL launches free text message-based AI literacy course

The “Make America AI-Ready” initiative is part of a larger governmental push to retrain U.S. workers displaced by artificial intelligence.

By Lara Ewen • March 26, 2026

How AI is spurring demand for skilled trade workers — not displacing them

“The digital revolution underway has a physical foundation,” Randstad CEO Sander van ’t Noordende said.

By Caroline Colvin • March 24, 2026

Leaders report a ‘growing gap’ between what’s expected of them and the support they receive

Most leaders say they perform work outside of their primary roles, according to new research from the American Management Association.

By Lara Ewen • March 24, 2026

Employees say AI does more harm than good

There’s a “growing concern about the pace of AI adoption and a clear gap in employer support,” according to a Jobs for the Future vice president.

By Ginger Christ • March 17, 2026

Skills-based talent practices can create $125K in ROI per worker, report says

The research, which focused on the cybersecurity field, highlights what other studies have said: L&D is key to both retention and fixing skill gaps.

By Kathryn Moody • March 17, 2026

5 stories on the skills evolution

Companies say they want artificial intelligence skills, but their training efforts aren’t keeping pace, reports show.

By Ginger Christ • March 10, 2026

5 reasons your leadership training programs fail

Your leaders aren't the problem. The system around them is.

By David Ward • March 9, 2026

Leaders say AI skills now are as fundamental as the ability to write

Yet about half of those surveyed said there are “significant” skills gaps within their company.

By Ginger Christ • March 3, 2026

DOL provides $81M for training of formerly incarcerated individuals

The agency said the funding is aimed at helping people gain experience and secure employment in skilled trades and high-demand industries like manufacturing.

By Jeffrey Kinney • March 3, 2026