3Sixty Insights’ Nicole Roberts on Moving Beyond Traditional Best Practices In a recent article published by UNLEASH, industry analysts explored how leading organizations are redefining what it means to be a high-performing business. Among the contributors was Nicole Roberts, Industry […]
For HR leaders, compliance demands are expanding rapidly while governance and technology investments lag behind, according to a recent report. Three in four (75%) respondents say their compliance needs have changed, according to a survey of 500 U.S. professionals across […]
This infographic highlights how MacLean-Fogg transformed employee engagement and retention by implementing Quantum Workplace. By reducing survey completion time from 30–40 minutes to just 5–10 minutes and expanding response methods through email, text, and QR codes, the organization increased participation […]
What You Need to Know For manufacturers, building a highly engaged and high-performing workforce is a business imperative. When both are strong, output, retention, and results follow. However, hearing from and gathering feedback from this kind of workforce can be […]
This infographic explores the growing reality of “Shadow AI” in the workplace, where employees are already adopting AI tools independently due to unclear organizational guidance and governance. It highlights how the absence of a defined AI strategy creates exposure across […]
Most workforce management strategies are built for predictability. Maybe that’s the problem. In 2026, that thinking may now be a liability as the defining WFM challenges instead seem to be managing what dashboards can’t show you, AI workforce transformation is […]
Leadership training is one of the most common investments organizations make, but it is also one of the easiest to get wrong. Many companies track attendance, but few measure whether managers actually lead differently afterward. In this episode of HR […]
Across a recent 3Sixty Insights survey of 500 respondents, sentiment about HR and organizational health looked strong on the surface. While 75% of respondents—with 2 in 5 (38%) employed in HR—said they were satisfied with HR’s performance and their company’s […]
In today’s software and technology landscape, one question continues to surface in our conversations with vendors and service providers: who is truly winning? Historically, this was a relatively straightforward question to answer. There were always clear market leaders, organizations that […]
At 3Sixty Insights, we have a dedicated practice focused on HR, Benefits, and Payroll. Over the past several years, we have seen a clear shift in how organizations in this space position themselves in the market. The messaging has evolved […]
What It Is Early this week, Salary.com announced its new Max model, an AI layer for compensation workflows. Max is the latest addition to the CompAnalyst AI Suite and represents the company’s most significant product evolution since its founding in […]
I really liked this recent report from UKG, More Perspectives from the Frontline Workforce, which echoed topics CEO Jenn Morgan raised during UKG’s Analyst Day, where she didn’t shy away from the stark challenges facing the US economy and workforce […]
What You Need to Know Mergers and acquisitions are a powerful growth strategy, particularly from a workforce perspective. Acquiring an established business allows a parent company to inherit an experienced workforce in a new territory rather than building one from […]
All business leaders have been there: a candidate looks great on paper, so you invest in hiring them, but once on board, they fail to meet expectations. 50% of today’s workers are digital natives, and with this number expected to […]
For the better part of the last decade, Wednesdays have followed a simple pattern in my household. Somewhere between the workday winding down and the week feeling just long enough, my family and I head out to dinner. It is […]
The future of work is no longer a theoretical concept touching artificial intelligence, remote work or skills transformation. Instead, it has become an operational reality at a time when managers are stretched beyond capacity, employee engagement is declining, compliance complexity […]
In more than one phone call with customers, vendors, or other analysts in the HR technology industry, I’ve heard the claim that it’s hard to do business in the state of California. According to these conversations, the state is riddled […]
California is increasingly operating under labor structures that require employers to manage compliance with far greater precision than federal standards alone. Higher minimum wages, daily overtime thresholds, and strict meal and rest break requirements mean compliance is no longer just […]
The EU Pay Transparency Directive is a new set of rules that says companies operating in the European Union must be more transparent and consistent about pay, particularly to reduce unfair pay gaps, most notably gender pay gaps. Instead of […]
Analyst Overview Nicole brings more than 20 years of senior HR leadership experience, including serving as Chief People Officer and the first HR executive at several high-growth, private-equity–backed, and multi-site organizations. She has built HR functions from the ground up, […]