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Aug 27, 2021

A Major Tech Gap Could Impede the Hybrid Work Transition

Forbes | When many workplaces were forced to go virtual in early 2020, the tools and technology they needed already existed. The main challenge was adopting them quickly and updating longstanding processes. For a workplace where some employees are together in the same office and some aren’t, there’s a significant gap in communication, productivity and engagement tools.

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Aug 16, 2021

How ‘Gray Collar’ Workers Became the Overlooked Essential Employee

Employee Benefit News | “They have been hiding in plain sight,” says Cecile Alper-Leroux, vice president at research and innovation company UKG. “This huge, critical labor force.” The term “gray collar” was first coined in 2004 and compared to its blue and white counterparts, it is entirely a product of a modernized workforce.

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Aug 5, 2021

Relinquish Outdated Management Models to Power People the Right Way

Forbes | Cecile Alper-Leroux, a 20+-year HR tech veteran, is UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) Group VP of Research and Innovation. While academic theorists have for some time championed the idea that a company’s primary stakeholder is its employees, the multiple crises of the past year and a half have elevated just how vital people are to our overall economic and business survival.

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Apr 27, 2021

HR and HCM Tech are Vital to Navigate a Changing Workplace

Forbes Technology Council | The major challenge for organizations this year will be responding to a workplace and a workforce that have changed more dramatically and fundamentally than we’ve seen in recent history. The choices companies make in the next six months will define their success and growth — or lack thereof — for the long-term.

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Apr 21, 2021

Insider View: UKG CEO Aron Ain Talks Trust, Talent and Togetherness

Boston Business Journal | An excerpt of a recent conversation with Aron Ain, CEO and chairman of Ultimate Kronos Group, or UKG, and the author of "Work Inspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work."

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Apr 9, 2021

How the Best Workplaces in Technology Plan to go from Virtual to Hybrid Workplaces

Fortune | Aron Ain is a face-to-face kind of leader. The CEO of HR and workforce management software company UKG likes being in the same room with people, connecting in that way only handshakes and hugs can accomplish. So COVID has been a challenge for him. Especially because 2020 turned out to be the year his former company, Kronos, merged with Ultimate Software to create UKG.