Insights, ideas, and updates from SMPHR — leadership, mentorship, compliance, and the people work that moves HR forward.
Welcome to the SMPHR blog — the place where our community thinks out loud about leadership, mentorship, the future of work, and what it takes to build a more inclusive HR profession here in St. Louis.
Everything you'll read here is written by and for working HR professionals: our members, our committees, and the people leaders shaping this field every day. Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned CHRO, we hope you find something that challenges you, encourages you, and reminds you that you're not doing this work alone.
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EEOC makes its DEI stance official, AI still can't read the room on performance reviews, and global engagement just hit a five-year low.
Read article →The EEOC rewrites its affirmative-action playbook, AI now drives more layoffs than the economy does, and hiring managers are rewriting the job description itself.
HR's identity crisis, Virginia's new pay-transparency law, and the AI patchwork nobody's tracking — plus what's new in the Learning Lab.
SHRM's CEO called it: HR is facing an extinction moment. Here's what happened at SHRM26, why AI lawsuits are landing, and what's new in the Learning Lab.
HR is under pressure — AI compliance is fragmenting, EEO-1 is on the chopping block, and CHROs are fighting to stay at the table. Here's what matters this week.
Federal AI legislation is moving fast, the EEOC is retreating on workforce data, and the CHRO Roundtable is one week away.
Colorado rewrites its AI hiring law, EU pay transparency misses its deadline, and three state compliance deadlines land this week.
AI just became HR's #1 compliance concern, SHRM drops its 2026 AI adoption report, and your next SMPHR event is three weeks away.
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