Every year on July 26th, we celebrate National Disability Independence Day, commemorating the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. This landmark legislation has profoundly transformed the landscape of human resources (HR) and human capital management, including our practices at Pathway Design Group. Understanding the ADA The ADA was enacted to ensure…
26Jul
28Sep
Today we want to turn things, as we often do, back around to one of our favorite words: Empathy! Everyone goes through rough patches at work. Whether duties get more difficult, motivation levels change, or outside factors interfere with performance, it can cause a variety of problems for a variety of different people. So how…
3Mar
Hello again, and welcome back! One of the hottest topics in Human Resources right now is mental health, and for good reason. According to the CDC: “Mental health disorders are among the most burdensome health concerns in the United States. Nearly 1 in 5 US adults aged 18 or older (18.3% or 44.7 million people)…
23Nov
Welcome back! It’s not exactly revolutionary to say that the pandemic changed a lot of things about workplace life… but it continues to prove true. One thing that has become increasingly more obvious to workplace professionals is that the old ways of hiring are becoming less and less successful and that a new approach has…
28Oct
How Empathy Can Help with Employee Burnout Hello again! We’re glad you’ve found your way back to the Pathway Blog, because this time we’re chatting about one of our favorite words: empathy. And, even better, we’re using empathy to deal with one of our least-favorite words: burnout. Everyone gets tired here and there — that’s…
30Sep
What is “Toxic Positivity,” and how can it negatively affect the workplace? Welcome back to the Pathway Design Group blog! We’re excited to get back into the swing of things, using this space to dig into the beautiful complexities that make up human resources and how organizations can thrive by focusing on the people who…
20Jul
Hello again! We’re back with another blog post and excited to delve deeper into the importance of including empathy in the workplace. If you’ve been paying attention to the news recently, you may have noticed a lot of buzz about the post-COVID shift back into the traditional office setting. This transition, as with many things…