Resources
Workplace research, data, guides, and summaries to support thoughtful decisions about people and organizational performance.
A structured review of the conditions behind performance, with evidence prompts, a decision worksheet, and follow-through commitments.
By Lara Blackert · Companion to Employees Get Performance Reviews. Organizations Should Too.
A shared mandate worksheet, reciprocal commitments, and a 30-, 60-, and 90-day review guide for incoming executives and their sponsors.
By Lara Blackert · Companion to Executive Assimilation Is a Two-Way Responsibility
A practical planner connecting AI investment decisions to capacity, redeployment, funded transition pathways, and measurable outcomes.
By Lara Blackert · Companion to The CHRO’s Role in AI Must Include What Happens to People Next
August 2026 hiring and employment, including the October 2 BLS payroll revisions: August +133,000, July -10,000, and a combined downward revision of 60,000. Includes research on graduate employment, AI transformation, and software job postings.
Lara Blackert | The Discipline of Better
Updated with August JOLTS data and the October 2 BLS payroll revisions. The August 2026 employment gap is 2.61 million jobs below the 2023-24 historical-pace baseline. Examines hiring, employment growth, and access to work, with implications for workforce decisions.
Blackert Enterprise Advisory
July 2026 edition, revised September 30, 2026. A visual overview of labor demand, job access, recent-graduate employment, and AI exposure across occupations.
