A diverse workforce breeds new ideas, angles, and developments. With fresh perspective comes creativity, a crucial asset for growth in any industry. It is important to recognize the achievements of those that bring such diversity and innovation to the table. Many technology industries suffer from a lack of a female workforce, however, the HR and HR Tech realm has a large female demographic. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2015 data, women make up 73% of HR practitioners at the managerial level. With such a strong presence in Human Resources, we felt it our obligation to celebrate the women leading the pack in HR and HR Technology.

HR technology is changing, and the corresponding HR practices are changing right along with it. Think back 20, 10 or even 5 years ago. Do you still follow the same processes? Are the systems you once used still current and the key to helping with those tedious tasks? Most likely not. In just a few short years, so much has changed that is seems impossible to keep up with the “Joneses” or to even know what works and what doesn’t.

Gallup reports only 32.5% of U.S. employees are engaged in their work, which is a shame, because engagement lays the foundation for improving employee performance. Gallup also reports at least 70% of variance in employee engagement can be attributed to managers.