Perspectives: The September Slump
Understanding and preparing for a seasonal shift that impacts every HR team
Even the most high-performing teams go into slumps – often at inconvenient times.
The September slump spares no one, creeping in as summer closes and employee engagement wanes. From starting pitchers to the stock market, everyone seems to suffer as school gets back in session and shorter days set in.
But the most resilient organizations minimize the damage by recognizing the reasons behind performance dips, preparing for them, and helping employees offset their effects before crunch time (Q4).
HR teams and business leaders looking to sustain engagement and production should consider the causes first. In this month’s webinar, our expert panel will cover factors like vacation hangover, seasonal depression, shift in work-life balance, and energy depletion.
Join us to:
- Identify the early warning signs and root causes of the September Slump.
- Learn proven intervention strategies to proactively prevent engagement dips before they impact performance.
- Evaluate different approaches for diverse employee populations, including remote workers, working parents, and global teams.
- Develop partnership strategies with managers and leaders to create organization-wide support for fall transition planning.
- Create sustainable practices that protect your own HR team’s energy while supporting the broader organization
Bonus for our live attendees… tune in for 1 HRCI and 1 SHRM credit!
Panelists
she/her
Founder & CEO,
ThinkHuman
he/him
Strategic Renewals and Expansion Manager, The Predictive Index
she/her
Founder,
HER Collective
he/him
Vice President and The Godfather of Talent Optimization,
The Predictive Index
Hema Crockett, she/her
Co-Founder, Gig Talent
Jackie Dube, she/her
SVP of People Operations
Explore other episodes
Perspectives: Walking the Line
How HR Leaders Thrive in the Messy Middle HR professionals occupy the most challenging position in any organization: caught between competing demands, conflicting priorities, and impossible expectations. You’re simultaneously advocating for employees while executing executive directives, fostering caring culture while driving performance metrics, and managing feuding managers while maintaining your own well-being. From RTO mandates…
Perspectives: How HR Creates Stability in an Unstable World
How to build predictable performance, engagement, and retention when everything keeps changing. Employees are standing on shaky ground, and they know it. After years of chasing purpose and perks, today’s workforce is sending a clear signal: “We need stability more than we need ping-pong tables in the break room.” Recent research from Perceptyx and Deloitte…
Perspectives: Employee Engagement That Works in 2026
The Ultimate Playbook for Motivation, Performance & Retention With AI disruption, economic uncertainty, shifting expectations around flexibility, and rising burnout, employee engagement is a mission-critical issue in organizations today. Teams are being asked to do more amid constant change, and while many organizations are investing in engagement, they’re still seeing “quiet disengagement,” lower discretionary effort,…