Emma is a hardworking professional who has a graduate degree from a prestigious institution and works in the marketing department of a well-known firm. She … Read more
Fostering Resilience During Uncertainty: How HR Leaders Can Support Team Communication and Connection During Social Distancing
Effective team communication is always important, but it is now imperative as more people begin working from home or other remote locations to reduce … Read more
The Rules of Engaging Remote Teams
What can organizations that are thrust into remote work learn from those that have been doing it for a long time? As Will Warren, engineering manager for … Read more
How HR Can Lead During the Coronavirus Outbreak
As the novel coronavirus spreads across the globe, the business world has been grappling with how to respond. Reactions have been mixed: numerous … Read more
Why Employee Recognition Programs Fail
Acknowledging your employee’s hard work is crucial to a smooth-running workplace. However, if it isn’t implemented correctly, a company can quickly see its … Read more
Why It’s Time for Organizations to Evolve to Holistic HR
In the not too distant past, employees would show up for work in the morning, check their personal lives at the door, duly complete eight hours of work, … Read more
How HR Can Prepare For COVID-19
In late February, the Center for Disease Control warned businesses and employers to start planning for and responding to the spread of the coronavirus. … Read more
3 Ways to Keep Business Travel from Burning Out Employees
Employee burnout is on the rise, with some estimates as high as $323 billion as the annual cost of burnout to the global economy. Business travel is often … Read more
4 HR and Workforce Leadership Strategies for COVID-19
Editor’s Note: We are bringing back a feature to TLNT. From the Energy Files by Dr. Theresa Welbourne covers the millions of data points on employee … Read more
5 Ways to Develop an Innovative Attitude Towards Employee Relations
As life gets more complicated, rarely anything is what it seems and what we use to regard as undeniable facts are now reduced to individual opinions. … Read more
Why HR Needs to Take a Stand Against Jerks at Work
Workplaces are supposed to be places of collaboration. But, for anyone who has been in HR for a hot minute, it’s not always like that. Racism, … Read more
Multitasking: It’s Time to Make This Productivity Myth Go Away for Good
It’s a trap! Despite what you’ve heard, multitasking will not make you more productive. The term ‘multitasking’ was coined in the … Read more
6 Steps to Becoming a More Emotionally Intelligent Leader
What makes a good leader? For too long, the answer to that question has focused on qualities such as vision, ambition, drive, and experience. Yes, those … Read more
Putting HR at the Center of the Customer Experience
How can you advance your HR career and make an impact on your organization? By moving HR toward the customer — the ones who pay the bills. “As HR … Read more
Coronavirus: 3 Things You Can Do to Prepare Your Organization for the Unexpected
Being global has great advantages to an organization. It also creates great challenges. Disasters or epidemics from other parts of the world can quickly … Read more
5 Success Skills Every Leader Needs to Instill in Their Employees
Every successful executive has developed their own leadership style over time. Leaders know that whether it is done by example, by sweeping fiat, or by … Read more
If Dr. Seuss Wrote About Payroll
Today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and to celebrate, I thought of a fun way to combine some of Dr. Seuss’s beloved works with the world of payroll. … Read more
It’s a Leap Year! What Will You Do With Your Extra Day Tomorrow?
Now, I’ve been known to say, “If I only had one more day to… (insert any number of tasks here).” This year is one of those years where I get to put my … Read more
3 Essential Strategies for Creating an Inclusive Workplace
The workplace is undergoing a massive transformation with an emphasis on building inclusivity. Many companies are readily championing a diverse workforce, … Read more
Violence at Work: What HR Can and Should Do
Last summer, a man who had been fired by Walmart shot and killed a store manager and a supervisor. Last fall, another recently discharged employee shot 29 … Read more