Understanding and managing workforce turnover is becoming more scientific. This is great news because turnover – especially voluntary turnover – has real … Read more
What to do When A Worker Dies On The Job
Note: This is the second of two articles on being prepared in the event the worst happens. The first article (here) dealt with the sudden death of a key … Read more
What Would Happen If Your CEO Died?
Note: This is part one of two parts. Today’s article focuses on corporate readiness for a sudden loss of key leaders. Tomorrow’s article … Read more
Get Those Goals Down to a Final Four
If you are a college basketball fan like I am, when you hear the words “Final Four,” you smile. I hope that, after reading and applying what I am sharing … Read more
How Cisco Is Getting to Know Each of Its 70,000 Employees
Boston’s Fenway Park seats an average of 37,000 people. Sell Fenway Park out twice and that’s roughly the number of employees at Cisco Systems. Imagine, … Read more
5 Signs That Point to An Employee About to Quit
Every employer knows that recruiting the best and brightest is tough. What’s even tougher is having to replace them. One of the best ways to retain … Read more
A Simple Way For HR to Plan for the Retirement Tsunami
A popular topic is the possible tsunami of retirements which could leave our organizations desperately short of talent. It’s a delicious topic because … Read more
Use Your Turnover to Know If You Have a Problem
High employee turnover hurts the business bottom line. It’s estimated that the average cost of a lost employee is 38% of the employee’s annual … Read more
Wake Up, HR! Your Talent Supply Chain Has a Problem
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth of 12 essays from the new book, The Rise of HR; Wisdom From 73 Thoughts Leaders. It’s compiled by Dave Ulrich, Bill … Read more
Of All a Company’s Functions, HR Is the Guardian of the Future
Editor’s Note: This is the second of 12 essays from the new book, The Rise of HR; Wisdom From 73 Thoughts Leaders. It’s compiled by Dave Ulrich, Bill … Read more
Studies Show the Shaky Educational Foundation of Our Gen Y Workforce
It’s the definition of a counter-intuitive statement: The Millennial generation has attained the highest levels of education of any previous American … Read more
New Ways of Working Report: Road Map For How Workplace Will Evolve
New Ways of Working, a report released last month by The B Team and Virgin Unite, offers up some provoking insights by businesses and The People Innovation … Read more
Predicting What the Global Workplace Will Look Like in 2030
CBRE and Genesis recently released a report — Fast Forward 2030: The Future of Work and the Workplace — which provides meaningful insight on … Read more
Is This Really How the World of HR Will Look in 2022?
Editor’s Note: It’s a TLNT annual tradition to count down the most popular posts of the year. This is No. 46. Our regular content will return … Read more
Is This Really How the World of HR Will Look in 2022?
The world of workplace rewards in 2022 may feature scary aspects where constantly-monitored employees are overworked, paid only for performance and pitted … Read more
3 Key Predictions For the Human Resources Department of 2020
Editor’s note: TLNT is continuing an annual tradition by counting down the most popular posts of the year. This is No. 13. Our regular content will return … Read more
Five Predictions for Where HR Technology Is Going in 2014
The role of HR has morphed in recent years. The development of new apps and technologies have enabled human resource managers to move beyond a purely … Read more
How an Improved Economy Will Affect Recruiting in 2014
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment in the United States has continually dropped over the past year. As of November the number … Read more
Looking 5 Years Out: The 7 Trends That Are Transforming Today’s HR
I get asked a lot about the future of HR and I always say — if I’m not talking to someone totally uptight — that in about 10 years most of us … Read more
The New World of Work: It Takes a Very Different Management Mindset
Take a minute and look around you. Gone is your corner office; you’re now sitting between the intern who started last week and your client who works from … Read more