Covid-19 forced employers who had long resisted flexible work — and especially remote work — to embrace it to survive. This was especially true of the tech … Read more
Don’t Adopt Hybrid Working Until You Can Answer This Question
Hybrid working, when employees work in the office some days and remotely on others, is one of the most contentious decisions currently facing leaders. With … Read more
Why Your ‘Back to the Office’ Strategy Could Fail
When executives make sweeping generalizations about whether their employees want to stay working remotely or come back to the office, it’s a good sign that … Read more
Phased Retirement: Talent Gold Mine or Impossible Dream?
Thirty years ago, visionaries Barney Olmsted and Suzanne Smith published what became the bible of the movement toward more flexible ways of working: … Read more
Disruption Is Coming to Contingent Workforce Management
The global pandemic and events of the past year have accelerated Investment in contingent labor. Companies looking to fill critical skill gaps, increase … Read more
Most Hierarchies Fail to Support Frontline Workers
Over the last year, there has been plenty of conversation about frontline workers as critical but often under-appreciated resources for organizations. The … Read more
Are Hybrid Workforces Really Here To Stay?
Remote work, once a consideration for a small number of organizations — and hardly a priority — became a health, safety, and economic imperative for the … Read more
The Big Come Back: Creating a Return-to-Work Strategy
A recent national Covid office survey found that 63% of employees were ready to return to the office with the right incentives and safety precautions. By … Read more
Redefining HR in 2021 — Maybe This Time Will Be Different?
It’s the start of a new year. What better time than now to explore how to do HR better? Except, haven’t we been doing this year after year? After year? … Read more
Questioning Authority: Fixing Your Workplace Will Not Fix Your Workforce
TLNT is launching a new series — Questioning Authority, which will challenge leading thinking by talking to leading thinkers. Each volume takes a … Read more
Apprenticeships That Bridge Skills Gaps
Jobs without people. People without jobs. Employers know about the mismatch between the skills they need and the skills workers have. To address such gaps … Read more
This Is What the Future of Work Looks Like
According to the World Economic Forum, four technological advances are disrupting the world of work: high-speed mobile Internet, widespread adoption of … Read more
When Frontline Workers Return to Work
As people start, stop, and start again to return to the workplace, they are likely to see large-scale changes. Such changes will be especially paramount in … Read more
You’ve Been Warned: Navigating the WARN Act During the Pandemic
This article is a WARNing to all employers when navigating furloughs, layoffs, terminations, and other unfortunate effects of COVID-19. The federal Worker … Read more
Rebooting Internal Talent Mobility
HR encourages managers to have career conversations with their direct reports. This is a nice idea. Unfortunately, when an employee asks, “What’s next in … Read more
International Workforce Management in the Era of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the international workplace and international employer-employee relations in profound ways. As employees now work from … Read more
HR Famous: Why HR Generalists Are Winning During Covid-19 & Salesforce Parental Leave
In episode 29 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee discuss how HR generalists are rapidly … Read more
Smart Reorganization in a “Hair on Fire” Environment
As the COVID-19 crisis drags on, HR professionals are forced to reorganize their workforce on an almost weekly basis. The word that best describes their … Read more
Do You Have a Post-Pandemic HR Plan?
In this new era of work, we are faced with new challenges in managing and rewarding talent. As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold over the last few months, … Read more
How Efficient Are Your People Practices?
In a Covid world, the old efficiency rules don’t apply. The ways of working that organizations established to make the most of their resources and grow … Read more