You’d think that after decades of developing strategies, HR and talent acquisition teams would have eliminated many of the biggest barriers to finding and … Read more
Why I’m Leaving TLNT: A Tale of Grief and Salvation
I often fantasize about killing myself. While standing on the subway platform, I imagine hurling my body in front of an oncoming train. Or throwing myself … Read more
Retention Is One of HR’s Dumbest Metrics
The Great Resignation. Are you tired of hearing that phrase yet? You probably are. Which is why there’s The Great Reshuffle, The Great Realization, … Read more
Stop Trying to Engage Employees and Do This Instead
Every company wants engaged employees. But trying to engage employees won’t work when they’re suffering through pain and frustration. This is … Read more
The Four Elements of Employee Motivation
For too long, organizations have prioritized a company-first — rather than employee-first — model to engage employees, putting a company’s purpose … Read more
Nothing Motivates Employees More Than Money When Learning New Skills
Data and artificial intelligence professionals are intent on learning new skills and advancing their careers. However, in many cases, organizations are … Read more
Customizing the Employee Experience One Gig at a Time
Your employees are emerging from the pandemic with no desire to return to their work life the way it used to be. They are looking for greater choice, more … Read more
Your Next Employee Survey Needs to Ask This Question
What’s the fastest way to improve your employees’ engagement? Is it creating a more transparent, accountable, and empathic culture? That would … Read more
A Fluff-Free Approach for Employees to Connect With Work Goals
Given how stressed and burned out people are these days, let’s make employees’ 2022 goals better than the typical perfunctory and mindless ones. That … Read more
Best of TLNT: Top 5 Employee Engagement Stories of 2021
Employee engagement continues to be one of those areas of HR that we can’t define perfectly, but we still know it when we see it. Or when we measure … Read more
The Pandemic Has Increased Employee Engagement — Except Where It Hasn’t
Without question, Covid has packed a wallop on employee engagement in many organizations. Companies should be paying close attention because engagement is … Read more
New Research Shows Leaders Are Not Doing Enough to Develop Their People
For many years, one of the big issues with employee training and development has been pretty obvious — managers didn’t have much time to do it. As … Read more
Overworked and Overwhelmed. Welcome to HR Today.
Earlier this year, Lattice surveyed over 700 HR professionals to better understand their challenges and priorities. The resulting 2021 State of People … Read more
Does Your Company Suffer From Toxic Positivity?
Do you ever feel like your organization’s leaders are trying too hard to pretend that everything’s just fine? Or that companywide memos avoid … Read more
HR Tech Trends Around Remote Employee Engagement
“What is a new HR technology trend you are seeing around remote employee engagement?” A variety of HR leaders and HR tech representatives weigh in to … Read more
How Many Hours a Week Should You Work?
On episode 88 of The HR Famous Podcast, longtime HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee come together to discuss the differences … Read more
Resolving Conflict Between Remote Workers Before Tempers Flare
Conflict indicates an engaged work team. Often, conflict prevents bad decisions and big mistakes and can lead to innovative ideas. But the downside: Small … Read more
Survey Reveals Caregiving Disconnect Between Employers and Employees
More than 21% of Americans are caregivers — an estimated 53 million adults, according to AARP. Yet not enough employers are focused on the impact that … Read more
Ending the Motherhood Penalty
Covid isn’t going away. That’s what the infectious disease experts tell us. Instead of trying to eradicate it, the hope is that with enough vaccinations … Read more
This One Word Is Ruining Leaders’ Ability to Be Empathic
Empathy is, in essence, seeing the world or a situation from another person’s viewpoint. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus … Read more