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International Human Rights Lawyer Amal Clooney to Speak at WorkHuman 2018

Amal Clooney is celebrated for her work as a compassionate human rights lawyer and equality advocate. From years of international work, she has no shortage of personal stories of giving a voice to neglected and exploited groups. She continues to work toward this life mission each and every day, which aligns perfectly with all that WorkHuman represents.

This is why we’re thrilled and honored to announce that Amal Clooney will be joining us at WorkHuman 2018 in Austin, Texas, as our latest key...

[Turnover Calculator] Can You Afford to Do Nothing?

If you’ve been paying attention to the markets, you know 2017 has been a pretty good year for the U.S. economy. And yet, you may also notice that economic growth and confidence is not necessarily translating to traditional employee compensation strategies.

In August, Korn Ferry announced that for the seventh year in a row, base salary increases would remain stagnant at three percent in 2018. Maryam Morse, Korn Ferry Hay Group’s North American Rewards and Benefits Leader, commented on how com...

When Employees Feel Valued, Businesses Thrive: Q&A with Alexander Kjerulf (Part 2)

For Alexander Kjerulf, creating a happy workplace is a full-time job. He is one of the world’s leading experts on happiness at work and will be holding a session at WorkHuman 2018 in the Crowdsourcing & the Performance Revolution track.

In the first part of our interview with Alexander, we talked about the three most common blockers to employee happiness, how managers can help, and the power of positive feedback.

Below, we discuss how to weave company values into everyday work and what it mea...

Ashley Judd Joins Historic WorkHuman 2018 Panel on Equality and Harassment

In October 2017, Actress and Activist Ashley Judd came forward to speak out against sexual harassment in a now-famous New York Times report. She became one of the leading voices in the #MeToo movement, speaking out against sexual harassment and sexism in the workplace and inspiring others to step forward, as well. TIME Magazine recently named Ashley and dozens of other #MeToo “Silence Breakers” as the 2017 Person of the Year.

We’re thrilled to announce that Ashley will join us at WorkHuman 2...

Learn Your ‘Why’ From Simon Sinek at WorkHuman 2018

In what is now the third most viewed TED talk of all time – How Great Leaders Inspire Action – Simon Sinek introduced the idea of the Golden Circle. At the center of the circle is why. “Very few people or organizations know why they do what they do,” he said. Most operate from the outer circles of what they do and how they do it.

And yet, “people don’t buy what you do; people buy why you do it,” he argued.

Why does your company exist? Is it simply to make a profit or is there a higher purpos...

[Webinar] Fireside Chat with UHG’s EVP of Human Capital, Ellen Wilson

Can you think of an industry more inherently “human” than healthcare? At the same time, healthcare companies in particular are up against major disruption when it comes to emerging technologies, mergers and acquisitions, insurance, regulations, and more.

How can you successfully navigate this disruption? The answer is simple – your people. Take UnitedHealth Group (UHG) as an example. UHG is the world’s largest healthcare company and sixth on the U.S. Fortune 500. Last year, UHG subsidiaries...

Alexander Kjerulf: “The #1 reason employees are unhappy is bad leadership”

Workplace happiness has a direct link to a company’s bottom line. And few people know how to cultivate happy employees better than WorkHuman 2018 speaker Alexander Kjerulf, founder and chief happiness officer at Woohoo inc.

Alexander’s primary passion is making and keeping the workplace happy, and he has presented and conducted workshops on the subject for businesses and conferences in more than 30 countries. With clients including Hilton, Microsoft, LEGO, IKEA, and IBM, Alexander has also a...

A Practical Guide to Dropping Ratings

If you work at company that still conducts traditional performance reviews, you’re likely knee-deep in end-of-year performance evaluations as you read this post. I feel your pain. No one wants to go through the process of justifying a year’s worth of work. And HR could certainly do with less paperwork.

One of the more painful aspects of the whole process is ranking employees. How do you explain the difference between a 3 and a 4 and a 5? At a former company, my manager told me, “Don’t worry,...

Giving Thanks: Our 5 Favorite Quotes on Gratitude

Did you know there’s one gateway drug that’s actually good for you? And it’s something that’s especially top of mind as we gather with friends and family for Thanksgiving this week.

Peter Bonanno, director of program development at the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, recently told Greater Good Magazine, “I see gratitude as a gateway drug to empathy in that it’s very positive, it’s easy to get started with … A lot of people have said that it’s helped them to open up a conversatio...

Beyond Buzzwords: HR Megatrends for 2018

Not a day goes by when I don’t feel bombarded by buzzwords and jargon. I can’t even imagine what it feels like to work in human resources.

Leaders are told to embrace artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the candidate experience while also simultaneously embracing digitization, mixed reality, and blockchain. Throw in the dark web and everything-as-a-service, for more fun, and you have quite a mouthful for HR business partners and recruiting professionals in our industry.

Remember wh...