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Events

HR Tech 2018: Let’s Connect!

The HR Technology Conference is the biggest show in the HR tech space for a reason: powerful practitioner content and case studies, great vendor…

September 6, 2018

insight

3 Ways Compensation Policies Can Cause Employee Turnover

Did you realize that the way your company approaches compensation policy can actually create (or reduce) employee turnover? If keeping your people is a…

July 30, 2018

HR Strategy

4 Fundamental Qualities that Separate Humans and #AI

Note: one of the research efforts we have undertaken here at Lighthouse is the We’re Only Human podcast. This show is now two years old and features…

July 23, 2018

insight

3 Lessons on Creating a Culture of Employee Recognition

Employee recognition is a powerful tool to engage workers. Yet all too often recognition initiatives fail. One of the key reasons this happens is…

July 16, 2018

HR Strategy

The Best Business is Built on Relationships: A Visit with ExponentHR

We’ve been keeping busy here at Lighthouse, and this past week I was on the road for my last travel of the summer. I visited the SHRM conference in…

June 25, 2018

HR Strategy

20+ Onboarding Hacks to Improve the Employee Experience [Free Report]

One of the talent areas that most businesses can improve is onboarding. In some cases the experience is poor, but even for those doing a good job, it’s…

May 23, 2018

HR Strategy

Wal-Mart: Our Fastest Growing Business Line is Delivering Experiences [Case Study]

What if you go out to deliver someone’s groceries to their car and there is a screaming toddler and a frazzled young mom at the wheel? What do you do…

April 26, 2018

HR Strategy

A Video Primer on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on HR

When the Industrial Revolution waned and knowledge workers became more common, what kinds of skills set apart the great employees from the not-so-great…

April 17, 2018

HR Strategy

4 Millennial Myths that Should Not Impact Your Talent Strategy

While there is a growing number of publications on generational differences, much is incorrect or misleading. Typically information falls into one of…

April 11, 2018

HR Strategy

Nearly Half of 2017 HR Tech Funding Events went to AI-Focused Companies

This year I’ll be releasing my new book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, focusing on how AI can enable HR to be more human, not less. This post…

April 4, 2018

HR Strategy

5 Common Challenges with Internal Talent Mobility

One of our specialties at Lighthouse Research is diving into internal talent mobility. We’re talking with vendors that sell the technology. We’re…

March 27, 2018

HR Strategy

How to Get the Employee Experience on the CEO’s Agenda [eBook]

Short version: we’re releasing a new eBook and a companion webinar focusing on the employee experience and how to get executive attention and…

March 19, 2018

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