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456 articles of analyst commentary since 2016, across HR technology, talent acquisition, learning, performance, and the frontline workforce. New every week.

Talent Acquisition

Employee Retention: Tomorrow’s Recruiting Metric

As HR is increasing its presence as a strategic part of the business, key performance indicators, or KPIs, are becoming a key part of the language for…

May 3, 2017

HR Strategy

Networking, Development, and Passion: Why I Want to Attend WorkHuman 2017

About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…

April 17, 2017

HR Strategy

Diversity Sourcing Strategy: 3 Tactics of Highly Diverse Companies

In my last blog, I wrote about the importance of diversity and inclusion, the relationship between diversity and business performance, and some best…

April 12, 2017

Learning & Development

3 Stories of Transformational Learning from #Perspectives17

This week I have had the pleasure of attending and speaking at Skillsoft Perspectives in Las Vegas. It has been a great event and I enjoyed the content…

April 12, 2017

HR Strategy

Diversity, Inclusion and the Case for Better Business Performance

Through researching diversity studies I discovered the importance of and difference between diversity and inclusion, the relationship between diversity…

April 6, 2017

HR Strategy

Talent Mobility Maturity Framework: Connecting Skills with Business Needs

Lighthouse is currently in the midst of some research on talent mobility, and it has been exciting to see how the philosophy around mobility is…

April 4, 2017

HR Strategy

The Personalization Effect: Mitigating Employee Data Privacy Concerns

Privacy. Data. Concern. In a presentation at the IBM HR Summit last fall, I expected the discussion around talent analytics to go in a few directions…

March 20, 2017

HR Strategy

3 Companies that are Delivering Engaging Workplace Experiences

About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…

March 14, 2017

HR Strategy

Developing a Talent Analytics Function: Build, Buy, or Borrow

I’m currently in the midst of a research project examining how some of the best and brightest companies in the world hire people analytics talent. This…

March 7, 2017

HR Strategy

Eliminating Performance Ratings: 3 Ways to Improve the Employee Experience

About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…

February 28, 2017

HR Strategy

2017 Talent Acquisition Priorities (High and Low)

Each year brings new opportunities and priorities for HR and talent leaders. This year we began the inaugural Global Talent Acquisition Sentiment…

February 22, 2017

HR Strategy

New Research: 2017 Workforce Analytics and Strategy Report

We recently completed some very interesting research here at Lighthouse focused on workforce analytics and strategy, a powerful combination for today’s…

January 31, 2017

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