You’ve heard about Destination Weddings, right? The Bride & Groom choose a location to travel to, along with their guests, to exchange their wedding vows. They say “goodbye” to the traditional home-town wedding and chart their own path to happily ever-after!

Have you ever heard of Destination Working?

LinkedIn released its 3rd annual Workplace Learning Report earlier this year, showing a 9% expected increase in talent development budgets in 2019 vs. 20181. This is great news for employees, 94% of whom say they’d stay at a company longer if it invested in their learning and development2. This is also great news for employers […]

When it comes to the employee experience, it’s hard to understate the role an employee’s supervisor plays in their overall happiness at work. Yet most companies train their people to be managers, not true leaders, according to leadership and management guru Simon Sinek. In fact, Sinek cites leadership as one of the biggest deficits in […]

Three Ways to Ignite Your Employee-First Strategy You already know it makes sense to put employees first, but sometimes it’s hard to articulate exactly why. The reasons vary widely, ranging from it being far cheaper to keep employees happy and retain them than to hire and train replacements(1) , all the way to the holy […]

Simon Sinek is a legend in the world of business and leadership, with one of the top three most viewed TED talks of all time among the many credits to his name. He shares so many original, thought-provoking ideas that inspire me every time I get a chance to listen to him speak. And, thanks […]

Given all the forces at play today, there’s little doubt that we’ve entered a new era – what many are calling the Age of the Employee. What’s contributing to this? Too many things to name, but here are a few: Record-low unemployment, with more jobs available than people to fill them1 A rapidly aging population, […]

This is the final installment in a 3-part blog series about retaining employees. We started by looking at what makes employees stay at companies, then we considered what makes them leave. Today, we wrap up with some ideas on what organizations can actually do to affect employee retention.  Throughout our deep dive into employee retention, […]

This is the second in a three-part blog series about why people stay at companies, why they leave, and what organizations can do about it. Today, I focus on the many factors that contribute to why people choose to leave. I recently wrote about the reasons employees choose to stay at their companies. This week, […]

Over these next few blog posts, I’ll take a deeper dive into why people stay at companies, why they leave, and what organizations can do about it. Today, I focus on the many factors that contribute to retaining top talent. When I’m out talking to HR professionals in my role with LINX WorkForce Innovations, I […]

Most of my career has been dedicated to deeply understanding customers, creating insights for brands that help them grow. That growth might be a new or updated product that squarely meets the needs of the consumer, or an advertising campaign that communicates user benefits in a compelling way. Throughout this wonderful, 20+ year career journey, […]