The word “purpose” gets mentioned a lot these days when we talk about successful businesses. For those who may not know, purpose-driven companies are those that are clear on their broader reason for existing beyond making a profit. You know many of them because they focus their marketing and communications efforts on their purpose – […]

A Bold Idea: Generations in the Workplace Matter Less Than You Think We read a lot about the fact that there are five generations in the workplace now – the most in history, as some people toward the end of their careers put off retirement and some of the young start earlier to avoid huge […]

As we usher in the last month of the year, many of us will turn our attention to 2019 planning. Human Resources functions everywhere are budgeting and preparing for new technology, processes, and people to get it all done. All of this is well and good, but if we think it equates to addressing Employee […]

At LINX WorkForce Innovations we’re focused on digging deep with employees to truly understand their experience. However, there are also some universal ways any organization can work to improve the employee experience, regardless of the unique challenges and opportunities that can be uncovered by delving deeper. Here are four ways that Human Resources professionals can […]

Thanksgiving is just a week away for those of us in the United States, which means it’s the season for gratitude. What could possibly be wrong with this statement? After all, we’re talking about gratitude! Well, this hits on one of the fundamental mistakes organizations make when it comes to practicing gratitude in the workplace […]

There are a lot of terms being used to talk about employees’ work lives these days. There’s employee satisfaction, employee engagement, employee experience and more. I like this summary from Decision Wise about how it all fits together. Bottom line? Employee experience is the big umbrella everything else sits under – it’s king. Here’s how […]

I’m passionate about mentoring and coaching people, and regularly make time for it in the midst of my busy schedule. One of the many reasons is because I always seem to get just as much out of it as the person I’m meeting with does – sometimes more! For example, someone I met recently prompted […]

The Minnesota State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) held its annual meeting in St. Cloud last week. It was jam packed with wide-reaching content – evidence of the vast complexities facing the HR function and corporate cultures today. I want to share just a bit from the informative and inspirational content […]

For LINX WorkForce Innovations, it’s no accident that innovation is in our name. We all want to continue to grow and improve as innovators, which is why we recently spent a day at the Brave New Workshop as a team. What an energizing experience! The things we learned from improv will help all of us […]

I love that this is blatantly obvious. Truly being employee-first is good for business. It’s that simple. Of course, while many organizations would say they agree, most aren’t putting their money where their mouth is. Take this example: According to Gartner, in 2017, organizations spent $12B on Human Capital Management technology versus $40B on Customer […]