Branding Total Rewards: An Origin Story
An HR team at a large company conducted a conjoint employee survey. The results were surprising. Employees unequivocally felt their Total Rewards were lacking. Third-party data showed otherwise. Objectively, a name-brand HR consultancy confirmed the company’s Total Rewards were at least as good as—and in many cases better than—that of their competitors. Clearly, there was […]
A Benefits Manifesto: Benefits ARE Personal
My husband and I were at a party when he politely reminded me to step off my soapbox because not everyone wants to hear me preach about why benefits communications matter. In that context, he wasn’t wrong. It was more inclusive to talk about Game of Thrones. And while I love discussing GOT, I can […]
Change the narrative, change the experience.
By nature, I’m not a morning person. I don’t care how life-changing waking up at 4 or 5 A.M. may be, I’ll find other ways to change my life thank you very much. Since I’m not a morning person, I was infuriated when my dog woke me up before sunrise because he needed to go […]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe and the HR Experience
My husband and I are massive fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That’s why he stalked the Alamo Drafthouse website to make sure we had prime seats for opening night of Infinity War. After investing ten years and too much time repeatedly watching the 18 preceding movies, we weren’t going to risk having Infinity War spoiled […]
Why does HR need a workhuman conference?
While standing in line to pick up my badge for Globoforce’s Workhuman 2018, I turned to the women behind me to introduce myself. The conversation started casually enough. I asked where they had traveled from, and it turns out they were local like me. I asked if this was their first time attending, to which […]
On the day after Workhuman.
It’s the day after Workhuman 2018 and I’m feeling down. I’ve had difficulty focusing. It took more effort than it should have to work through a spreadsheet. I wrote some very poorly worded emails. Before I dove into each task today I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to reset. It was useless. […]