Aaron Kinne

In our current crisis, the need to belong has become even greater and more keenly felt. That’s why community celebrations have taken on a renewed importance within the workplace.

This year the Total Rewards Association transformed from a live conference into a series of nine virtual events held each Wednesday starting in early July. Check out our blogs recapping the sessions.

More encompassing and holistic than engagement, employee experience looks at and leverages the components that foster a positive workplace experience and long-term success.

The need for community, connection, and belonging with our work family is more important than ever. If ever there was a time we should celebrate the life events of our colleagues, that time is now.

Today, employee experience is more about safety, hygiene, and predictability. But one thing hasn’t changed. In the end, it isn’t about benefits; it's about meaningful work.

Here are some powerful proof points on how recognition can help your organization realize the benefits of higher engagement and lower stress – while making employees feel safer in the workplace.

Recruitment, operations, training, strategy … it’s been said that Robin Schooling, managing partner at Peridus Group, has held practically every HR job there is. And then some.

In today’s charged climate, Brittany believes it’s “more apparent than ever that organizations don’t exist within a vacuum. They are part of a much broader solution change, an ecosystem."

Even though this year’s format has changed, Workhuman will once again be front-row, center at this premier conference for the total rewards professional.

When your company is founded on a core mission of altruism – helping the homeless, fighting racial inequity, promoting social justice – creating a human organization is the fuel that drives success.

“The current global pandemic is throwing an unforgiving light on the problem of inequality in the workplace,” writes Stacia Sherman Garr in an eye-opening new Workhuman/RedThread Research report.

Against the backdrop of the past two weeks, I thought back to a post I wrote in February chronicling the remarkable life of Rosa Parks. As I reread her story, I was at once dismayed and inspired.

Workhuman recently surveyed more than 3,000 full-time workers in the U.S. to gauge how the pandemic is impacting work-life balance, burnout, stress, and employee connections.

“Making sure people can ‘unlearn’ is as important as making sure they can learn. To change many of the ways we’ve worked, we have to unlearn how we’ve done things in the past,” says Jason.

What are your employees feeling these days? If you rely solely on a once-a-year survey, it’s safe to say the feedback you collected is pretty much obsolete.

Moodtracker is a new, completely free, employee pulse survey tool that empowers business and HR leaders to listen and act upon the voice of their employees.

Though we couldn't be together in person this year, Workhuman Livestream brought together thousands of the global Workhuman community in a celebration of our connections, commonalities, and humanity.

Since this pandemic first began, we have been sharing many stories of the incredible courage and compassion healthcare professionals around the world are displaying.