HR Technology
Sharing is Fun
Way back in the day, my mom would constantly remind me to share my toys with the neighbor boys. Even though my dump truck was bigger and could hold more dirt making it hard to let anyone else touch, I found that the dirt mound got moved a lot quicker when I let my...
What to Expect in Q3
What to Expect Q3 Being in the technology industry, changes happen frequently. It can be a challenge to manage all of the new updates being promised by the various HR Technology vendors. You could make color-coded charts of the different roadmap items, or you could...
Can You Fix It? Yes We Can!
Check out the latest Lockton success story highlighting some of the work the HR Technology and Outsourcing Practice completed for a client. Just another day at the office: we helped make sure their derailed HRIS implementation got back on the right track. Please feel...
Paying it Forward: SPHR/PHR Certifications
Every once in a while, I’m able to find an opportunity that delivers such an outsized benefit for my investment that I’m sure I must look comically cautious in my approach - like wearing full football pads while trying to tackle a butterfly! Years ago I had one when...
Renaissance vs. Dilettantes
While I am still a bit loopy from pain medications, I thought it would be best to have someone else step in to fill the blog this week. This gem comes from Wendy, our Operations Manager and NPR listener. As I was driving to work this morning, I heard a reporter on NPR...
Welcome to the HR Technology Blog!
Hey you! Yeah, you! The new guy! Thank you for visiting Lockton's HR Technology blog! We hope you find everything you were looking for and more! Please take a few minutes to check out this video to help you better understand who we are and what we are trying to do...
Shoulder Surgery Humor
I love my co-workers! My painkillers have gone missing. What's this... a note on my desk?
Global Leave Administration 101 (Continued)
Since I’m most likely under the influence of some amazing pain killers right now and spending all my time writing career-limiting e-mails, we’ve pre-arranged for the second part of the mini-series on Global Leave Administration to be posted today. (I know, are we not...
Global Leave Administration 101
It sure seems everything HR has gone global these days. When I first got into HR Tech consulting almost everything that came across my desk was US-centric: the domestic-only employers who were hiring me, the HRIS systems with hard-coded US fields, and the US-only...
The Private Health Insurance Exchange Ecosystem
The HR Technology & Outsourcing Practice has been spreading our love across the country the last few weeks via vendor and industry conferences! (Check out the Ceridian Insights and SHRM 2014 recaps if you haven't yet.) Last week, one of my teammates, Brad, had...
More Insights on Insights
After a meaty and memorable Ceridian Insights conference in Vegas, Pat and I are crammed onto our Southwest Air flight heading home. (At least we scored the exit row – many thanks to the illuminati for arranging that!) After countless sessions and a myriad of product...
Insights on Insights
Returning to Ceridian’s annual customer and prospect conference, Insights, after an eight-year absence, brings me an odd sense of “partial Déjà Vu.” (would that be Deja Vi?) All the changes in senior leadership in that timespan certainly have vastly transformed the...
ACA Technology Twitterings
Yesterday was a day that will go down in history! A landmark in my career! It was Lockton Benefit Group’s first ever Tweet Chat! That’s right folks, I’ve finally embraced this newfangled means of communication they call Twitter to share some ACA technology...
Caveat Emptor
“Buyer beware.” What a horrible phrase. Plain speaking: you’re about to get harpooned! “I’ve got this bill of goods for you; sign here, press hard.” But what if you’re not given a warning about a purchase? How do you know you can’t trust someone? Or when to call in...
#SHRM14: The Third and Final Day
Welcome back! If you haven’t read parts one and two of our #SHRM14 update, please do so! (It’s worth it, I promise!) Without further ado, here is the final installment of Wendy’s recap: Another noteworthy session I attended was one on Strategic Planning. This one was...