Our Take
HR is being asked to name the problem before it can solve it, and this webinar promises research findings—but the source material offers no actual data, benchmarks, or independent validation.
Why it matters
If you lead people operations or talent strategy, the gap between what employees experience and what leadership believes they experience is where retention and culture break down. This conversation attempts to close that gap with fresh research.
Do this week
HR leaders: Register before June 17 and come with one internal question about employee trust or job security so you can test the research findings against your own workforce.
A webinar on five workplace challenges informed by new research
Lighthouse Research and Workhuman are hosting a webinar on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 2:00 pm ET featuring George Rogers (Workplace Strategist and Chief Strategy Officer at Lighthouse Research) and Lynette Silva Heelan (International Practice Leader, Consulting, at Workhuman). The session will be informed by findings from the 2026 Humans at Work Global Barometer Report.
The five challenges they plan to unpack are: job insecurity and eroded trust, invisible high performers going unrecognized, the shifting "employee deal," the deskless divide (disparities between office and non-office workers), and the tension between developing human skills and the rise of AI automation.
Attendees will receive research findings on employee experience, guidance for internal conversations, and practical response strategies for HR and business leaders navigating uncertainty.
Trust and retention are under pressure—but the data matters more than the list
The five challenges named here track real workplace anxieties: AI-driven job displacement, layoffs eroding confidence in employer stability, the mismatch between what companies say workers need and what workers actually need. These are not invented problems.
But the webinar announcement does not share the actual research findings. It names the challenges and promises "insights from the 2026 Humans at Work Global Barometer Report" without publishing summary data, sample size, methodology, or cross-industry breakdowns. HR leaders considering attendance should ask in advance: What percentage of workers report job insecurity? How does trust vary by industry, tenure, or role level? Without those numbers, the session risks becoming a catalog of problems without actionable resolution paths.
Treat this as a starting point, not a diagnosis
If you attend, come prepared to compare the research findings against your own workforce data. Do exit interviews and pulse surveys at your company reflect these five themes? Are they ranked in the same order? Which one is causing measurable churn in your organization, and which one would move the needle fastest if addressed?
The most useful outcome from this webinar will not be learning that job insecurity exists. It will be understanding whether Lighthouse's data patterns match yours, and whether the proposed response strategies (not yet detailed in the announcement) address the root cause or the symptom.