HR Strategy

People Success Platform Lattice Announces New OKR and Goals Solution

Employee Blog | March 01, 2022

Employee Engagejment Blog
On February 28th, premier people success platform Lattice announced the release of its new OKR and Goals product that will enable organizations to strategically align with employees. The solution enables organizations to manage goals and track the path to success.

Operational efficiency and transparency are more important than ever, as companies all over the world are seeking ways to engage and align their workforce. Lattice’s OKR and Goals solution lets employees and teams be on the same page about organizational goals. The solution was developed as an individual product but it can be integrated with Lattice’s native platform to unleash its full potential. It also readily integrates with premier software tools like JIRA, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Salesforce.

"By integrating objectives and goals into daily conversations across the organization, employees have more transparency to how they can directly impact the business and are better able to directly connect their work to the company's overall mission and vision. This makes work more meaningful for employees and directly ties people success to business success."

- Jack Altman, CEO and Co-founder of Lattice

Spotlight

A PEO, or professional employer organization, is an all-in-one, full-service HR outsourcing solution for small and midsized businesses. The PEO takes on complicated, time-consuming tasks across benefits, HR, compliance, payroll, tax and more – giving you the freedom and confidence to spend more time where your business needs you most. A PEO makes it simpler and more cost-effective to grow your business. ADP TotalSource is the nation's largest full-service, all-in-one PEO.

Spotlight

A PEO, or professional employer organization, is an all-in-one, full-service HR outsourcing solution for small and midsized businesses. The PEO takes on complicated, time-consuming tasks across benefits, HR, compliance, payroll, tax and more – giving you the freedom and confidence to spend more time where your business needs you most. A PEO makes it simpler and more cost-effective to grow your business. ADP TotalSource is the nation's largest full-service, all-in-one PEO.

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