LinkedIn + Glint: Helping Talent Leaders Build Winning Teams

By PRNewswire On Oct 11, 2018

LinkedIn has announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Glint, a leader in employee engagement that helps people in organizations do their best work, develop their skills, and improve business results. The Head of Talent and Learning Products at LinkedIn expressed his excitement on welcoming Glint into the LinkedIn family following the closing.

He said they have spent a lot of time thinking about how they can help answer some of the toughest questions that keep HR leaders up at night: How do I get visibility into the overall health and performance of the organization? Where do I find the new talent is needed? Are the capabilities of the team aligned with what the business requires? And how can we ensure we attract, develop, and retain the best talent to build winning teams?

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With LinkedIn’s insights into the larger workforce alongside Glint’s internal view into employee engagement and skills, they are confident they will be able to help talent leaders answer all those difficult questions.

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That’s one of the reasons they’re so excited about the potential of what they can do together. At LinkedIn, they believe that Glint has uncovered a modern HR best practice that every company should do: Regularly gather employee feedback on work, culture, and leadership, and give leaders the tools they need to translate those insights into action. At LinkedIn, as a customer of Glint, they’ve experienced the value that this brings first-hand. Glint provides executives with the tools to answer questions about the health and happiness of the talent they have while giving managers at all levels the access and insight they need to improve. Now imagine, through our combined offerings, that we can translate the specific feedback a manager gets from their employees on Glint into a personalized LinkedIn Learning experience focused on the topics that will help them improve, thus making the feedback much more actionable.

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Glint has an extensive customer base that uses it every day to help people accelerate their careers, and is loved and trusted by talent leaders. Glint’s mission to help people be happier and more successful at work aligns perfectly with LinkedIn’s mission to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful.

We are excited about the possibilities that could come from the integration of Glint and what we can deliver together to advance the growth of Glint. The Glint team is one that understands that great companies are built by great teams, and great teams are fueled by a great culture.

At close Glint CEO and founder, Jim Barnett will report to him, and Glint will operate as a team within LinkedIn so that they can maintain and accelerate business momentum. All other Glint executives will continue to report to Jim with the exception of HR, finance, information security, and legal, who will join the functional teams at LinkedIn. Over the next 12-18 months, they plan to functionally integrate the teams within LinkedIn.