2027 HR Calendar
A free calendar packed with compliance deadlines, DEIB celebrations, and self-care tips to help you and your company thrive all year.
Everyone comes back from the holidays vowing to fix their entire life by February. Pick one boundary you can actually hold: shorter meetings, a hard stop at 5 p.m., whatever it is. Let the rest go.
January is the one month of the year when employees actually want to talk about their goals. Use the momentum: Get development plans and growth conversations scheduled. Our free AI Skills Library has a ready-made skill for designing a career growth track, so those chats start from a plan rather than a blank page.
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January
Everyone comes back from the holidays vowing to fix their entire life by February. Pick one boundary you can actually hold: shorter meetings, a hard stop at 5 p.m., whatever it is. Let the rest go.
January is the one month of the year when employees actually want to talk about their goals. Use the momentum: Get development plans and growth conversations scheduled. Our free AI Skills Library has a ready-made skill for designing a career growth track, so those chats start from a plan rather than a blank page.
Everyone comes back from the holidays vowing to fix their entire life by February. Pick one boundary you can actually hold: shorter meetings, a hard stop at 5 p.m., whatever it is. Let the rest go.
January is the one month of the year when employees actually want to talk about their goals. Use the momentum: Get development plans and growth conversations scheduled. Our AI Skills Library includes a ready-made skill for designing a career growth track, so those conversations start with a plan rather than a blank page.
February
The stars have aligned as President’s Day, Super Bowl Sunday, and Valentine’s Day make for a three-day weekend that’s banger after banger. Turn off your notifications, schedule some self-love, and stay safe out there.
According to our 2027 report, European teams are almost four times more likely to prioritize DEIB programs (27% versus 7%) than their US counterparts. But we found that the highest-performing teams were five times more likely to invest in it. So what gives? Consider giving your DEIB data a fresh look this month.
“I can’t take time off, the holidays were just yesterday.” It’s a good thing diaries don’t have hands, otherwise we’d slap you. Listen to yourself! Don’t let the recent holidays dissuade you from taking leave. Look ahead and block off some time. Planning your rest now protects your energy later.
According to our 2027 report, European teams are almost four times more likely to prioritise DEIB programs (27% versus 7%) than their US counterparts. Brilliant work, you. We also found that the highest-performing teams were five times more likely to invest in DEIB. Keep a good thing going by using this month to audit your promotion and pay data for racial equity.
March
Your time is a castle. Defend it. Moats, parapets, archers, and all. Set a no-after-hours rule and model it. It’s Q2 planning season, which makes those late-night emails tempting. Resist. Protect your time and tell your team to do the same.
Each year, people need a reminder of who runs the world. Celebrate women and rethink workplace equity. Read our story on International Women’s Day and hear what the day means to the HR community at large.
Q2 planning season makes 9 p.m. emails feel urgent. They're usually not. Set a real cutoff and say it out loud to your team. A boundary only works if people know it exists.
Women's History Month deserves more than a themed Slack banner. Pull your pay equity and promotion-rate data and see if the story it tells matches the one on your careers page. Our piece on what International Women's Day means to HR has more on turning the month into action.
April
How about we take this outside? Take the walk between calls, eat lunch away from your desk — ten real minutes of daylight does more for your afternoon than a second coffee. Better yet, walk and sip. Or don’t. If your boss complains, redirect them our way. We need the downloads.
Earth Day and Volunteer Month offer an easy way to make "giving back" more than just a value on the wall. A park cleanup or donation drive works fine, but formalising volunteer time off (VTO) is what actually outlasts April.
Your calendar has more built-in excuses to go outside this month than most. Take the walk between calls, eat lunch away from your desk — ten real minutes of daylight does more for your afternoon than a second coffee.
Earth Day and Volunteer Month give you an easy way to make "giving back" more than a value on the wall. A park cleanup or donation drive works fine, but formalizing volunteer time off (VTO) is what actually outlasts April.
May
You're usually the one people come to for support, which makes it easy to forget to ask for your own. Mental Health Awareness Week is as good an excuse as any to loop in a teammate, book the appointment, or just say, "I can't take that on right now." May? More like May not.
With the trauma of appraisal season in the rearview mirror at many companies, this is a rare month to reflect on how to improve the process. If writing appraisals was the bottleneck, our AI Prompts Library has ready-to-use prompts for drafting reviews and requesting feedback, built to pull from the goals and feedback already in Lattice.
You're usually the one people come to for support, which makes it easy to forget to ask for your own. Mental Health Awareness Month is as good an excuse as any to loop in a teammate, book the appointment, or just say, "I can't take that on right now."
With performance review season in the rearview at many companies, this is a rare month with room to reflect on ways to improve the process. If writing reviews was the bottleneck, our AI Prompts Library has ready-to-use prompts for drafting reviews and requesting feedback, built to pull from the goals and feedback already in Lattice.
June
Welcome to halftime 2027. We’re not judging you if the OKRs you set in January have fallen by the wayside. How about giving those goals a second chance? Revisit them with your team, name what's actually working, and pull in Lattice's free HR Metrics Slide Deck Template or Employee Engagement Survey Template if you need numbers to make the case.
Mid-year is a good time to audit your own calendar the way you'd audit a headcount plan. Whatever's recurring and not mission-critical, cut it or hand it off — nobody's grading you on how many standing meetings you can survive. Fun reality show concept, that.
Mid-year is a good time to audit your own calendar the way you'd audit a headcount plan. Whatever's recurring and not mission-critical, cut it or hand it off — nobody's grading you on how many standing meetings you can survive.
We’re halfway through the year. We’re not judging you if the OKRs you set in January have fallen by the wayside. How about giving those goals a second chance? Revisit them with your team, name what's actually working, and pull in Lattice's free HR Metrics Slide Deck Template or Employee Engagement Survey Template if you need numbers to make the case.
July
Hi, it’s us telling you to take your annual leave again. That holiday you blocked back in February — did you take it? Did Q3 eat it? Check now, before fall planning gives you a reason to cancel it.
HR tech evaluations aren't summer fun, but doing the legwork now (ahead of Q4 budget conversations) beats scrambling in November. Our technology requirements checklist is built for exactly this kind of thankless groundwork.
That PTO you blocked back in February: Is it still actually on the calendar, or did Q3 eat it? Check now, before fall planning gives you a reason to cancel it.
HR tech evaluations aren't summer fun, but doing the legwork now (ahead of Q4 budget conversations) beats scrambling in November. Our technology requirements checklist is built for exactly this kind of thankless groundwork.
August
Name one part of the job that's draining you and one that isn't, then make a single small change toward more of the second. You don't need a sabbatical (though we love those) to realign your week: One fewer meeting and one more thing you're actually good at will do it.
Shh. Can you hear that? It’s your team’s silent discontent. August tends to be low-key, so run a short survey or a handful of stay interviews. Surface the small stuff before it becomes the reason someone quits in October. Our HR Effectiveness Survey Template is a quick way to get started.
Name one part of the job that's draining you and one that isn't, then make a single small change toward more of the second. You don't need a sabbatical (though we love those) to realign your week: one fewer meeting and one more thing you're actually good at will do it.
Shh. Can you hear that? It’s your team’s silent discontent. August tends to be low-key, so run a short survey or a handful of stay interviews. Surface the small stuff before it becomes the reason someone quits in October. Our HR effectiveness survey template is a quick way to get started.
September
Wake us up when September ends. Conference season, planning season, and budget season have landed all at once, and every “yes” to one is a “no” to something else. Practice saying no in a way that doesn't require a three-sentence justification.
Why go it alone? Join Resources for Humans, Lattice’s free Slack community of over 23,000 HR leaders for a place to connect, learn, grow, and spill all the tea.
Conference season, planning season, and budget season all land at once, and every yes to one is a no to something else. Practice saying no in a way that doesn't require a three-sentence justification.
Before open enrollment locks in next year's benefits, find out what your people actually want instead of guessing. Our benefits survey template beats another round of anecdotal polling on Slack.
October
Hello darkness, my old friend. As the days get shorter, build a habit of going outside during your workday. Breathe in that crisp, autumn air. Step on some leaves. Touch a pumpkin. Before you know it, it will be nighttime by the time you clock out.
How is it already Q4? You love a checklist, we love a checklist. Put one together to help close out the year. Include budgets, appraisals, and bandwidth for anyone facilitating the end-of-year wrap up. Then add one more item: Stop doing the same tasks from scratch. Our free AI Skills Library has ready-made skills for drafting appraisals, prepping manager coaching, and writing weekly updates, so the end-of-year crunch takes a bit less out of everyone.
Open enrollment is the closest HR gets to a contact sport: vendors, compliance, and confused employees, all at once. Block real recovery time on your own calendar, too, even if it's just a lunch break away from your desk.
It’s National Learning and Development Month, and the skill most teams are rushing to build right now is AI fluency. Our free AI Skills Library includes a ready-made skill for building an AI fluency program, plus others for the HR work you do on repeat, like drafting reviews and prepping manager coaching.
November
Rethink how you recharge. Whether it's cooking, journaling, moving your body, or saying no to holiday events — choose what genuinely fills you up, not just what looks relaxing or is socially expected. Editor's note: We needed a tip for this month, but perhaps you should actually do these things year-round?
Celebration season is here. Make it inclusive: Lead with cultural curiosity and make space for diversity. Use these engagement holidays to enrich your company celebrations.
Rest doesn't look the same for everyone, either. If a packed holiday calendar sounds draining rather than fun, skip what you can and do what actually recharges you — even if it's not especially festive.
Gratitude season doesn't look the same for everyone on your team; even the most well-meaning celebrations can leave people out. Lead with curiosity about how people actually want to mark the season — our list of engagement holidays is a good starting point beyond the default.
December
We made it: pudding season. Served flambé, the traditional holiday dessert is the perfect metaphor for how HR teams have felt all year. Time to celebrate yourself. Unwrap a box of self-love. Write down one big thing you accomplished this year that no one thanked you for. Then thank yourself. You carried a lot.
Retention isn’t a Q1 problem, it’s a now problem. People often reassess their careers during the holidays. Encourage managers to check in with their team. Lattice’s 1:1s feature sample talking points, and our prep-for-a-1:1 skill helps managers walk in ready.
HR spends the year celebrating everyone else. Write down one thing you did this year that nobody thanked you for, then thank yourself for it. You don't need permission to count your own year as work worth acknowledging.
Retention doesn't take December off. Your best people are doing their own year-end reflecting, too. Encourage managers to check in with their reports before that reflection turns into a January resignation letter. Lattice’s 1:1s tool can recommend talking points, and our prep-for-a-1:1 skill helps managers walk in ready.