Work Life

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. Crandall recalls how MassMutual and other insurers emerged from challenges to their business in the 1970s and early 1980s with new products. Hello and welcome to Modern CEO !

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Insperity

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But the HR team can be a strategic partner to leadership in maintaining a desirable work environment. Armed with this intelligence, HR professionals can work with company leadership to identify potential problems or opportunities for improvement, and make plans for how to move forward and effect change.

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Insperity

JANUARY 31, 2017

As a co-employer, the PEO you choose will ultimately take responsibility for processing payroll, providing workers’ compensation insurance coverage, providing employee benefits and a host of other sensitive tasks. How long has the current leadership team been in place? Here are some questions to consider: When was the company founded?

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Insperity

AUGUST 1, 2023

In addition, challenges around leadership development, recruitment, retention of top talent and employee engagement become increasingly complex as the business grows and evolves.” “HR leaders can quickly become consumed with new complexities in compliance, benefits administration and employee relations issues stemming from a larger workforce.

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Insperity

MAY 3, 2022

Leadership should decide on the content of messaging, and it should cascade down through the organization in a prepared process. It’s also a way to express empathetic leadership. Extend support to employees.

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Insperity

JUNE 17, 2021

Employers who lead remote team members need to hone certain leadership skills from a distance: Getting to know everyone on an individual basis Regularly checking in Gauging levels of stress, engagement and motivation Understanding when shifts in normal behavior and mindset have taken place. How transparent is leadership?

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Insperity

APRIL 20, 2023

Everyone wants less expensive benefits and insurance (and without having to scale back on coverage). These opportunities are examples of soft cost savings that often come with HR outsourcing , and they often help employers more adeptly run their business.

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Insperity

APRIL 28, 2022

When you discuss this during the interview, also share examples as to how those values are put into practice by the leadership team on a daily basis. Leadership: Tell me about a time when you had to inspire or energize an unmotivated individual or group? Benefits: Don’t skimp on the details when it comes to what your company offers.

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Insperity

JUNE 11, 2014

A PEO whose health insurance plan centers on a state-specific carrier (e.g., They can tell you whether they have access to multiple insurance carriers and networks that would accommodate that growth. Is the plan fully insured or partially self-funded? The employer assumes the role of the insurer in a self-funded arrangement.

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Insperity

JULY 27, 2021

Its role is similar to a director of human resources (HR), a trusted confidant at the leadership table, operating at your direction. With a PEO, your staff gains access to employee benefits that rival that of a Fortune 500 company — including health insurance plans, retirement and other benefit plans.

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Insperity

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Of course, military reservist and veteran employees want the same set of benefits as anyone else: health, vision and dental insurance, 401(k) and paid time off (PTO), for example.

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Insperity

MARCH 19, 2020

Rent or mortgage payments, utilities and related expenses such as insurance and maintenance costs add up quickly, limiting growth opportunities and profits. Get fresh insight into how to take the lead and run with your organization’s strategic plans when you download our free magazine: The Insperity guide to leadership and management.

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McKensey

JUNE 11, 2024

Toyota Insurance President and COO Robert Spencer shares his views on how OEMs and insurers can partner to enhance customer experience as the mobility ecosystem evolves.

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Great Place to Work

APRIL 17, 2023

High-trust culture starts with great leadership. So, if leadership is so important to create a great workplace, how to develop your next generation of business leaders becomes an existential question. That’s what prompted BluSky Restoration Contractors to create a formal leadership training program.

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

For small- and medium-size businesses, worker’s compensation insurance costs can be exorbitant. When this happens, your leadership team and workforce become a like-minded, efficient machine – and you’re well-positioned to consider an acquisition. Is the leadership team of the to-be-acquired company receptive to a new culture?

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McKensey

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The recently retired CEO of TruStage reflects on the decade he spent at the insurer’s helm, including an early move to prioritize digital.

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

This is where your company’s leadership should come in to help them through this change. They’re freed up to focus on things like training, leadership development, company culture and employee engagement – or other priorities that deserve their attention. Do they think I can’t do my job? Change management.

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Spiceworks

JULY 2, 2018

Combined Insurance, a provider of individual supplemental, accident, disability, health, and life insurance products, and a Chubb company announced Michele Briggs as the company's new Senior Vice President of Human Resources.

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McKensey

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vince Tizzio, president and CEO of AXIS, shares how he has helped the company evolve while keeping customers, employees, and stakeholders in mind.

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Insperity

JULY 13, 2021

If your HR department is tied up with those basic functions in a growing business, then they will have limited time to work on more strategic initiatives such as: Leadership development Employee recruitment and retention Employee engagement. This allows for budgetary certainty over a multiyear period.

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Insperity

APRIL 5, 2022

Get the help you need to: Provide employee access to big-company benefits – When outsourcing, everything from medical health insurance and dental and vision coverage to adoption assistance and training and development resources are in reach. For instance, millennials want to continually learn and grow.

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Insperity

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Through the alliance, the business shares thought-leadership content that helps establish the company’s expertise and keeps it top of mind with important decision-makers. People in these jobs are in a constant state of negotiation, both internally (with cross-functional teams) and externally (with partner leadership teams).

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McKensey

MARCH 8, 2024

A future expected to be volatile means that leaders need to prepare their organizations to expect the unexpected, the Liberty Mutual Insurance executive says.

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Insperity

AUGUST 13, 2020

Alongside your business leaders and other key stakeholders, conduct a thorough review of your: Current economic, market or industry landscape Pre-crisis business model and strategies Leadership Culture Organizational structure Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis).

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Insperity

AUGUST 9, 2018

Another example is partnering with an organization or association so your business can share high-value thought leadership content with its audience or network to further establish your authority and expertise in your market niche. Five benefits of strategic partnerships.

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Work Life

JANUARY 10, 2025

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) also protects the privacy of your health information. Your supervisor’s leadership during recent difficulties and the encouraging work environment they’ve created could be recognized.

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Work Life

MAY 20, 2024

The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. This spans over a decade-plus of your leadership at the FDIC.” FDIC) on Monday, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental changes at the FDIC.”

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Insperity

APRIL 9, 2019

Are you meeting all the regulations and requirements for documentation, insurance and more? For example, there may be online leadership courses or videos that detail policies on workplace discrimination and sexual harassment. For instance, is your business FMLA compliant ?

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

If they get sidetracked and forget to enroll by the required date, it could cause them and their dependents to miss out on health insurance until open enrollment rolls around. It’s imperative that your leadership team has the time and focus needed to investigate problems, document incidents and counsel employees.

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Insperity

JANUARY 18, 2016

They develop feelings of distrust and betrayal directed not only toward the failed leader, but oftentimes toward the leadership of the company in general. Insure what you’ve built. So put in your own version of hazard insurance. So, as the new leader coming in, what can you do to pick up the pieces and regain employee trust ?

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Success

MAY 19, 2022

Let’s break down management and leadership roles in the workplace in detail. In comparison to leadership, management involves accomplishing the broad goals set by leaders. What is leadership? Leadership, in contrast, means overseeing followers rather than subordinates. Management vs. leadership. What is management?

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Go Burrows

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Nancy Kingery is the Executive Assistant to the President & CEO at Illinois Mutual Life Insurance Company in Peoria, IL. In this episode, Nancy and I talk about creating culture, leading from an often “invisible” leadership role, and working with an executive who has never had an assistant. LEADERSHIP QUOTE. Simon Sinek.

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McKensey

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The CEO and co-founder of Arbol discusses how the insurtech fills gaps in insurance coverage with parametric solutions powered by AI while drawing from a diverse array of expertise.

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Insperity

MARCH 31, 2014

If they need assistance to get their personal life in order, provide them with any resources your company may have, such as an employee assistance program or other program offered through insurance. Keep it professional. It may sound harsh, but the employee was hired to perform a specific job, not to become a friend.

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Work Life

OCTOBER 27, 2023

When I founded YuLife, I wanted to create an insurance company that encouraged people to live their best lives—both professional and personal—so it is extremely inspiring and validating for me that well-being is shifting from solely an HR function to a critical business priority. It’s not just right for your business.

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Although most businesses in a HR outsourcing arrangement take advantage of health insurance benefits, many other offered benefits, such as retirement plans and flexible spending accounts are ignored. Employees can save significantly by using pre-tax dollars to pay for medical expenses and even child care.

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Great Place to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Career advice, lessons learned on the job, and more from a culture champion at one of the Fortune Best Workplaces in Finance & Insurance™ in 2023. We spoke with Caryn Best, senior vice president, marketing & communications, for IAT Insurance Group about her career and work building a better workplace culture.

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