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To Drop or Not to Drop, That is the Question
It all started so simply: Parents, don’t worry about little Johnny or Jenny not finding a job right away when he/she graduates from school, you can keep them covered on your insurance through their 26th birthday. But from the moment the ink from the President’s pen swept across the paper this simple, innocent, well-intentioned solution has been keeping benefits managers, HR departments, and insurance companies up at night trying to figure out how it will all work.
PermalinkTotal Rewards aren’t just a Piece of Paper
There has been much written about Total Rewards as a means to show employees that companies invest more in them than just what they see in their paychecks. At many organizations, employees receive a number of different types of rewards such as health, dental, and life insurance, 401K matches, stock awards and other incentives, etc. And, I agree that it’s more impactful to present each employee with a piece of paper that lists all of these rewards and neatly depicts the total value to show how much the company appreciates them.
However, delivering such a statement is only the scratching the surface of a Total Rewards approach to engagement and retention.
Hallmarks of Spring: Flowers, Golf, and Performance Conversations!
Employees, think you are ready for a promotion next year? Managers, do you have an employee that you think needs a new challenge?
I love this time of year. The flowers start blooming, the golf courses start greening up and it provides a time to stop, smell the flowers and think about the winter that has just passed.
Eligible Dependents – A Growth Segment in 2011
Once upon a time, it was reasonable to expect that after high school your children would leave the nest and become adults. They could vote, maybe enlist, and (hopefully) become financially responsible. They would enthusiastically venture out into the world to make their mark; start a career, and possibly a family.
Musician or Athlete – Who makes a better teammate?
Sweat. Grueling hours. Two a days. Sometimes blood. Anticipating the moves of the person next to you. Leading. Staying back. Yelling encouragement. Lots more sweat. Now some attributes of athletes.
You get the idea. Great athletes like great musicians have great practice habits, a passion for excellence and with some minor exceptions of the ‘solo’ participant – all must work with, rely on and drive together to create an outcome that is comprised of many moving parts – and on high-performing teams, the whole is greater than the sum of the players.
