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It’s that time of the year again: open enrollment. Time to dust off the ol' PowerPoint and try to get people jazzed about their benefits. But that trusty slide deck you’ve re-purposed may leave out an important element you need to get across to employees — WHY your company is offering benefits in the first place.
What two things do companies such as Nike, Disney, John Deere, McDonald’s, and Coca-Cola have in common? They are all highly successful organizations with a rock-solid brand in their industry. I’m a firm believer with specific evidence that a strong brand equals success. Build your brand, and enjoy these three huge benefits:
The reclassification this summer by the American Medical Association of obesity as “a disease state” effectively declared that one-third of all Americans has a medical condition requiring treatment. The obesity classification will have a tremendous impact on health insurers and workers compensation insurers alike.
December 1 is the training deadline for the new OSHA Hazard Communication standard. According to OSHA, about 43 million workers will be affected by the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), which now is aligned with the international Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).
In most companies, open enrollment is the time of the year when any and all communication about benefits and wellness gets dropped on employees like a bomb. It’s not the time of the year that most look forward to.
I was fortunate enough to take a short family vacation recently to Disney World. There is no place in the world quite like the “Magic Kingdom.” Walking around the park, I pondered how a company that started with a mouse has evolved into one of the premier customer service organizations in the world. As I sat at Space Mountain, eating cotton candy and waiting for my kids, I quickly jotted down five observations as to what makes the mouse great.
In HNI's part of the world (the upper Midwest of the U.S.), it's getting into winter. This means fewer hours of daylight and snowy weather — circumstances that can make driving during these months treacherous. Let's say the roads are icy, and you were just involved in a side-swipe accident in your personal vehicle. The scene may be chaotic. You may be confronted by an angry or injured driver. What should you do? Do you know what information is important to gather?
Part of being a hiring manager or supervisor is training employees. Too often, though, training employees fall short of expectations. Trainers are disappointed because their trainee "just doesn't get it." Trainees are disappointed because their trainers went too fast, assumed too much about previous knowledge, or didn't listen to their questions.
HNI works with high-performing companies to help them address the hidden risks in their business and avoid The Insurance Dependency Trap. This is done by proactively DE-RISKING their business so they can be less dependent on insurance.
HNI also offers the basic services of insurance and employee benefits. HNI has offices in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis.