Last week, we held an HNI University event on Driving Organizational Performance & Waste Reduction With the Behavior Bank Account.  In this workshop, Chad Tisonik covered a range of topics related to incentive programs and changing employee behavior, touching on things like: 

CHAD TISONIK
Advisory Practice Leader

A number of factors determine business success -- but the most important by far is employee behavior. Employees are the backbone of every company, and every individual’s behavior impacts your company’s overall performance.

MEGAN YOUNG
Account Executive 

Driver wellness has become a major issue for the transportation industry.  The stats say it all:

MIKE NATALIZIO
President & CEO 

In the litigious society we live in, most business people are all too aware of the big dollar employment practices liability risks companies face from sexual harassment claims, discrimination allegations, wage and hour violations, and the like.  But one area where many managers are woefully underprepared is in protecting themselves from personal liability.

At our last HNI University event, Innovative Benefits Strategies: 10 Creative Approaches to Fight Rising Costs, we discussed emerging benefits and health care management concepts with the the potential to change the game for many organizations.

When it comes to employment disputes, every employer thinks “not me.”  But no one is immune from this risk – not even celebrity divas.

Things are starting to look up for the U.S. economy.  January job reports show the unemployment rate has fallen to 8.3 percent, the lowest level since early 2009.  As employers ramp up hiring again, it’s worth a reminder of what you can and can’t ask in the interview process.

Here’s a jaw-dropping employment dispute: a diabetic Walgreens employee on the verge of a seizure was recently fired for eating a bag of chips to ward off a hypoglycemic seizure.  The on-duty employee paid for the $1.39 bag shortly thereafter, but was fired from her job under the zero-tolerance policy for shoplifting.

In our last blog post, we discussed social wellness models and their potential to motivate people to achieve personal health and fitness goals.  But rather than just “talk the talk,” we thought it would be interesting to tell you about a few of our employees who have decided to put one platform to the test.  At stake?  $10,000.