Podcasts about Employee benefits

In 2026, employees expect more than traditional coverage. They want personalized experiences, smarter tools, and benefits that support their whole lives. For employers, that means rethinking how benefits are designed, delivered, and experienced. In this episode, we break down the top trends shaping the future of employee benefits, from personalization and wellness to AI-driven experiences and smarter cost management. Tune in to hear what's changing, why it matters, and how HR leaders can create more meaningful, engaging benefits strategies that truly support today's workforce.

The following article of the Professional Services industry is: “Employee Benefits: From Hampers to Personalized Choice” by Brian Klahr, Co-Founder, Bonda.

With growing employee interest and increasing healthcare costs, GLP-1 medications are creating new challenges for HR and benefits leaders. Ginny Crisp, CEO of Prescription Benefit Solutions, discusses the evolving role of GLP-1s in employer-sponsored health plans and what organizations should consider before adding coverage to their benefits programs.   This podcast is approved for .5 PDCs toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification. Listen to the complete episode to get your activity ID at the end. ID expires July 1, 2027.  Subscribe to Honest HR to get the latest episodes, expert insights, and additional resources delivered straight to your inbox: https://shrm.co/voegyz   ---  Explore SHRM's all-new flagships. Content curated by experts. Created for you weekly. Each content journey features engaging podcasts, video, articles, and groundbreaking newsletters tailored to meet your unique needs in your organization and career. Learn More: https://shrm.co/coy63r 

In this episode of Just Compensation, Andrew E. Graw, Chair of Lowenstein's Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits group, Taryn E. Cannataro, and Kate Basmagian discuss inducement equity grants, a tool employers use to attract top talent in competitive markets. The conversation discusses how inducement equity grants can be used to issue awards outside shareholder-approved equity plans, and what employers must look out for to ensure they are complying with proper approval procedures, applicable listing rules, and timely and accurate disclosure requirements. Andrew E. Graw, Partner, Chair, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Taryn E. Cannataro, Counsel, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Kate Basmagian, Partner, Capital Markets & Securities Group

Send us Fan MailFor most small businesses, health insurance is their second or third largest expense. And they usually find out what it's going to cost them two to three weeks before renewal.In this clip from our episode “Why Health Insurance Needs Transparency”, host John Driscoll and Ty Wang, Co-Founder and CEO of Angle Health, break down why unpredictable premium increases make it nearly impossible for small businesses to plan, and why the market has accepted this as normal for far too long.Listen to the full episode here

I'm excited to share the 46th episode of This is Ag! featuring Joseph Mallobox, Vice President of Human Resources at Ippolito International. Born and raised in Gonzales, California, Joseph grew up surrounded by agriculture, even though he originally thought his future would take him far away from the Salinas Valley. Instead, agriculture pulled him back in, leading him into a career in human resources that has now spanned more than 20 years. Throughout the conversation, Joseph shares his perspective on leadership, the realities of agriculture, and the importance of building strong relationships within the workplace. From navigating the seasonal transitions between Salinas and Yuma to managing workforce shortages, immigration concerns, and the demands of a fast-moving industry, Joseph gives an honest look into the operational and people side of agriculture that many outside the industry rarely see. Joseph also talks about the culture within agriculture and why it feels more like family than business. He shares how agriculture's unpredictability - driven daily by weather, harvest timing, and changing conditions - creates a level of teamwork, commitment, and connection that is difficult to find anywhere else. The conversation highlights the passion behind the people who work in agriculture and the responsibility leaders carry in supporting employees while helping companies and communities succeed. The episode also explores Joseph's family history, including his grandfather's journey from Pakistan to California in the early 1900s to pursue farming in the Imperial Valley. Joseph reflects on how that history shaped his connection to agriculture and his appreciation for the sacrifices and opportunities that built the communities we know today. Ippolito International: https://www.qvproduce.com Kirti Mutatkar, President and CEO of UnitedAg. Reach me at kmutatkar@unitedag.org, www.linkedin.com/in/kirtimutatkar UnitedAg website - www.unitedag.org UnitedAg Health and Wellness Centers - https://www.unitedag.org/health-benefits/united-agricultural-benefit-trust/health-centers/ Episode Contributors - Joseph Mallobox, Kirti Mutatkar, Dave Visaya, Mickayla Ursini The episode is also sponsored by Brent Eastman Insurance Services Inc. - https://brenteastman.com Blue Shield of California - https://www.blueshieldca.com Elite Medical - https://www.elitecorpmed.com Gallagher - https://www.ajg.com/ SAIN Medical - https://sainmedical.com/ MDI Network - https://www.mdinetworx.com/about-us

Understanding the Ins and Outs of Employee Benefits Relebogile Mabotja speaks to Qhawekazi Mdikane an Executive Head of Momentum Brand Marketing and Siyasanga Kashe an Executive of Member Solutions at Momentum Corporate about understanding the In and Outs of Employee Benefits .702 Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja is broadcast live on Johannesburg based talk radio station 702 every weekday afternoon. Relebogile brings a lighter touch to some of the issues of the day as well as a mix of lifestyle topics and a peak into the worlds of entertainment and leisure. Thank you for listening to a 702 Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja podcast. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 13:00 to 15:00 (SA Time) to Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/2qKsEfu or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/DTykncj Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us Fan MailNearly half of all Americans get their health insurance through a small business. Most of those businesses have no idea why their premiums go up every year and no real power to do anything about it.Ty Wang, Co-Founder and CEO of Angle Health, joins host John Driscoll to discuss why legacy insurers benefit from keeping small businesses in the dark on costs, and how rebuilding the health plan stack from the ground up on modern, AI-native infrastructure is finally making transparency and customization possible for the employers who have always needed it most.

Carroll Patrizi is the founder & owner of Conversations with Carroll (the podcast), One of Eleven Productions LLC, & The SURRENDER Movement, & co-founder of CAM Construction & CAM Care Home Services. She also has a background in real estate, and banking.Julian L. Bannister - President and CEO of CFB Foundation,Expert in Employee Benefits, Owner of Award winning cleaning service, and Serial successful entrepreneurVisionary, Leader, motivator, and problem solver!Movie Reviews and More is broadcast live Tuesdays at 5PM PT on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Movie Reviews and More TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).Movie Reviews and More Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.

In this episode, we explore the surprising and rewarding world of employee benefits careers—how people find their way into the field, the wide range of roles it offers, and the real impact this work has on employees' lives. Featuring stories from benefits professionals, this conversation highlights why this growing profession matters more than ever.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Guy Chennells, Chief Commercial Officer at Discovery Corporate and Employee Benefits, about why employee wellbeing should be seen as a multiplier of existing HR investment rather than a separate cost. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, UNC Health Appalachian became the first healthcare system in Western North Carolina to launch a partnership with the North Carolina Tri-Share program — a childcare cost-sharing model that splits tuition three ways between the employer, the employee, and the state. On this week's Mind Your Business, we visit with Alysia Price, Chief Human Resources Officer at UNC Health Appalachian, to discuss how the partnership works, who it serves, and what it could mean for other High Country employers who are watching closely.Also on this week's show, we mark the completion of Section 1B of the Great American Outdoors Act restoration work on the Blue Ridge Parkway — running from Parkway School to Bamboo Gap in Watauga County — and recap last night's public scoping meeting where Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Tracy Swartout and agency partners met with the community to begin planning Helene-related debris removal. We also preview the full agenda for the 7th Annual Vision Northwest North Carolina Summit on May 21st at the Watauga Campus of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute. This year's theme is Driving Regional Progress, with a day of keynotes and breakout sessions focused on transportation funding, workforce access, freight and mobility, and what it takes to move people across Northwest North Carolina. Registration is open now at boonechamber.com.Mind Your Business is written and produced weekly by the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce. This podcast is made possible thanks to the sponsorship support of Appalachian Commercial Real Estate.Catch the show each Thursday afternoon (Friday afternoon this week) at 5PM on WATA (1450AM & 96.5FM) in Boone.Support the show

Stephen Grootes spoke to Wendy Knowler about why customer engagement lags behind marketing spend, to Victor Kgomoeswana about Africa Bounces Back and the continent’s post‑crisis economic path, to Warren Ingram about why salary deductions are long‑term investments, and to Greg Walsh about the economics of staging major concerts and live events. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Grootes spoke to Wendy Knowler about why customer engagement lags behind marketing spend, to Victor Kgomoeswana about Africa Bounces Back and the continent’s post‑crisis economic path, to Warren Ingram about why salary deductions are long‑term investments, and to Greg Walsh about the economics of staging major concerts and live events. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Dr. Barbara Hales interviews Bret Gregory, founder of DrTalks : Bret shares how his decade of running a marketing agency for doctors showed that virtual summits and podcasts are the strongest long-term patient-acquisition strategies, with summits often generating 20,000+ email leads and significant new-patient revenue. He recounts his entrepreneurial path, including selling a corporate wellness business after his brother's terminal cancer diagnosis, attempting an eco-wellness community in Costa Rica, and learning online marketing to survive the 2008 downturn. Brett explains why doctors make in-demand podcast guests, how DrTalks helps doctors get booked for free using AI, and why nurturing an email list with a weekly newsletter is more valuable than social followers. Connect with Bret Gregory: sign in/up https://drtalks.com/ LinkedIn Bret Gregory Connect with Barbara Hales:  Twitter: @DrBarbaraHales Facebook: facebook.com/theMedicalStrategist Business Website: TheMedicalStrategist.com Email: info@TheMedicalStrategist.com  YouTube:@barbarahales LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/barbarahales Books: Content Copy Made Easy 14 Tactics to Triple Sales Power to the Patient: The Medical Strategist TRANSCRIPT. (238) Dr. Barbara Hales  00:02  Welcome to another episode of marketing tips for doctors. I’m your host, Dr. Barbara Hales, and today we have a very interesting person with us by the name of Bret. Gregory  Dr. Barbara Hales  00:19  Bret was giving that little pause there for excitement. What I wanted to tell you about him, which makes him so interesting, is that he is a healthcare investor and has invested in several health and wellness startups. So I’d like to say that over his 30-year career, he’s founded and built not one but four successful startups in the health and wellness sector, two of which empower doctors to build their brands and businesses through innovative approaches. His most recent one is called Doctor Talks. You can reach that through drtalks.com.  Bret Gregory  01:11  Thanks so much. Barbara, I really appreciate you having me, and it’s wonderful to have a physician who is helping other doctors. It’s really exciting for me to have a conversation with you. I founded drtalks.com about six years ago, right when the pandemic started. And prior to that, I had a marketing agency for doctors for about a decade. And that entire time, while we were helping doctors, we were doing all sorts of marketing strategies, lots of social media. We were doing campaigns, emails, webinars, you name it. And then what I noticed is, over that decade, the marketing that worked the best, the long-term marketing that worked the best for doctors was very consistently virtual summits and podcasts and putting on a virtual summit where one doctor might interview 20 or 30 other doctors, and then we would launch that summit virtually. And every time we did that, they would grow a 20,000-plus-patient email list and convert it into a million dollars in new-patient revenue per year. And the only thing was, it was very hard. Took a lot of work. It was a lot of effort. And the same thing with podcasts. Podcasts took, they took a while to get going, but once they got going, they ended up being some of the best long term marketing strategies for doctors. Well over that decade, I was wondering, how come no one has ever created an entire platform dedicated to this? It’s kind of like YouTube for doctors. And after asking myself that for over five years, I finally said, Well, you know what? I’ll create it. And so I went out, maxed out my credit cards, borrowed $50,000, hired a few employees overseas, found my first 10 customers, and we launched in March of 2020, right when the pandemic started. I didn’t know what was going to happen. No one did, of course, but it turned out helping doctors with their online businesses was perfect timing. The pandemic gave us a tailwind, and now, six years later, we’ve grown into the world’s largest streaming platform for integrative and functional medicine doctors who want to reach our 11 million patient web visitors. And so we’re really on a mission now to democratize the Creator economy for doctors. What that means is we want to help you, doctors, make money off your information. I believe that doctors have been squeezed from so many different places, and now it’s time for doctors to monetize, to be able to get paid for their information while they’re helping people with their knowledge. So that’s the mission of doctor talks.  Dr. Barbara Hales  04:04  That’s really great. But before we continue on this topic that you are clearly passionate about, what I would like to do is to turn the dial and go back to the beginning, because and you know other doctors and other you know, possible entrepreneurs here that you are an investor, that is something, I think, that you know, other than being envious, strike strikes the the question or fear in people. Well, isn’t it scary to start with something like that from the beginning, you know, and worry whether it’s going to fail and is going to lose all his money, or, you know, like, like, how that works. So take me back to the beginning and say, you know, most people would take the safe route. So, you know, they. Start a business, or they would, you know, work in a, you know, in a business that was either, you know, like, joint-vented with someone else. So let’s, let’s start from the beginning, because I know there are people here listening to this saying, like, what you know, like, how does this happen? So tell me how it happened. Like, why is it that you had all the confidence to, you know, be an investor and, you know, like, how that all came about?    Bret Gregory  05:33  Sure. Well, I started out as an entrepreneur. Very early in college. I started my first business, started a painting company, and then right out of college, I went into the Employee Benefits business, and I started my own company there, and that was from about 1996 to 2006 I did corporate wellness programs, and I also started a radio show at that time. And what I accidentally discovered is that by interviewing real prospective customers, I was interviewing CEOs of companies in San Diego and interviewing people who could refer us prospective customers, we ended up building a really significant business in the corporate wellness sector over a 10 year period, and that was my my first business, sadly, in 2006 my 34 year old brother was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, stage four non small cell carcino carcinoma, and he ended up passing away nine months after that, And that just changed the trajectory of my life completely.  Bret Gregory  06:44  Thank you. I appreciate that. But I tore off my suit and tie. I sold my business. I had about $3 million I moved to Costa Rica. I purchased a 164-acre property to develop an eco-friendly wellness community that helps as many people as possible change their lifestyle habits and heal from within, to the best of their bodies’ abilities. Now, I’m not a doctor. I know nothing about I don’t pretend to be one. I do understand marketing and sales. That’s really where my experience lies, but I was really focused on helping as many people as I possibly could, and I wanted to use that as my brother’s legacy. Well, I went and purchased this great piece of property down in Costa Rica, right across the street from the beach, and a new hospital is under construction. Now it was a great time to sell my corporate wellness programs business, but it was a terrible time to invest in a speculative real estate development because we closed in 2007, right before the 2008 global financial crisis, and I was really worried. I thought I was going to go bankrupt. I very quickly learned online marketing. I learned how to build websites, drive traffic, build lead magnets, grow an email list, and in just about 12 months, we were able to do about $1.4 million in sales to customers we met on Facebook, and this was now in 2009 2010 it was just enough to avoid going bankrupt, but it wasn’t enough to raise the money that we needed to raise to develop a large eco friendly wellness community. So I had to put that project on hold, move back to San Diego, and that’s when I started. It was called “attract customers now,” where I helped doctors grow their practices. And I did that from 2010 to 2020, and that’s when I learned about the different techniques that can help doctors grow their practices and attract patients online.    Dr. Barbara Hales  08:54  Did you use that property for wellness retreats?  Bret Gregory  08:58  That was the goal. Unfortunately, we were never able to really recover from the global financial crisis, and that was the whole idea and goal. We wanted to build a wellness community for retreats. We just weren’t able to do it.  Dr. Barbara Hales  09:14  And that’s unfortunate, because it seems like such an absolutely beautiful place.  Bret Gregory  09:19  It is truly, truly beautiful. Feels very magical, feels very nurturing and healing, and that was the idea.    Dr. Barbara Hales  09:29  So I understand that one of the ways you recommend physicians, you know, become visible to their prospective patients is by putting out podcasts. Do you recommend they guest-podcast on other sites before considering creating their own?  Bret Gregory  09:51  Yeah, well, guesting on podcasts has become the hottest new way to attract patients online right now. Wow. And one thing: since I started drtalks.com about six years ago, I’ve worked with 1000s of doctors. There are probably 3000 doctors on the platform today. We’ve got lots and lots of Doctor-hosted podcasts, and I’ve coached. We’ve produced over 7500 podcast interviews on doctor talks. And one thing that I see very consistently is that doctors don’t always realize that they make fantastic podcast guests, and that podcast hosts love to interview doctors, and you don’t need to pay anybody or anything to be booked on a podcast as a doctor. As a doctor, your information is valuable to podcast hosts. You’re a sought-after expert, key opinion leader, and the podcast hosts want to interview you, so we’ve made it really easy to help doctors get booked on a podcast. And yes, I definitely recommend guesting first before you just run out and start your own podcast. What the doctors I’ve worked with find is that when they become guests on a podcast, they love it. They usually, you know, it’s unexpected how much fun it is that they really enjoy it. And then, of course, the side benefit is that they get the word out and educate the public, which is something that pretty much every doctor I know wants to do, and they can attract new patients online, as well as new clients and customers for their business.    Dr. Barbara Hales  11:40  So, as a representative of drtalks.com, do you have all the podcasts on the doctor talk site, or are you helping doctors get onto other people’s podcasts?    Bret Gregory  11:55  Both? Yeah. So think of doctor talks as YouTube, but with all the content creators being doctors. So, when I say YouTube, it’s the world’s largest podcast platform. So YouTube is far larger for podcast consumption than Spotify. It’s far larger than Apple Podcasts. And so a lot of people who have podcasts, almost everybody that has a podcast puts their podcast on YouTube, and 1000s and 1000s of doctors that have podcasts also put their podcast on Doctor. Talks: It’s free to have a channel on doctor talks, just as it is on YouTube. So there are so many podcasts out there that doctors can get booked on really easily. And we’ve created a system that lets them set up a free expert account and start messaging and connecting. We have an AI that connects them directly with podcast hosts, and they can start pitching themselves. And we’ve made it really easy for them to pitch themselves and get booked on a podcast. It’s easy, it’s free, and it’s a lot of fun.    Dr. Barbara Hales  13:08  That’s great, and certainly financially, it beats paying for ads and hoping that people will see those ads    Bret Gregory  13:16  much it’s much better than paying for ads. It’s much better. There are podcast booking companies and agencies out there that charge, you know, 2000 to $5,000 a month to book people on podcasts. Well, we can do that for free. And like I said, we’ve got hundreds and even 1000s of podcasts. If you’re a doctor, it’s free. You can create a free expert account on drtalks.com and start getting booked right away. And the one question that you know some of your listeners may have, because I’ve heard this from many, many doctors, when I am always encouraging doctors to be a guest on podcast, is sometimes they say, why would anyone want to listen to me and aren’t there already so many experts talking about menopause or hormones or peptides or whatever, whatever your expertise is in. And let me tell you, you are still that key opinion leader. You’re still that sought-after expert that the podcast host wants. You still have so much to offer. If you can help one patient, you can be a great guest on a podcast, and I just want to encourage you to give it a try, because you’re not only probably going to love it, you’re going to help people, and you’re probably going to start to attract new patients, clients, and customers    Dr. Barbara Hales  14:39  are physicians who are functional into functional medicine, or maybe non-traditional medical care. Welcome to your show as well.    Bret Gregory  14:50  100% yes, so any doctor can make a free expert channel on doctor talks. Uh, the great thing about doctor talks is that there are 11 million patients visiting the web. Most patient web visitors come to look for alternative treatments. They, you know, usually want to figure out, how can I use diet, lifestyle, exercise, and how can I work with a doctor that’s going to, you know, work with me. Listen to me. A lot of cash-paying patients on drtalks.com, and so it can be great for integrative Functional Medicine and even traditional doctors.    Dr. Barbara Hales  15:30  That’s great. Now, I did notice when I looked at the site that in addition to podcasts and videos, you also have summits. So maybe you could tell the audience here the difference between a podcast and a virtual Summit?    Bret Gregory  15:46  Sure. So, virtual summits and podcasts are similar in many ways: there’s usually one host, or a host and a co-host, who interview other doctors. But the summits tend to focus on one subject. So we just recently completed the Reversing Heart Disease Naturally Summit, hosted by Dr. Joel Kahn, a cardiologist, and Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a nine-time New York Times bestseller. They interviewed approximately, I want to say it was maybe, I think they did 20 interviews each. So they did approximately 40 interviews, and almost everyone they interviewed was also a doctor, but it was all about how to reverse heart disease naturally. And so they record all those interviews, and then we do a summit launch. And so, usually, all the experts on the summit will send an email to their patient email lists, inviting them to watch the summit for free. So the summits are free to register for and attend. And our summits usually have between 20,000 and 40,000 attendees, and they’re all virtual. They’re launched over approximately a five-day period, during which everybody comes together to watch the summit for free. And we have summits on lots of different topics. We’ve done summits on Alzheimer’s and diabetes and Hashimoto’s, and we’ve produced over 100 summits in the past six years, at doctor talks,    Dr. Barbara Hales  17:25  When a person is having a podcast, versus, you know, being head of a summit or leading a summit in a particular group, is the one leading the summit considered, you know, prospectively, a higher authority than someone that just has a podcast?    Bret Gregory  17:47  Well, I wouldn’t necessarily compare it to having a higher authority than someone with a podcast, but certainly, hosting a podcast can help you raise your authority and become that key opinion leader. Definitely, hosting a summit can also help you raise your authority and be a key opinion leader. I think one of the main differences is that if you’re hosting a summit, you’re going to grow an email list that should be highly valuable and profitable to your practice, and so in both cases, you will be able to elevate your key opinion leadership.    Dr. Barbara Hales  18:22  So, with a virtual Summit, you can grow your email list faster.    Bret Gregory  18:33  Definitely, yeah, usually, again, when we have the host, we will get a copy of the email list that we can produce with the summit. That email list should be worth half a million to a million dollars a year to a doctor who has a practice. You know, whether it’s even if it’s a brick and mortar practice or even if it’s a virtual practice, the it’s you know, think about an email list of 20,000 prospective patients, you’re going to have a lot of you know, great value in that, and that’s something that the summit does. Now, summits are they’re considerably harder than a podcast. Podcast is a much easier place to start. But I would also suggest, again, if you’re really starting out from scratch, start out as a guest with one podcast interview, and we can help you get booked for free on drtalks.com.    Dr. Barbara Hales  19:30  Well, one of the great benefits of having a summit is that, for whatever topic this summit is highlighting, the people who have signed up for it are the ones who are raising their hand, saying, ” You know, this is a topic that I’m interested in,  Dr. Barbara Hales  19:59  when a person. And signs up. Is there a little blurb at the bottom saying, “By signing up, you give permission to receive information,” or is that the first email you send after you get the email list? Would you like to keep getting information?    Bret Gregory  20:17  Yeah, it’s the first part. So they have to acknowledge that they’ll be on the host’s email list. And that’s why they have to check a box to agree to it in order to register. So it’s very clearly labeled up front that you’ll be joining the doctor’s email list. And then, of course, like with any email system, you should be able to easily subscribe with one unsubscribe with one click. Should you choose to do so?    Dr. Barbara Hales  20:47  Surely. Now, do these people who sign up get any kind of lead magnet, or is the Summit and the summit information enough of a draw that nothing else needs to be sent to them?    Bret Gregory  21:00  Usually, we’ll have four to five ebooks, and, as you said, you can refer to them as lead magnets, but they’re typically high-value. Many times they’re authored by the host; sometimes they’re authored by premium guests who have, you know, really high-quality information aligned with the topics. So, for example, on the reversing heart disease naturally Summit, there were, I think, about four or five ebooks that were all related to reversing heart disease naturally. And they’re very, very high-quality ebooks,    Dr. Barbara Hales  21:40  which is a very important topic these days.    Bret Gregory  21:43  Yes, absolutely agreed.    Dr. Barbara Hales  21:46  So when a doctor gets an email list, well, I think first of all, we can all agree that one of the most valuable assets a doctor or any businessperson has is that email list, right? So once the doctor gets the new email list, what do they do with it?    Bret Gregory  22:06  Great question. Yeah, this is one of the most important things for a doctor, and really for any business, is your email list. And the email list should be far more valuable. And let me just help give some perspective here. Would you rather have 10,000 Instagram subscribers or a 10,000-person email list? You would much rather have the email list. You could likely turn a 10,000-person email list into hundreds of 1000s of dollars of revenue, where you could almost never do that with 10,000 Instagram subscribers. So if you ever hear this phrase from people who teach marketing, “the money’s in the list,” it is absolutely true. So you want to really focus on building your email list. That can be done with a newsletter. It could be done by hosting a summit. There are many ways to do that; we won’t get into it right now, but the most important thing is to nurture your list. So you want to send, ideally, a weekly email newsletter that drives traffic back to your website. This is one of the most valuable things we can help doctors with who have podcasts: many doctors forget that if they have their own podcast, they should send out a weekly email as part of their newsletter. And it’s really this. This last part is really important in the if you’re going to release a weekly podcast episode instead of driving traffic to Spotify or Apple or your YouTube channel, you drive them back to your website so you can put your podcast on your website, and whenever a new episode comes out, you would send that email in your newsletter once a week and send traffic back to your website that right there could be worth six figures a year in driving traffic from your existing patient email list you don’t need, you don’t need a giant list. You could have a 1000-patient email list, and that would generate, you know, probably six figures per year. So what do they do with the email list that you want to nurture it? The best way to nurture it is with a newsletter. The easiest way to do it is news. To populate your newsletter is like having a weekly podcast.    Dr. Barbara Hales  24:32  When a person signs up to the website, of course, they’re seeing everything that you are. You know, believe everything that you believe in, everything that you teach. But you know, when people look to see how many subscribers you have, obviously, if they’re going to the website as the primary exposure. Or that there is no, you know, subscribing button. So do you say, well, it’s more important that they see your web list than a subscriber number.    Bret Gregory  25:13  Well, great question. So the subscriber number that you see, whether it’s on YouTube or your Spotify followers, I like to refer to as social proof. Often, those are vanity metrics. So you might see a lot of people with hundreds or 1000s of followers on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok; those tend to be what I refer to as vanity metrics. The exception is YouTube. If you have YouTube subscribers, those tend to be a lot more valuable than, say, Facebook subscribers. That all being said, I would still rather have the email list and when you drive traffic, if you’re going to drive traffic somewhere, you always want to drive traffic to your website, and when, for anybody that is, you know, if you’re just getting started out, one of the things that you would do is make it easy for people to sign up for your newsletter, and so you just Have a form on your homepage where it’s very easy for people to sign up for your newsletter, and then you send them a weekly newsletter. That’s the nurturing that we were talking about earlier. And if you do it once a week, you can send people traffic to your website, whether it’s reading a new blog post or perhaps seeing your latest podcast interview. Anytime you can get your patients back to your website, you have the opportunity to let them book a consultation or purchase anything else you might offer.    Dr. Barbara Hales  26:54  Well, that’s really great advice. So, at this point in the podcast, I like to ask my guest: What are two tips you would give to the listening audience? So let’s say a person you know is not just starting out in the practice, but is not, you know, towards the end of their practice, either they’re you know, like midway, they’d like to, you know, they’d like to improve the numbers, or if they’ve decided recently, which is even more important, if they’ve decided to transition away from an insurance dependent model to a concierge now, it’s as though they are starting from scratch, because now they need to let people know that that’s what’s going to be happening. They need to attract new people and convince existing ones that paying for something is worth it. So, absolutely like, what tips would you give?    Bret Gregory  27:58  So my biggest tip, and you know, I’m certainly biased, is that I think doctors should be a guest on a podcast, but because it’s free, it’s easy. And, you know, we have a way to make it really easy for you to get booked on podcasts. My tips would be to get booked on a podcast, and one of the easiest ways to do that for any of you, if you use any kind of AI out there, if you like ChatGPT or Claude, whatever you use, go and open up a window and type in this prompt. Help me come up with a catchy podcast title. And here’s where you fill in the blank that might be, wherever your area of expertise is, peptides, menopause, heart disease, diabetes, whatever your specialty is or area of expertise, and then let it run, and it’ll come up with a bunch of really catchy podcast titles. Find the one that resonates with you, and it just hooks you. That’s the key. Find the one that just really hooks you. Go, ooh, that one would be great. Use that when you approach other doctors who have podcasts. So again, on doctor talks, you create a free expert profile. You can quickly start messaging our AI, which will match you with other podcast hosts. You could start messaging those doctors and say, “I would love to be on your podcast.” Here is my and you can call it your signature talk. Here is my signature talk. Copy and paste that catchy podcast title, and that’s going to hook them into wanting to interview you. It’s totally free, and it’ll give you a really great opportunity: once the last step is taken, you can ask your favorite AI chatbot to help you come up with great interview questions. And have come up with approximately 10 questions that should be good for about a 25-minute interview. Try to keep your interviews to approximately 25 minutes. It’s just a good rule of thumb. You don’t want them to go. Too long, and those are my tips that can really help you.    Dr. Barbara Hales  30:04  Those are great tips. And if I might just throw one in, following up on what you said is, you know, when you find that title or that hook that you think is wonderful, the thing is, someone else might have thought it’s wonderful first. So, before you actually make that your podcast, get the URL. If the URL is not available, then think again, because sure, you don’t really want to be promoting someone else’s podcast.    Bret Gregory  30:41  Yeah, I was referring to if they were going to be a guest, as opposed to hosting their own podcast, you’re 100% correct. If they’re going to host their own podcast, you need to put a lot more thought into the title, the name of the show, but I was thinking more of a catchy podcast, title of an episode, of an episode, then in that case, you’re absolutely right, yeah.    Dr. Barbara Hales  31:05  Well, you know what? I thoroughly enjoyed speaking with you today, as I’m sure the listeners are, you know, interested in what you have to say. They’ve, I’m sure, gotten a lot of value out of it. So I just want to remind listeners that you can visit drtalks.com, browse the site, and sign up. It’s free. You are getting nurtured by one of the best. Yeah.    Bret Gregory  31:39  Thank you so much. Well, yeah, for anybody who’s listening, you can create your free account. If you’re a doctor, go to doctor talks.com that’s D, R, T, a, l, K, s.com, forward slash, connect. Then you can sign up, create your expert profile, and get started. Our AI will connect you with podcast hosts, and you can start getting connected. And our team will be happy to assist you if you need any help    Dr. Barbara Hales  32:01  well. Thank you so much. This has been another episode of marketing tips for doctors, till next time.  The post Attract Patients Forever first appeared on The Medical Strategist.

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Stephen Grootes speaks to Warren Ingram, financial advisor and co-founder of Galileo Capital, about why salary deductions such as tax, retirement fund contributions, and other benefits are not simply losses, but important investments in financial security, public services, and long-term stability. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Warren Ingram, financial advisor and co-founder of Galileo Capital, about why salary deductions such as tax, retirement fund contributions, and other benefits are not simply losses, but important investments in financial security, public services, and long-term stability. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

California has a new virtual representation statute! What does this mean for your trusts and estates practice?  In this episode of Trust Me!, our guests, Kelly Cooksey of Loeb and Loeb in Los Angeles, and Anna Soliman of Sheppard Mullin in Los Angeles will review the nuts and bolts of the long-awaited virtual representation statute, which became effective on January 1st, 2026.  Our host will be Jeff Loew, Managing Partner of Trust Law Partners and Education Chair for TEXCOM, the Executive Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section of the CA Lawyers Association.Jeff Loew is the managing partner of Trust Law Partners LLP, with offices in Silicon Valley, Pasadena and Newport Beach.   Jeff's primary areas of practice include trust and estate litigation, fiduciary litigation, and financial elder abuse actions.  Jeff is certified as a Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust, and Probate Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. Jeff is the Chair of the Education Subcommittee for TEXCOM, the Executive Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section of the California Lawyers Association and is also a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). He is licensed to practice in California, Nevada, and Texas.Kelly Cooksey focuses her practice on estate and gift tax planning for high net worth individuals, as well as probate and trust administration.  Her experience includes drafting living trusts and gift trusts, handling complex trust administration and probate proceedings and coordinating tax-efficient wealth transfer strategies among numerous advisors.  She regularly advises clients on the wide range of sophisticated issues arising in these transactions, including income, gift, estate and property tax issues, the modification of irrevocable trusts through methods such as trust decanting as well as charitable planning issues, particularly compliance with private foundation self-dealing rules. Anna Soliman is special counsel in the Tax, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office. Anna specializes in estate planning and trust administration for high-net-worth individuals. She has broad experience in drafting and preparing complex estate plans and business succession plans for high-net-worth individuals. She also assists clients in matters ranging from trust administration and probate to IRS audits. Anna was most recently the Chief Fiduciary Officer and Trust Counsel of a prominent trust company. Earlier in her career, Anna worked as an Estate and Gift Tax Attorney for the Internal Revenue Service, where she examined high profile tax returns.Thank you for listening to Trust Me!Trust Me is Produced by Foley Marra StudiosEdited by Cat Hammons and Todd Gajdusek

Paula Constant “2030 Target: £100m revenue, £30m EBITDA and £20m SaaS ARR”Paula Constant joined Personal Group as CEO in July 2023. It took just six months to stop the share price continuing its 5 year downtrend and achieve a 167% rally in less than 3 years.This was done by achieving double digit growth whilst still being on a reasonable valuation, building a rock solid balance sheet and paying a very chunky dividend.And there's more still to come. Paula has ambitions to more than double revenue and profits over to 2023 by achieving £100m in revenue, £30m EBITDA and £20m SaaS ARR.Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a workforce benefits and insurance provider. Its vision is to be the champion of affordable and accessible insurance and benefits, keeping businesses and their employees happy, healthy and protected. The Group is proud to support the health and wellbeing of c. 1.25 million UK employees.The Group's insurance provides employees with access to affordable, individual policies for hospital, recovery and death benefit plans. The Group's award-winning benefits platform, Hapi, brings together extensive employee benefits, discounts and rewards, in one responsive platform. As well as being sold direct to employers, the Hapi platform supports Sage's Employee Benefits offerings for SMEs.This comprehensive range of offerings, powerful platform and unique sales model of face-to-face, one-to-one engagement with employees, provides Personal Group with a strong market position from which to grow.  Head-quartered in Milton Keynes, the Group has built an extensive blue-chip customer list over its 40-year history, including Airtanker, B & Q, Barchester Healthcare, British Transport Police, British Airways, Merseyrail, Office of National Statistics, Randstad, Royal Mail Group, The Royal Mint, Stagecoach Group plc, and The University of York.For further information on the Group please see www.personalgroup.com

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Hey Voices from the Bench community! Jessica Love here, sending a shoutout from Utah! If you're passionate about creating natural, beautiful smiles—but want to simplify your workflow without sacrificing aesthetics—this is for you. I'm honored to be part of Ivoclar's development team introducing a powerful new stain and glaze system featuring Structure Paste, IPS e.max Ceram Art. Create stunning depth and lifelike color in as little as one firing. Let's continue to innovate, simplify, and create meaningful change—one smile at a time. CAM has been a major topic lately, and a lot of that conversation keeps coming back to hyperDENT. But instead of just talking about the software itself, it's worth looking at real-world experience. Imagine USA has been using hyperDENT in their own lab for over 15 years. That kind of longevity says a lot—they're not just selling and supporting it, they're relying on it in their own production every single day. That's what really sets them apart. This week, Elvis and Barb sits down with Katherine Steinbock-Dyke of Whip Mix to talk legacy, leadership, and the evolution of a family-run powerhouse in the dental industry. As part of the Steinbock lineage, Katherine shares what it was like growing up around the business—from selling Girl Scout cookies on the shop floor to eventually stepping into the CEO role. Her journey wasn't a straight line, starting instead in international business and corporate HR before finding her way back to Whip Mix and working her way through multiple roles across the company. The conversation dives into the realities of running a multi-generational company in a rapidly changing industry. Katherine talks about balancing tradition with innovation, from gypsum and articulators to digital workflows and resin development. She opens up about the challenges of staying relevant, the importance of continuous improvement (hello, WIN program), and what it really means to lead a team she genuinely cares about. Along the way, there's plenty of classic bench banter—everything from assembling pizzas at Papa John's to the chaos of early 3D printing workflows and navigating massive trade shows like IDS. The episode wraps with a look at where Whip Mix is headed, Katherine's focus on reconnecting with labs and customers, and how the next generation is shaping the future of dental manufacturing while respecting its roots.Special Guest: Katherine Steinbock-Dyke.

Simplifying your will as much as possible ‘gives a bigger chance of … your actual intent being followed after your passing' – Henré Prinsloo, Head of Employee Benefits at Momentum Corporate.

Employee benefits and insurance decisions can feel complex, especially in the Food and Beverage Industry where margins are tight and workforces are diverse.In this episode of Shelf Confidence, the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association sits down with Robert Stoudt, Employee Benefits Consultant at PFMA member Assured Partners, to break down how food and beverage employers can approach benefits strategy with more clarity and confidence.The conversation explores what makes this workforce unique, common misconceptions about benefits planning, and practical steps operators of all sizes can take to manage costs, reduce risk, and better support their teams. From understanding plan structures to identifying overlooked coverage gaps, this episode offers a straightforward look at making smarter decisions without getting lost in technical language.For operators focused on workforce stability and long-term planning, this discussion provides practical insight into one of the most important — and often most confusing — areas of business operations.Presented by the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association.If you enjoy Shelf Confidence, please subscribe and share. Thanks for listening!

In this episode of the Insurance Leadership Podcast, Ben Markland speaks with Sharon Alford, Vice President of Direct-to-Consumer Business Development, and Warren Laird, Marketing Director for Individual Products at VSP Vision Care. They discuss how the employee benefits landscape is evolving and how VSP is expanding access to vision care through technology, new distribution strategies, and a growing focus on individual coverage. The conversation highlights how strong leadership and partnerships help organizations adapt to change while meeting the needs of employers, brokers, and members.

In this week's edition of the AmiSights Podcast, we talk to Emeka Oguh. Emeka is the CEO of PeopleJoy, a company that helps HR leaders attract and retain top talent with turnkey student loan and education benefits. In this episode, they discuss Emeka's entrepreneurial journey, focusing on his experiences in the tech and finance sectors, and his current venture, PeopleJoy, which aims to help individuals achieve financial wellness by addressing student debt and other financial challenges. Emeka shares insights into his career path, the importance of passion in entrepreneurship, and how AI is influencing business operations. "Entrepreneurial success is driven more by mindset—passion, resilience, and vision—than by initial capital. My journey shows how strategic thinking and determination can overcome limited resources to achieve significant success." In this episode, Emeka reflects on his entrepreneurial journey, from early childhood ventures to launching his first company in mobile app publishing, before diving into the mission behind PeopleJoy—helping individuals achieve financial freedom by removing barriers like student debt through employer-sponsored repayment assistance and financial wellness solutions. The conversation also explores the evolving role of AI in business, with Emeka emphasizing its power to enhance efficiency and augment human capabilities while underscoring the importance of preserving a strong human element, especially in financial services. Connect with Emeka: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emekaoguh/  Check out PeopleJoy: https://peoplejoy.com/  Recorded on 2/19/26  

In this episode of Just Compensation, Megan Monson, Amy Komoroski Wiwi, and Amy C. Schwind discuss employment law updates and trends from 2025 and what employers should expect as 2026 continues. They delve into state-specific changes, noting minimum wage and salary threshold increases, prenatal leave and sick time, and independent contractor classifications, and other New York, New Jersey, and California legislation.  Speakers: Megan Monson, Partner, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Amy Wiwi, Partner, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Amy C. Schwind, Senior Counsel, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

Follow Debbie on LinkedIn here Follow Nonku on LinkedIn here On Work and Revolution podcast exposes the real forces reshaping leadership, talent, and the future of work. Hosted by Debbie Goodman - CEO of Jack Hammer Global, a top executive search firm, author, advisor, and speaker - this podcast dives into bold ideas and honest conversations with CEO's reshaping today's workplaces and redefining what great leadership looks like. If you're a CEO, founder, or changemaker hungry for real insight into workplace trends, hiring strategy, and organizational transformation, this is your space to listen, learn, and lead differently. ✦ Explore more insights, guest details, and episode transcripts at: jhammerglobal.com✦ Follow Debbie on LinkedIn | YouTube ✦ Subscribe, share, and spark your own work revolution.

Jason Glime joined Spartan Wealth Management as President of Employee Benefits in November 2022 with the goal of leading the company's next phase of expansion. As president, Jason has ultimate responsibility to drive business-development, set up the processes to deliver exceptional customer service and grow the employee benefits clientele and internal team. With more than 25 years of sales and business development experience, Jason specializes in building strong relationships and creating solutions that help companies protect their most valuable assets – their people, reputation and bottom-line. Jason earned a Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University. He resides in Birmingham, Michigan with his wife Tiffany and their 2 sons Nathan & Ryan. Jason loves to golf, travel and participating in endurance events. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!   Connect with Jason Glime:Website: https://spartanwealth.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpartanWealthManagement LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spartan-wealth-management/                                                                                       *E – explicit language may be used in this podcast.

In this episode, we explore the evolving landscape of employee benefits and how organizations can leverage them to enhance retention and engagement. Jordan Peace, CEO of Fringe, shares insights on the importance of personalizing benefits to meet the diverse needs of employees. Listeners will learn practical strategies for creating a culture that values employee experience and how to effectively communicate the value of benefits to finance teams. Listener Takeaways Understand the shift from traditional benefits to personalized offerings that resonate with employees. Learn how to effectively communicate the value of benefits to finance executives. Discover the importance of sentiment data in assessing employee satisfaction with benefits. Explore quick wins for enhancing employee engagement through innovative perks. Recognize the role of company culture in attracting and retaining top talent. Timestamps 00:00 – Introduction to the episode 00:40 – Jordan's journey into the benefits space 02:27 – The shift in employee benefits over the years 03:14 – The impact of gig work on employee expectations 05:34 – The importance of understanding employee needs 08:00 – Engaging finance teams in benefits discussions 10:25 – The productivity of happy employees 12:42 – Metrics to assess benefits effectiveness 15:28 – Creating a culture of feedback 17:33 – Tactical quick wins for HR leaders 21:02 – The future of personalized benefits Guest(s): Jordan Peace is the CEO and co-founder of Fringe, where he focuses on enhancing employee experience through innovative benefits and rewards that resonate with individual needs. Keywords: employee benefits, retention strategies, personalized offerings, employee engagement, finance communication, sentiment data, company culture, quick wins, HR tactics, gig economy  

This week, join guest host Patrick Haraden, Employee Benefits and Risk Management Strategist at Lockton Companies for a discussion about Insurance and Employee Benefits along with his guest Nikki Conte, the Director of Outreach and Education for the Massachusetts Health Connector, explaining how the state's official insurance marketplace functions. The discussion clarifies that the Connector serves individuals, families, and small businesses who lack access to employer-sponsored insurance, including early retirees and those aging out of parental plans. A major highlight is the ConnectorCare program, which combines federal tax credits with state subsidies to provide low-cost or zero-premium plans with no deductibles. The experts emphasize the importance of using the official mahealthconnector.org website to avoid predatory sites and explain how qualifying life events allow for enrollment outside the standard year-end window. Furthermore, the dialogue distinguishes MassHealth (Medicaid) from Medicare, noting that the Connector simplifies the process by using a single application to determine eligibility for various state programs. Finally, the source outlines the metallic tier system, helping consumers understand the trade-offs between monthly premiums and out-of-pocket costs.

In this episode of Success Leaves Clues, Robin and Al sit down with Vincent Ng, Director of Group Health Solutions at RBC Insurance, to explore one of the most misunderstood challenges in employee benefits today: why employees often don't use the benefits available to them. With more than 25 years of experience across healthcare, pharmacy, and insurance, Vincent brings a rare perspective to the conversation. As a licensed pharmacist and health benefits leader, he sits at the intersection of clinical care, digital transformation, and employer-sponsored health strategy. The discussion reveals a surprising truth: many benefit plans look rich on paper, yet employees struggle to access them in practice. Vincent explains why awareness gaps, fragmented platforms, and overly complex plan designs often prevent employees from engaging with their benefits until a crisis occurs. The conversation explores how employers and advisors can rethink plan communication, simplify access, and organize benefits around real human problems instead of administrative categories. If you are a CEO, HR leader, benefits advisor, or business owner responsible for employee wellbeing, this episode offers a strategic look at how benefits plans are evolving and what organizations can do today to ensure employees actually use the support available to them. You'll hear about: Why many employees don't understand the benefits available to them The concept of “cognitive overload” in complex benefit plans Why rich benefit plans often remain underutilized How multiple platforms and logins create friction for employees Why benefits should be organized around problems, not providers How employers can increase awareness and engagement with benefit plans The growing normalization of mental health support in the workplace How digital mental health tools are expanding access to care Why chronic condition management will shape future benefit plans The role of navigation and care pathways in modern healthcare How new medications and treatments are changing health outcomes Why access to care remains the biggest challenge in the Canadian system We talk about: 00:00 Introduction and Vincent Ng's background in healthcare and benefits 02:30 Why rich benefit plans are often underutilized 04:00 Cognitive overload and lack of awareness among employees 05:30 Decision paralysis created by complex benefit ecosystems 07:00 Why employees often engage with benefits only during crises 08:30 The importance of ongoing communication with employees 10:30 Reducing friction through better technology and integrated platforms 12:30 Designing benefits around employee problems and needs 14:00 Using industry data to better understand employee expectations 15:00 Mental health benefits and proactive wellbeing support 17:00 Integrating mental health into broader health management 19:00 The growing normalization of therapy and mental health care 21:00 The evolution of digital mental health tools and support 23:00 Future trends in group benefits and personalized care pathways 24:30 Chronic condition management and integrated care models 26:00 The strategic role of health and wellness spending accounts 28:00 The importance of medications in improving health outcomes 30:00 Balancing innovation and sustainability in drug coverage 31:30 Fixing healthcare access in Canada's fragmented system 34:00 Vincent's mission to make healthy choices easier for Canadians Connect with Vincent LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentng5/ Website: Connect with Us LinkedIn: Robin Bailey and Al McDonald Website: Aria Benefits and Life & Legacy Advisory Group

Building a wellness program that actually works and stays compliant? It's tougher than ever. Between HIPAA, EEOC, ADA, ACA and tax rules, even the best programs can stumble into costly mistakes. In this episode, we cut through the alphabet soup and break down what employers really need to know. Partner and Co-Chair of Calfee's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Jason Rothman joins MB Director of Population Health, Tiffany Kuck and MB CMO, Dave Homan as they dive into today's biggest compliance risks, how wellness programs have evolved and what it takes to design something effective and penalty‑proof. If you touch wellness strategy, this is the episode you can't skip.

In this episode, Lauren Lewis visits ACSI and sits down with James Brand, President, and Kristen Huffcut, Senior Relationship Manager, to discuss the complexities of retirement plans and why many employers struggle to manage them. ACSI is a third-party administrator (TPA) specializing in retirement plan compliance, administration, and support for small and mid-sized businesses. Their team helps companies navigate the legal, operational, and regulatory requirements behind retirement plans so business owners can focus on running their organizations. Lauren, James, and Kristen discuss: What a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) actually does Why retirement plans are becoming more complex The impact of legislation like Secure 2.0 and New York Secure Choice Why many companies run into compliance problems The role of TPAs in fixing plan issues and avoiding costly penalties Why local expertise and real relationships matter in retirement planning How retirement benefits help companies attract and retain talent The importance of proactive guidance instead of reactive problem-solving James also shares his unique career journey, from working in finance in New York City, to returning to Buffalo and eventually becoming President of ACSI. Kristen explains how her experience working with retirement plans from the advisor side led her to join the ACSI team and help businesses deliver a true white-glove service experience to their employees. If you're a business owner, HR professional, or financial advisor navigating retirement plan compliance and employee benefits, this episode breaks down the pain points behind retirement planning and how to solve them. 

EP 412 - How far should UK employers go when it comes to looking after staff?In this episode we break down the real cost of being a “nice” employer - from UK statutory sick pay (SSP) and full sick pay policies to employee benefits, pensions, flexible working, and permanent health insurance (PHI).With major UK employment law changes coming, SMEs face difficult trade-offs:Is full sick pay worth the payroll cost?Does unlimited holiday actually work?Can generous benefits create legal risk?Are employers responsible for employees' long-term wellbeing?Featuring insights from Oury Clark's employment lawyer Jessica Bass and financial adviser Freddie Pattenden, this episode is a practical guide for SME founders, directors, and HR leaders navigating sick leave, compliance, retention, and post-COVID workplace expectations.If you run a UK business and want to balance competitiveness, fairness, and sustainability - this one's for you.*For Apple Podcast chapters, access them from the menu in the bottom right corner of your player*Spotify Video Chapters:00:00 Caring Without Going Broke00:57 Meet the Experts01:27 What Staff Really Want03:38 Compliance Value Competition05:28 PHI Income Protection Debate11:22 Post Covid Flex and Mental Health15:36 Legal Minimums Sick Pay Changes21:54 Morality Consistency and Flex26:15 Being Nice Can Backfire29:10 Structuring Benefits and Contracts32:09 Unlimited Holiday Pitfalls32:51 Unlimited holiday pitfalls34:50 Perks arms race37:07 SMEs vs big firms38:35 Pension basics explained39:43 Qualifying earnings trap42:41 Pensions and retention47:17 Salary sacrifice demystified54:43 Self employed pension gap55:06 Death in service cover57:15 Private healthcare reality59:19 Tailoring PMI benefits01:03:00 Managing premium increases01:04:43 Virtual GP and AI support01:06:16 Avoiding Benefit Red Herrings01:08:14 Flexible Benefits Allowance01:11:20 Renewals and Underwriting Traps01:13:47 Flexible Working Rights01:15:33 Office Returns and Discrimination01:19:49 Mental Health Boundaries01:21:46 Best Benefits and Compliance01:27:10 Business or BS Quiz01:27:55 Maternity and Paternity Debate01:34:28 Wellbeing Apps and Final WrapWatch and subscribe to us on YouTubeFollow us:InstagramTikTokLinkedinTwitterFacebook

  In the United States, employers typically spend roughly 30% of total compensation on employee benefits, averaging between $12 and $15 per hour worked, or roughly $20,000–$30,000 per employee annually. As of June 2025, private industry benefits averaged $13.58 per hour, while public sector employers often spend significantly more, averaging over $24 per hour, driven by higher insurance and retirement costs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Brian Calvert is the owner of Business Health Market. We specialize in providing individuals and businesses with customized health insurance and employee benefits packages, working with all major carriers. Whether you're a solopreneur, a 1099 independent contractor, a small business with just two employees, or a large corporation with up to 2,000 employees, we have the expertise to create the perfect plan for your unique needs. We understand that a well-structured benefits package is crucial for staff retention and recruitment. That's why we design solutions tailored to your company's budget, size, and goals. By leveraging the latest technology, we help businesses offer competitive benefits that not only attract top talent but also enhance employee loyalty.   For more information: https://businesshealthmarket.com/ LinkedIn: @BrianCalvert   Email: brian@businesshealthmarket.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Employee benefits strategy has become one of the most important levers for sustainable business growth. As healthcare costs continue to rise and employees struggle to understand and use their benefits effectively, leaders are being forced to rethink how benefits fit into the larger picture of culture, retention, and performance. The companies getting it right are no longer treating benefits as a necessary expense, but as a strategic advantage. Reid Rasmussen has spent years helping employers navigate this shift. As Co-Founder and CEO of FreshBenies, Reid has built a company focused on cutting benefits costs while removing the confusion that often leaves employees disengaged and frustrated. His work centers on a simple belief: when employees understand and trust their benefits, businesses operate more efficiently and grow stronger. FreshBenies was designed to address the real pain points employers face every day. Rising premiums, higher out-of-pocket expenses, and underutilized benefits have created a system that works against both employers and employees. Reid's approach reframes employee benefits strategy as a tool for empowerment, combining healthcare advocacy, concierge-style navigation, telehealth access, and prescription savings into one streamlined experience. This clarity matters. When employees feel overwhelmed by benefits, they avoid using them or make costly decisions that impact both their health and the company's bottom line. A smarter employee benefits strategy reduces friction, increases utilization, and builds trust between organizations and their teams. That trust becomes a foundation for stronger engagement and long-term retention. Reid's leadership perspective is shaped not only by benefits innovation but also by how he runs his company. FreshBenies has operated as a remote team since 2009, long before remote work became mainstream. That experience has reinforced the importance of values-based leadership, clear communication, and systems that support people regardless of location. For Reid, employee benefits strategy is inseparable from leadership strategy. Ford Saeks brings a complementary lens to the conversation, grounded in business growth and scalability. Having worked with organizations across industries, Ford consistently emphasizes that growth is not driven by tactics alone. It comes from alignment between systems, culture, and leadership. Benefits are often overlooked in that equation, yet they play a critical role in how employees perceive their employer and their own value within the organization. A strong employee benefits strategy also signals something deeper about leadership priorities. It shows that a company is willing to invest in clarity, access, and employee wellbeing rather than defaulting to complexity and cost-shifting. That mindset resonates in today's labor market, where employees are more informed, more mobile, and more selective about where they work. Beyond benefits design, Reid is a passionate advocate for continual learning and leadership development. He believes that companies grow when leaders commit to understanding their people, listening to feedback, and making decisions rooted in shared values. That philosophy shows up not only in how FreshBenies serves employers, but in how the company builds its own internal culture. Employee benefits strategy is no longer a back-office function. It is a front-line growth decision that affects recruitment, retention, productivity, and trust. Businesses that embrace this reality are better positioned to compete, adapt, and scale in an increasingly complex environment. FreshBenies continues to demonstrate how simplifying benefits can create meaningful impact. By reducing confusion and empowering employees, Reid Rasmussen has helped organizations transform benefits from a source of frustration into a driver of smarter business growth. Watch the full episode on YouTube. Join Fordify LIVE every Wednesday at 11 a.m. Central on your favorite social platforms and catch The Business Growth Show Podcast every Thursday for a weekly dose of business growth wisdom. About Reid Rasmussen Reid Rasmussen is the Co-Founder and CEO of FreshBenies, a modern employee benefits platform designed to reduce healthcare costs and eliminate confusion. With a focus on advocacy, telehealth, and prescription savings, Reid helps employers empower employees while strengthening culture and financial performance. He is a values-driven leader, a long-time remote work advocate, and a firm believer that employee benefits strategy should support both people and business growth. Learn more at https://freshbenies.com. About Ford Saeks Ford Saeks is a Business Growth Accelerator who has helped generate more than one billion dollars in sales worldwide for companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations. As President and CEO of Prime Concepts Group, Inc., Ford specializes in helping businesses attract loyal customers, expand brand awareness, and ignite innovation. An entrepreneurial powerhouse, Ford has founded more than ten companies, authored five books, and holds three U.S. patents. He is widely recognized for his expertise in modern marketing, customer acquisition, and AI-driven strategy, helping organizations apply emerging technologies to improve operations, engagement, and results. Ford hosts Fordify LIVE and The Business Growth Show Podcast, where he shares insights and conversations designed to help leaders think differently, act strategically, and drive meaningful business growth. Learn more at ProfitRichResults.com and watch his show at Fordify.tv.

As therapists, most of us were never taught how to run a business—let alone how to manage money, payroll, hiring, or leadership in a way that's both ethical and sustainable.Licensed therapist and group practice owner Gordon Brewer and I talk openly about money mindset, generosity, boundaries, hiring mistakes, and what it really takes to create a financially sustainable group practice without burning yourself out or sacrificing quality of care.If you identify as a people-pleaser, an over-giver, or a “nice” leader who are quietly paying the price for unclear boundaries, this episode is for you.Gordon opens up about what didn't work when building his group practice, what had to change, and how learning to lead with clarity—rather than guilt—ultimately benefited both his team and his business.“Being kind means setting expectations and boundaries, so people know what to expect. Being nice often means avoiding those conversations—and that's where things fall apart.” — Gordon BrewerMistakes Made and Lessons Learned: Building a Sustainable Group PracticeGordon shares how over-giving with compensation, avoiding hard conversations, and underestimating the importance of clear financial systems led to stress and instability in his practice. Through hiring missteps, money mindset work, and implementing Profit First, he learned that sustainable leadership requires clarity, boundaries, and a willingness to course-correct.(00:04:16) Gordon's Journey to Owning a Group Practice and Hosting a Podcast(00:09:37) Sustainability Over Generosity: Lessons in Business(00:13:08) Navigating Money Stigma in Group Practice Ownership(00:17:51) Money Management and Hiring Lessons(00:20:05) How Boundaries and Values Shape Your Success with Finances(00:23:39) Parenting: Commands Disguised as Questions(00:27:03) Employee Benefits vs. Contracting(00:31:07) Planning for Financial Stability and Rebuilding a Sustainable Practice(00:36:43) How to Avoid Over-Giving in Your Private PracticeBuilding a Practice That's Generous and SustainableGordon's reflections highlight a truth I see again and again in my work with therapists: sustainability doesn't come from good intentions alone. It comes from aligning your values with clear business decisions, financial transparency, and leadership that supports everyone involved—including you.Key takeaways you can apply right now: Run the numbers before calling something “generous.”High splits, low fees, or extra perks aren't generous if they put your practice at risk. Sustainability is what allows generosity to continue.Being “nice” can quietly lead to burnout.Avoiding boundaries and hard conversations may feel compassionate in the moment, but it often creates resentment and instability over time.Kind leadership is clear leadership.Setting expectations upfront—and holding people to them—is one of the most respectful things you can do for your team.Money stories shape business decisions more than we realize.Beliefs about greed, selfishness, or worthiness often come from family or faith backgrounds and deserve to be examined—not blindly obeyed.It's never too late to course correct.Gordon's willingness to rebrand, rebuild systems, and restructure his business model created a healthier practice that better served everyone involved.If you're noticing patterns of over-giving, financial stress, or people-pleasing in your practice, I hope this episode helps you feel less alone—and more empowered to lead with clarity and confidence. Sustainable, ethical business decisions aren't a betrayal of your values. They're how you protect them.Ready to Improve your Business Money Skills?Are

"I stopped doing what I didn't want to do anymore. It's not hard to stop doing something you don't want to do... I didn't want to drink anymore." - Chris LeverettIn this incredibly vulnerable and powerful episode, we step away from the usual technical discussions of self-funding and insurance captives to tackle a pervasive, often silent issue in our industry: addiction and sobriety.My guest is Chris Leverett, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Employee Benefits at TexCap Insurance. While Chris is a veteran in the benefits space, today he shares his personal testimony of battling high-functioning alcoholism while trying to maintain a career, a marriage, and a family.Chris opens up about the "boiling frog" effect of social drinking in the business world, the crushing weight of keeping up appearances, and the terrifying rock-bottom moments, including a lapse in insurance coverage during his daughter's premature birth, that finally led him to seek help.We discuss the freedom found in admitting powerlessness, how he replaced the "monster" of addiction with the discipline of Ironman triathlons, and how to navigate the alcohol-heavy social scene of insurance events without losing your edge.If you or someone you know is struggling in silence, this episode provides a blueprint for finding hope, help, and a better life on the other side.Thank you to our 2026 sponsors!ParetoHealth: ParetoHealth empowers midsize employers with a long-term solution to reduce volatility and lower overall health benefits costs. Visit ParetoHealth.com to learn more.Samaritan Fund: A program that connects those who need help to the support they need. We are proud to offer the Samaritan Fund Program. Visit SamaritanFundProgram.com to learn more.Vālenz Health: We're Vālenz Health, your partner in improving health literacy, reducing plan spend, and delivering high-value healthcare. Visit ValenzHealth.com to learn more.Imagine360: Imagine360 helps self-funded employers save on healthcare with smarter health plans. Cut expenses by 20-30% with custom solutions. Contact us today at Imagine360.com.Chapters:(00:00:00) Intro: TexCap Insurance & Going Up-Market (00:04:48) Sobriety: It Doesn't Have to Be a "Life Sentence" (00:09:26) The High-Functioning Trap & Social Lubricant (00:13:24) Rock Bottom #1: No Insurance During a Crisis (00:17:27) The Final Wake-Up Call & A Wife's Dream (00:19:21) The Power of Admitting "I Am an Alcoholic" (00:28:25) Trading Addiction for Ironman Triathlons (00:38:30) How to Navigate Happy Hours Sober (00:45:13) The Blueprint: Steps to Finding HelpKey Links for Social:@SelfFunded on YouTube for video versions of the podcast and much more - https://www.youtube.com/@SelfFundedListen/watch on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1TjmrMrkIj0qSmlwAIevKA?si=068a389925474f02Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-funded-with-spencer/id1566182286Follow Spencer on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-smith-self-funded/Follow Spencer on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/selffundedwithspencer/

Most agencies treat employee benefits as a secondary revenue stream - a product to be sold rather than a risk to be managed. They silo their commercial and benefits teams, leaving the client with a disjointed strategy that fails to address their second-largest line item after payroll.My guest, Kevin Handzlik, Director of Employee Benefits at Ellerbrock-Norris, joins me to flip the script. Coming from an actuarial background at Milliman, Kevin brings a data-driven perspective to the brokerage world. In this episode, we break down why pharmacy costs have skyrocketed to 40% of claims spend, how to apply commercial risk management principles to health plans, and why self-funding is a vehicle, not a product. This is the blueprint for breaking down agency silos and protecting your client's purpose.Chapters:(0:00) From Actuarial Consulting to Agency Leadership: Kevin Handzlik's Story (5:16) Stop Selling Health Insurance, Start Solving Business Problems (9:09) The 40% Problem: Why Pharmacy Costs Are Skyrocketing (13:44) Applying Risk Management Principles to Employee Benefits (17:28) Overcoming the Fear of Self-Funding: Education vs. Sales (21:52) Breaking Down Silos: Why Commercial and Benefits Must Work Together (25:20) Stop Pitching Solutions: The Power of Asking Better Questions▶▶ Sign Up For Your Free Discovery Callhttp://completegameu.com/agaCONNECT WITH ANDY NEARY

In this episode of Just Compensation, Megan Monson and Jessica I. Stewart join host Taryn E. Cannataro in discussing common treatments of outstanding stock options and other equity awards in transactions. The discussion covers what different approaches mean for employees, sellers and buyers, as well as the tax implications of various treatments. Monson, Stewart, and Cannataro explore the key issues that all parties in a transaction should keep in mind, from equity plan design and deal documentation to structuring awards that effectively incentivize employees. Speakers: Megan Monson, Partner, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Taryn E. Cannataro, Counsel, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Jessica I. Stewart, Associate, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

JordanPeace, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fringe., Jordan's company, Fringe, built a platform around a powerful leadership philosophy:the traditional employee benefits model is broken because it doesn't treat employees like individuals. He argues that the key to modern leadership and team development is moving past future-focused, one-size-fits-all perks (like 401ks and health insurance) to provide personalized, immediate support throughlifestyle benefits.This philosophy has allowed him to build a high-growth company while actively shaping a new type of organizational culture. 

"I asked him, 'What is it that you're teaching undergraduate students about benefits?''…Just two slides. That blew me away." - Kyle MinickMy guest this week is Kyle Minick, Vice President of Employee Benefits at Summit Financial Group. Kyle returns to the show to expose a massive systemic failure: Universities are not teaching HR professionals how to manage their second-largest expense.Kyle shares the shocking story of how he discovered that major university HR programs dedicate almost zero curriculum to healthcare strategy. Instead of complaining about it, he decided to fix it. We discuss the 6-week accredited college course he built from scratch to teach the next generation of buyers about Stop-Loss, PBMs, and TPA contracts before they enter the workforce.But before we dive into the classroom, we dissect the broken market they are inheriting. We debate why Reference-Based Pricing (RBP) is failing in hospital-dominated markets like Texas, why relating prices to Medicare might be backfiring, and whether the government should step in to establish a "median price" for care.Tune in to see how we can bridge the education gap and finally train buyers to demand better.Thank you to our 2026 sponsors!ParetoHealth: ParetoHealth empowers midsize employers with a long-term solution to reduce volatility and lower overall health benefits costs. Visit ParetoHealth.com to learn more.Samaritan Fund: A program that connects those who need help to the support they need. We are proud to offer the Samaritan Fund Program. Visit SamaritanFundProgram.com to learn more.Vālenz Health: We're Vālenz Health, your partner in improving health literacy, reducing plan spend, and delivering high-value healthcare. Visit ValenzHealth.com to learn more.Imagine360: Imagine360 helps self-funded employers save on healthcare with smarter health plans. Cut expenses by 20-30% with custom solutions. Contact us today at Imagine360.com.Chapters:(00:00:00) Why RBP Struggles in Texas Monopolies (00:03:30) The "Medicare Price" Fallacy (00:11:00) Should the Government Set a Median Price? (00:25:00) The Education Gap: How Universities Failed HR (00:29:25) The "Two Slide" Curriculum Problem (00:33:00) Kyle's Solution: Building an Accredited Benefits Course (00:43:00) Teaching HR to Audit Their Consultants (00:54:30) The Syllabus: Stop-Loss, PBMs, and Contracts (01:07:00) How to Enroll & The Future of Benefits EducationKey Links for Social:@SelfFunded on YouTube for video versions of the podcast and much more - https://www.youtube.com/@SelfFundedListen/watch on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1TjmrMrkIj0qSmlwAIevKA?si=068a389925474f02Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-funded-with-spencer/id1566182286Follow Spencer on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-smith-self-funded/Follow Spencer on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/selffundedwithspencer/

Traditional health benefits often come with uncertain premium increases and a blanket approach that ignores diverse workforce needs. Today, we'll explore a new chapter in benefits: Individual Contributor Health Reimbursement Arrangements, which offer employers predictable costs and allow employees to select benefits that fit their needs. [01:30] What's an ICHRA [02:58] How challenges finding plans inspired the Thatch solution [09:40] The changing health care landscape & employee choice [12:07] What's changing with ICHRAs as they enter public policy [15:48] How ICHRAs can help business owners with health care challenges This content is based on generally accepted HR practices, is advisory in nature, and does not constitute legal advice or other professional services. ADP does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, and completeness of the content. Employers are encouraged to consult with legal counsel for advice regarding their organization's compliance with applicable laws. This content is current as of the published date.  Copyright © 2026 ADP, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The ADP logo, ADP, RUN Powered by ADP, and HR{preneur} are registered trademarks of ADP, Inc. and its affiliates. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.  Privacy at ADP

How to have more open conversations about money.Talking about money is taboo for many people. But according to Wendy De La Rosa, financial well-being only starts when we break the silence around finance.De La Rosa is a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-founder of the Common Cents Lab, an initiative aiming to increase financial well-being for low- to moderate-income people. For many, she says, shame keeps us silent about money. “Shame is paralyzing, and more than any other negative emotion, [it] leads us to ignore,” she says. But when it comes to financial well-being, ignoring our finances is the last thing we should do. Instead, De La Rosa advocates for open discussion. “Talk about finances,” she says. “How did you ask for a raise? What are you getting paid right now? These are important conversations that help everybody.”In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, De La Rosa and host Matt Abrahams explore how to have more open, productive conversations about finances. Whether you're a manager thinking about employee financial wellness or trying to broach a difficult topic with a partner or friend, De La Rosa offers practical strategies for breaking through the taboo around money.To listen to the extended Deep Thinks version of this episode, please visit FasterSmarter.io/premium.Episode Reference Links:Wendy De La RosaEp.104 How to Change: Building Better Habits and Behaviors (And Getting Out of Your Own Way)Ep.59 From Dreaming to Doing: How We Set and Achieve Goals  Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedInChapters: ********Thank you to our sponsors.  These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost. This episode is brought to you by Babbel. Think Fast Talk Smart listeners can get started on your language learning journey today- visit Babbel.com/Thinkfast and get up to 55% off your Babbel subscription.Join our Think Fast Talk Smart Learning Community and become the communicator you want to be.

Employee perks are evolving beyond traditional benefits, with workers expecting more personalization, choice, and support than ever before. Jordan Peace, CEO and co-founder of employee experience platform Fringe, joins host Monique Akanbi, SHRM-CP, to explore how non-traditional perks, recognition programs, and employer-covered AI tools are reshaping the employee experience in 2026 and beyond. Learn how creative approaches to benefits can strengthen workplace culture, reduce burnout, rebuild trust, and become essential tools for attracting and retaining talent.  This podcast is approved for .5 PDCs toward SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP recertification. Listen to the complete episode to get your activity ID at the end. ID expires February 1, 2027.  Subscribe to Honest HR to get the latest episodes, expert insights, and additional resources delivered straight to your inbox: https://shrm.co/voegyz   ---  Explore SHRM's all-new flagships. Content curated by experts. Created for you weekly. Each content journey features engaging podcasts, video, articles, and groundbreaking newsletters tailored to meet your unique needs in your organization and career. Learn More: https://shrm.co/coy63r 

Nate continues Dumb BLEEP of the Week.   We look at various criticisms leveled against Elon Musk and Tesla's operations. Additionally, we explore controversial takes on recent events, including U.S. foreign policy on Venezuela, the classification of fentanyl as a WMD, and much more. Join us as we dissect these topics with a blend of humor and critical analysis. 00:00 Intro 01:14 Henry Ford and the 40-Hour Work Week 07:49 Elon Musk and Controversial Comparisons 14:15 Elon Musk's Wealth and Capitalism 25:19 ProLon Fasting Mimicking Diet 27:30 A Real Socialist Company 28:19 Company Achievements and Employee Benefits 28:55 Debating Socialist Business Practices 32:10 Trump's Influence and Jewish Relations 35:32 NDAA and Military Spending 39:01 Venezuela Oil and U.S. Interests 42:59 Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road

In this timely and eye-opening interview, host Mark Alyn sits down with Kevin Busque, Head of Gusto 401(k) powered by Guideline, to break down what California small-business owners urgently need to know about the state's retirement savings mandate—and why waiting could be a costly mistake. With the December 31, 2025 compliance deadline rapidly approaching, California employers with as few as one W-2 employee are legally required to offer a retirement savings option. Business owners must either enroll employees in the state-run CalSavers IRA program or implement a qualified private retirement plan, such as a 401(k). Yet, according to recent research shared in the interview, nearly 75% of small-business owners are unaware of CalSavers, and 65% don't realize they could face fines of up to $750 per employee for missing deadlines. Kevin clearly explains the penalty structure, which begins with $250 per eligible employee after 90 days of noncompliance and escalates to an additional $500 per employee after 180 days. But this conversation goes far beyond warnings—it's about smart, strategic action. Kevin outlines how today's modern 401(k) plans are far more affordable, flexible, and tax-advantaged than many business owners realize. With new federal tax credits and simplified administration, retirement plans are no longer just for big corporations. Mark and Kevin also explore how offering a quality retirement benefit can do more than satisfy a mandate—it can boost recruitment, strengthen employee loyalty, enhance your employer brand, and align with long-term business growth. Kevin's entrepreneurial background and leadership at Guideline and Gusto add practical insight into how small companies can implement powerful benefits without overwhelming cost or complexity. This interview is a must-watch for any California business owner who wants to avoid penalties, stay compliant, and turn a regulatory requirement into a competitive advantage. #CaliforniaBusiness #SmallBusinessOwners #RetirementPlanning #CalSavers #401kPlans #EmployeeBenefits #BusinessCompliance #MarkAlyn #Gusto401k #GuidelineRetirement #Entrepreneurship #HRCompliance #WorkplaceBenefitsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/late-night-health-radio--2804369/support.