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Proving the ROI of People Investments

How the organizations are turning culture, engagement, and leadership into real business drivers.

In this conversation, leaders from Connex Partners, ADP, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield challenge that framing. They show how organizations can move beyond abstract “culture talk” to connect people strategy with tangible business outcomes by proving the ROI of onboarding, leadership development, engagement, and employee experience as measurable drivers of productivity, cost, and performance. 

 

Benefits, Rewards & Compensation

Total rewards strategy across compensation, benefits, recognition and pay transparency. How CHROs and total rewards leaders at large employers set budgets and make trade-offs.

Incentive Alignment for HR-Driven Culture Change

Incentive Alignment for HR-Driven Culture Change

Connect requested behaviors to evaluation and rewards
Benefit Plan Harmonization Across Multiple Sites

Benefit Plan Harmonization Across Multiple Sites

Compare employee effects and sequence the transition
Keeping People in Charge of HR Decisions

Keeping People in Charge of HR Decisions

Define human authority in policy and check the tools already in use
Vendor Rationalization in Employee Benefits

Vendor Rationalization in Employee Benefits

Evaluate capability, service, and transition risk
From Perks to Purpose: Rethinking Wellbeing

From Perks to Purpose: Rethinking Wellbeing

In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, “wellbeing” has transcended its traditional confines of gym memberships and biometric screenings. Senior HR leaders are now tasked ...
Support Caregivers, Support the Business

Support Caregivers, Support the Business

In August 2024, the Surgeon General issued a warning around the state of working parents in the US,” explained Sarah Olin. “Their research found that 41% of parents and c...
Redefining Workplace Wellbeing: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health

Redefining Workplace Wellbeing: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health

2024’s Top Employee Wellbeing Trends
Inside PwC: A Tech-Enabled Talent Strategy

Inside PwC: A Tech-Enabled Talent Strategy

The immediate impact of the pandemic may be behind us, but we’re not getting the R&R we expected – instead the news is filled with talk of resignations and recessions...
Five minutes with Rod Lacey

Five minutes with Rod Lacey

With Gartner forecasting a steady increase in turnover for the foreseeable future, we consulted Chief People Officer Rod Lacey to learn how SimPro made attrition practica...
Inside Connexion 2023

Inside Connexion 2023

Expressed early in the first panel discussion, that statement helped kick off Connexion 2023 and fittingly set the tone for the sessions to come. These in-person discussi...
Industry Insights: Elevating Compensation with AI

Industry Insights: Elevating Compensation with AI

A recent Connex Partners panel explored compensation planning and its use as a lever for employee retention, satisfaction, and productivity. Panelists discussed how succe...
Navigating the Evolving Talent Management Landscape

Navigating the Evolving Talent Management Landscape

As we approach the end of Q1 2024, it’s become clear that labor will continue to be a hot button issue for the foreseeable future. This puts additional pressure on HR tea...
The Perfect Storm: Fixing the Recruitment Crisis

The Perfect Storm: Fixing the Recruitment Crisis

6 ways to achieve total confidence in total rewards in 2022

6 ways to achieve total confidence in total rewards in 2022

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic began it was widely acknowledged that employees were looking for more than just a paycheck. Now, nearly two years after the pandemic sta...
Recalibrating Talent Management for the Remote Workplace

Recalibrating Talent Management for the Remote Workplace

HR leaders tackled a wide range of talent management topics in our recent Connex Think Tank session. In a rich discussion centered on the push towards hybrid work and fie...
The cost of contentment: 5 key insights on how to strike the balance in benefits management in 2022

The cost of contentment: 5 key insights on how to strike the balance in benefits management in 2022

On November 4, Connex HR members met for an insightful discussion on the topic of benefits programs and packages, and how to keep employee value propositions attractive i...
Three Key Takeaways from Green Circle Life’s Webinar: “Promoting Emotional Wellbeing During COVID and Beyond”

Three Key Takeaways from Green Circle Life’s Webinar: “Promoting Emotional Wellbeing During COVID and Beyond”

On April 14th, Green Circle Life presented a webinar about the importance of supporting employees’ wellbeing in the workplace featuring John Daniel, speaker, author and f...
Total Rewards and the Employee Value Proposition in the Age of COVID

Total Rewards and the Employee Value Proposition in the Age of COVID

While many organizations are so focused on surviving the pandemic that they have placed the employee value proposition on the backburners, others have come to recognize a...

Expressed early in the first panel discussion, that statement helped kick off Connexion 2023 and fit...