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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.

Ethical Rightsizing: Preserving Dignity and Trust in an Automated Era

When organizations must reduce headcount, how they do it matters just as much as the decision itself. Four HR leaders share what it truly takes to navigate layoffs with h...

Shadow AI at Work: What HR Leaders Learned from the Roundtable

When the first speaker in a Senior HR Connex Think Tank asked half-jokingly whether using generative AI amounted to “cheating,” they hit on the confluence of anxieties th...

The Wisdom Imperative: Fixing the System

Administrative bloat, payer fragmentation, and volume-based incentives all dissuaded patient-centric community care – and paradoxically, made moral courage a better finan...

Skills-Based Frameworks are Here to Stay

Skills-based frameworks are replacing traditional roles to improve hiring accuracy, agility, and workforce development. Success depends on strong skill taxonomies, ethica...

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

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...

Leading Better by Leading Less

“In healthcare, there has always been this vertical hierarchy. One of the things we’re working on is shifting that to truly horizontal hierarchy; that allows all of us to...

Healthcare Innovation: Structural Change and the AI Revolution

Rethinking Innovation in Healthcare

Prioritizing Inclusivity for a More Diverse, Equitable Culture

Enhancing Inclusivity Through Intersectionality

Succession and the Talent Bench

Is Your Talent Pipeline Prepared?

Connexions: A Year in Review

Whether it was face-to-face or virtually, 2023’s Connexion events gave healthcare executives multiple opportunities to brainstorm solutions to the industry’s most pressin...

Think Tank Insights: Overcoming Payer Tactics

Navigating the complexities of healthcare RCM is difficult on the best of days, but that reality is compounded by constant pressure from payers.

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

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

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...

Embracing Generative AI: The Future of HR in 2024

2023 saw generative AI tools like ChatGPT come to the forefront of public discourse, and many HR teams and human capital technology providers spent the better part of the...

Think Tank Insights: Optimizing Change Management in Healthcare

Change had always been a constant in healthcare, but that reality was greatly exacerbated by COVID. Digital care delivery, remote admin and support teams, growing labor s...

Think Tank Insights: Telehealth, Remote Care, And Delivering The Hospital At-Home Experience

The benefits of telehealth and RPM have been known for years – particularly as they pertain to vulnerable populations – but it took the unprecedented disruption of COVID-...

Think Tank Insights: Maximizing Revenue Cycle Performance

With uncertainty and revenue shortfalls still a prevailing reality, revenue cycle leaders are faced with three core mandates: preserve financial viability; implement upda...

Think Tank Insights: Recalibrating The Response To Clinical Labor Shortages

Labor shortages have reached all-time highs, with Connex Community Members reporting vacancy rates ranging anywhere between 15% in less affected communities, to more than...

Automation: Plugging Healthcare’s Labor Gaps

“We’re in the most interesting and dynamic period of healthcare, especially with regards to automation and artificial intelligence” says Hugh King, Chief Financial Office...

Sustainable QI: The People Behind the Change

Healthcare providers face a unique set of pressures as we charge full steam ahead into 2023. Staff shortages are at an all-time high, prompting everything from nursing sc...

ICYMI: Connexion 2022

In case you missed it, we were excited and honored to put on our first in-person event since the initial lockdowns at Connexion 2022 down in sunny San Diego, CA. Running ...

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...

6 key insights for improving resilience, stress reduction and mental health support for healthcare staff

The momentum achieved early in the pandemic by positioning care professionals as “heroes” has since worn off, leaving a trail of stress, mental and emotional strain, and ...

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...

Building a Practical and Sustainable Performance Competency Model

We were delighted to host a recent session on the subject of building a performance competency model. The session was led by Tony Callander, Chief Human Resources Officer...

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...

Outside the box: Innovative Perspectives on Digital Transformation

On October 19, Connex Healthcare members met for a fascinating Think Tank discussion on the topic of digital transformation. Covid has put significant pressure on provide...

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...

Webcast: Outlook for the Healthcare Industry – Post COVID-19

Connex Partner, KPN Advisors' recent webcast includes a panel of leading healthcare advisors and restructuring professionals that focus on the current healthcare industry...

5 key insights on how to create the conditions for a successful return to work

On December 1, Connex HR members met to discuss the return of the workforce to offices and on-site premises in the midst of the continued challenge of Covid-19. From the ...

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