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Insights from leaders across human capital and healthcare.

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Access exclusive insights, expert perspectives, and valuable resources created specifically for Connex Partners members. Explore ideas, strategies, and real-world perspectives designed to help you stay ahead in human capital and healthcare.

 

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. 

 

Wellbeing

Employee mental health strategy, EAP performance, burnout and clinician wellbeing. Which programs employees use, and how HR, benefits and clinical leaders measure the effect.

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...
HR Leadership: From Selfless to Self-Care

HR Leadership: From Selfless to Self-Care

Countless stories shared at Connex industry events demonstrate just how compassionate HR leaders can be, their deep empathy pushing them to go above and beyond in the ser...
Redefining Workplace Wellbeing: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health

Redefining Workplace Wellbeing: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health

2024’s Top Employee Wellbeing Trends
Prioritizing Inclusivity for a More Diverse, Equitable Culture

Prioritizing Inclusivity for a More Diverse, Equitable Culture

Enhancing Inclusivity Through Intersectionality
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...
Five Minutes With...Rachael Kelly

Five Minutes With...Rachael Kelly

Every performance management strategy hinges on having a psychologically safe environment where employer and employee alike are receptive to feedback, so how do you creat...
Using Intentionality to Transform the Management of Remote Teams

Using Intentionality to Transform the Management of Remote Teams

After Patrick Felder became Vice President of Employee Success at Salesforce in October 2020, he did not meet any of the business leaders that he works with, nor any othe...
Optimizing Labor: Accounting For The Whole Picture

Optimizing Labor: Accounting For The Whole Picture

Labor shortages require a reevaluation of what people are available, why they work, and how they can be better deployed – paradoxically, the path to savings is paved with...
No One Is Just A Number

No One Is Just A Number

The idea of taking a critical lens to ranked performance management styles is nothing new. In fact, a quick Google search shows a wave of articles from 2015 discussing th...
Think Tank Insights: Recalibrating The Response To Clinical Labor Shortages

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...
Joy at Work!

Joy at Work!

The following is a companion article to the most recent episode of Connex’s ongoing Executive Insights Series, which is produced in partnership with the “Innovating Leade...
To Get More Done, Work Less!

To Get More Done, Work Less!

The following is a companion article to the most recent episode of Connex’s ongoing Executive Insights Series, which is produced in partnership with the “Innovating Leade...
The Power of Trauma-Informed Leadership

The Power of Trauma-Informed Leadership

The following is a companion article to the most recent episode of Connex’s ongoing Executive Insights Series, which is produced in partnership with the “Innovating Leade...
ICYMI: Connexion 2022

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 ...
Bringing Your Full Self to Work

Bringing Your Full Self to Work

It’s staggering to think about just how much time an average adult devotes to work, especially in recent years. Between labor shortages, business model changes, and the e...
The Great Reengagement

The Great Reengagement

Connex Member Michelle Sanchez-Bickley sat down with Maureen Metcalf from Innovative Leadership to discuss these challenges, and in the process, shed light on a refreshin...
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...
6 key insights for improving resilience, stress reduction and mental health support for healthcare staff

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 ...
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...
Preparing for the Known Unknown: HCM Leaders and the Return-to-Work Conundrum

Preparing for the Known Unknown: HCM Leaders and the Return-to-Work Conundrum

With the new promise of widespread vaccine rollout, HCM leadership must consider the complex implications of a return to work while continuing to optimize the work from h...
5 key insights on how to create the conditions for a successful return to work

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 ...
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...

In case you missed it, we were excited and honored to put on our first in-person event since the ini...

Connex Member Michelle Sanchez-Bickley sat down with Maureen Metcalf from Innovative Leadership to d...