by EHL Insurance | Oct 22, 2020 | Company Culture, Employee Benefits, HR Strategy
As organizations settle into offering remote work as a long-term solution, it’s time to re-evaluate their employee benefits strategy to match the needs of remote employees. It’s not surprising that employees working from home have different needs than those working in...
by EHL Insurance | Oct 15, 2020 | Employee Benefits, HR Admin, HR Strategy
As open enrollment approaches, employers and HR departments need to be thinking about the most effective ways to communicate with their employees about the benefits package. This is especially true if your company is functioning with newly remote employees. Benefits...
by EHL Insurance | Oct 8, 2020 | Company Culture, Leadership + Management, Team Development
Learning new things is always a challenge. And they’re even more of a challenge when everyone has to learn them all at once. Imagine working for a company where everyone was hired within a week. No one would have any support or experience. It would be...
by EHL Insurance | Oct 1, 2020 | Company Culture, Leadership + Management, Team Development
In the world of company culture, what makes an individual employee effective doesn’t necessarily translate to what makes a team effective. If you have a group of people who all share the same strengths, your organization will suffer because successful teams need...
by EHL Insurance | Sep 24, 2020 | Employee Benefits, Employer/Broker Relationship, HR Admin, HR Strategy
In the past year, employers have had to make significant adjustments to their benefits packages to cope with the pandemic. Most significantly, employers with less than 500 employees have had to adopt new paid leave policies to help employees combat COVID-19 and new...
by EHL Insurance | Sep 17, 2020 | Agency Development, Company Culture, Leadership + Management
The pandemic and the economic downturn that followed put many businesses in shaky situations. It’s not the first, or the last, time in history that business leaders will navigate uncertainty. Businesses have been succeeding and failing since capitalism began....
by EHL Insurance | Sep 10, 2020 | Employee Benefits, Employer/Broker Relationship, HR Admin
It’s been a hard year. For businesses, families, individuals, the economy, Australia—basically everyone but our pets. The strain on our collective psyche has worried healthcare professionals who are struggling to adapt to increased demand while trying to...
by EHL Insurance | Sep 3, 2020 | Company Culture, Leadership + Management, Team Development
As organizations settle into the new world of virtual meetings, some have taken to the latest technology quickly, while some have struggled. And while most companies have figured out the basics by now, there are little things (that have a big impact), which...
by EHL Insurance | Aug 27, 2020 | HR Admin, HR Strategy, Team Development
Among all the aspects of day-to-day operations that have changed this year, very little in the business organization has been left untouched. As the future begins to settle into a clearer picture, HR departments are doing what they can to adjust their practices to...
by EHL Insurance | Aug 20, 2020 | HR Strategy, Leadership + Management, Team Development
As the world begins to settle into the reality of working from home as a long-term strategy, organizations must take the time to think ahead. When the pandemic hit, the world of remote work, which had been steadily gaining more and more attention, was fast-tracked...
by EHL Insurance | Aug 13, 2020 | HR Strategy, Leadership + Management, Team Development
See if this story sounds familiar. You get a job you love. It’s challenging, engaging, and fun. You work hard at it, overcoming the challenges, developing more efficient processes, and creating quality work. Your manager can step back and relax. They no longer...
by EHL Insurance | Aug 6, 2020 | Leadership + Management, Personal Development
Being a working parent was already a juggling game before the pandemic hit. Most successful working parents rely on some sort of routine to help them navigate their dual roles at work and at home. And when those routines get jostled, or, in this case, completely wiped...
by EHL Insurance | Jul 30, 2020 | HR Strategy, Leadership + Management, Team Development
Maintaining a healthy company culture and happy employees will always matter—even while millions are on unemployment and the power lies with employers. The economy has employers and employees alike feeling a bit trapped. Even if you find yourself with employees...
by EHL Insurance | Jul 23, 2020 | Marketing + Branding, Selling + Process
These days, businesses have more options than ever when it comes to building their website. And while there are great DIY tools you can use to build a website at a low cost, if you’re not trained in design, you might be doing yourself more harm than good....
by EHL Insurance | Jul 16, 2020 | Agency Development, Marketing + Branding
Often, when the topic of branding comes up, thoughts of logos, colors, and fonts preclude all else. But your brand is so much more than that! Your voice, messaging, company beliefs and values, vision, and purpose come together to create a cohesive story that impacts...
by EHL Insurance | Jul 9, 2020 | Company Culture, HR Strategy, Leadership + Management
Most employers have a good idea of the negative impact that employee burnout has on their culture, bottom line, engagement, and turnover rates. Needless to say, it’s big. Many things can lead to employee burnout, but most often left out of the...
by EHL Insurance | Jul 2, 2020 | Company Culture, Leadership + Management, Team Development
When you think about your role as a leader, what do you feel responsible for? Your growth as a company? Your employees’ wellness? Your company culture? Your customer’s satisfaction? For most, the list could go on and on. But in every...
by EHL Insurance | Jun 25, 2020 | Company Culture, Employee Benefits, Leadership + Management, Personal Development
Several key factors always hover on the list of employer concerns in nearly every industry. Employee engagement and productivity are almost always on the list as turnover rates, profits, efficiency, and customer experience are directly related to both. Which makes...
by EHL Insurance | Jun 18, 2020 | Company Culture, HR Strategy, Leadership + Management
We’ve all been experiencing the effects of the pandemic for a few months. And chances are, you’ve begun to think about whatever the “new normal” is that people are talking about. What is going to change permanently? What...
by EHL Insurance | Jun 11, 2020 | Leadership + Management, Personal Development
Chances are if you’ve been working at your company long enough, you’ve developed some fantastic ideas for growth and improvement. No matter what department you’re in, there is always room for growth, and inevitably there are those big beautiful...
