by EHL Insurance | Apr 15, 2021 | Company Culture, HR Strategy, Leadership + Management
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has been a major topic for business leaders and HR professionals over recent years. As our cultural landscape is changing and evolving, so are the expectations of employees. Many leaders find themselves overwhelmed by what feels...
by EHL Insurance | Apr 8, 2021 | Marketing + Branding, Tools + Resources
Creating a relevant, strong, and trusted brand is one of the most fundamental aspects of developing a successful company. Many entrepreneurs find that it’s one of the hardest things to accomplish. Not because it’s unattainable, but because it takes long-term planning,...
by EHL Insurance | Apr 1, 2021 | Employee Benefits, HR Admin, HR Strategy, Vendor/Broker Relationship
For most employers, the story is the same every year. They don’t hear from their benefits broker until renewal starts to appear around the corner, and then it’s spreadsheets, rising premiums, and more spreadsheets. The world of insurance is confusing and...
by EHL Insurance | Mar 25, 2021 | Leadership + Management, Team Development
A few years ago, a comedian took a video of himself with his two children as he followed their written instructions to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. In the video, he follows his kids’ instructions exactly. As you might have guessed, it goes rather poorly....
by EHL Insurance | Mar 18, 2021 | HR Strategy, Leadership + Management, Marketing + Branding
Whether you’re in HR, marketing, sales, the C-Suite, or customer service, you rely on people. You need them to listen, to purchase, to follow, to keep coming back to you. And while your audience might be different, people are generally the same. As the world of...
by EHL Insurance | Mar 11, 2021 | HR Admin, HR Strategy, Leadership + Management
It’s a fact that losing good employees is a major pain point for business owners. Not only is it hard (and expensive) to replace a quality employee, but replacing institutional knowledge, relationships, and experience takes a lot of time. But this doesn’t mean...
by EHL Insurance | Mar 4, 2021 | HR Admin, HR Strategy, Leadership + Management
Over the past several years, HR’s role has steadily risen in stature, with more and more leaders recognizing the critical nature of HR functions and their impact on business growth and the bottom line. And HR has risen to the occasion by finding solutions to the...
by EHL Insurance | Feb 25, 2021 | Agency Development, Leadership + Management
In the world of business, buzzwords seem to rule the headlines. Optimize, disrupt, engage, drive—they pop up in headlines about leadership, HR, employee engagement, productivity, and the bottom line of your business. What ties these ideas together? They all allude to...
by EHL Insurance | Feb 18, 2021 | Leadership + Management, Personal Development
For much of the country, winter can be a challenging time. Decreased light, more time spent indoors, the horrible experience of waking up in the dark and ending work in the dark—it can be tough. This winter may be especially challenging, with the pandemic forcing us...
by EHL Insurance | Feb 11, 2021 | Company Culture, Leadership + Management, Personal Development
The art of leading a productive and enlightening conversation is at the essence of success. Whether you’re conducting a job interview, talking to a client, or working with your team, you need the power to get as much out of every conversation as you can. You...
by EHL Insurance | Feb 4, 2021 | HR Admin, HR Strategy, Leadership + Management
A few weeks ago, we published a blog that covered four ways you can work against ageist practices in your workplace. While it’s a good start to identifying the subtle ways ageism can sneak in, it’s essential to address some more concrete ways ageism takes place. The...
by EHL Insurance | Jan 28, 2021 | Company Culture, Leadership + Management, Team Development
When you measure progress within your organization, you don’t do it by checking off each individual activity done by your team. You do it by looking at how well you’re accomplishing your overall company goals. So why do we often approach projects from the...
by EHL Insurance | Jan 21, 2021 | HR Admin, HR Strategy, Leadership + Management
Even before the pandemic, employee burnout was a top concern for employers. The Mayo Clinic describes burnout as “a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity.” It manifests...
by EHL Insurance | Jan 14, 2021 | Company Culture, HR Admin, HR Strategy
Ageism is an established problem HR departments battle. Laws and organizations have been founded upon the need to protect workers from ageist practices. A report by Glassdoor in 2019 found nearly half of respondents in the US had witnessed or experienced ageism in the...
by EHL Insurance | Jan 7, 2021 | HR Admin, HR Strategy, Team Development
The value of exit interviews is a long-standing debate in the HR world, with people landing on both sides of the aisle. Some argue if an organization is broken, exit interviews are useless and hurt the interviewee’s reputation. Others say they are an excellent...
by EHL Insurance | Dec 31, 2020 | HR Strategy, Leadership + Management, Team Development
Your HR team worries about a lot of things. They worry about compensation, compliance, retention, engagement, attraction, productivity, company culture, and more. Over the past few years, HR has gotten more and more attention as leaders recognize its ability to drive...
by EHL Insurance | Dec 17, 2020 | Company Culture, Leadership + Management, Team Development
Keeping employees engaged is a constant worry for leaders. There are many ways to address engagement in the workplace. Benefits, company culture, and professional development are some aspects of the employee experience that drive engagement. But if you look at...
by EHL Insurance | Dec 10, 2020 | Company Culture, HR Strategy
Gratitude can be the simplest and most direct way to foster an organization of employees who feel valued, engaged, and driven by purpose. A thousand studies exist detailing how employee recognition can reinforce employee loyalty and boost productivity—but it’s...
by EHL Insurance | Dec 3, 2020 | Company Culture, Leadership + Management, Team Development
More than ever, we know how valuable a genuinely innovative team can be. Organizations that weren’t flexible enough to find solutions to 2020’s problems have suffered and closed their doors. On the other hand, agile, innovative, and quick-thinking...
by EHL Insurance | Nov 26, 2020 | HR Admin, HR Strategy, Team Development
Hiring is a tricky process. You’ve got a lot at stake, and you want to make sure you start strong. But what does hiring look like with remote employees? You can’t have them shadow someone all day, and you can’t walk them around the office to get acquainted...
