The Better Employer Podcast

Small Business Retirement Plans: What Business Owners Need to Know

If your small business wants to hire the best talent, it's vital to offer what 69% of employees consider a must-have benefit: a retirement plan. As more and more states move toward mandating retirement benefits, maybe right now is the best time to evaluate your options and determine what sort of retirement plan aligns with the needs of your employees. In today’s episode of The Better Employer Podcast, we catch up with Rich Cawthorne and Kyle Posvistak, Senior Vice Presidents at HUB International who specialize in advising businesses on their employee retirement plan. They were guests recently on our FUTURE FOCUS Linkedin Live series [https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6871498817712259072/], where they walked us through different retirement plan options and discussed some common challenges that small businesses face with their plans. In 2022, employers will need to take a creative and personalized approach with retirement, making it part of a holistic financial wellness strategy. If you’d like to learn more about HUB Retirement Services and how our expert advisors can help you add value to your benefits plan, visit our website to get started today. [https://www.hubinternational.com/products/retirement-services/employee-retirement-plans/] Subscribe to the Better Employer Podcast for more in-depth conversations about how to be an employer-of-choice in an ever-changing world. Finally, be sure to visit anchor.fm/hub-international [//anchor.fm/hub-international] to submit a question or a specific topic you’d like us to cover here on a future episode.

Embrace Change and Don't Get Left Behind

Joining us for today's episode is Christine Wzorek, CEO for White Label Advisors and US Market Advisor for Vize Labs. For most of us in the business world who lead a team of people, the pandemic has been a period of learning and forced us to become a little more nimble and flexible. But for Christine, who had already made a successful career out of helping businesses embrace innovative workplace solutions, she was already positioned to thrive. In this episode, we discuss how our constrained working environment has actually been a boon for innovation because it’s forced leaders to take a chance on their people. Ultimately, Christine has discovered that if there’s one silver bullet for nurturing a successful remote workforce, it’s this: all employees really need is understanding and flexibility from their employers. Christine is one of the smartest people I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing and I sincerely hope you enjoy and learn from this interview. If you’d like to learn more about her, White Label Advisors, or her work with Vize Labs, visit www.whitelabeladvisors.com [https://www.whitelabeladvisors.com/] or feel free to connect with her on LinkedIn. Visit anchor.fm/hub-international [//anchor.fm/hub-international] to submit a question or a specific topic you’d like us to cover here on a future episode.

Motivosity, or, the Art of Treating Employees Like People

We're back with Season 2 of the Better Employee Podcast. Joining us in this episode is Jared Olsen, HR disruptor and current Head of Customer Success at Motivosity. I spoke with him back in December about his life and the many lessons he’s learned over the years—as an HR leader, as a father, and as an influential voice in the Utah business community. A main takeaway for me from our conversation: most leaders are bad at performance management because we've been conditioned to identify what's wrong first, rather than seek opportunities to praise our employees for the many things they do right. We are in a powerful position to build up and mentor our people, and there are very good business reasons for doing so. If you’d like to learn more about Jared Olsen and Motivosity, visit www.motivosity.com, or feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn. Visit anchor.fm/hub-international to submit a question or a specific topic you’d like us to cover here on a future episode.

How Does Your Company React to Failure?

In this week's episode of the Better Employer Podcast, we talked with Sidney Bruce, Founder & CEO of Mod HR, about her life, her company, and her unique approach to HR consulting. Mod HR is a modern HR firm that focuses on providing companies with fractional HR support. In this episode we explore just what that means. Plus, we touch on a gamut of other topics, from supporting your employees during the pandemic, fostering a culture where your employees bring their full selves to work, and how to fail. For more information about Mod HR, you can visit their website at https://www.hrbymod.com/ [https://www.hrbymod.com/]

Embracing the Opportunities and Challenges of a Remote Workforce

The remote workforce isn’t going away any time soon. Employers can either face the challenge head-on and embrace the opportunities it brings, or head into the future kicking and screaming. For this week’s episode of The Better Employer podcast, Ben sat down with Rachel Peterson, head of HR at Software Technology Group (STG) based in Salt Lake City, to discuss how to keep your culture alive and thriving when your employees are physically separated from one another. For more information about STG, please visit https://stgconsulting.com [https://stgconsulting.com/].