The future is social. 

Of course, it’s much easier to talk about open communication and collaboration than to actually promote it in an organization.  Several social media platforms are emerging that can do a great deal to foster this type of dialogue and with it, employee engagement.    

A new wage tracking app has been released by the Department of Labor that allows hourly employees to record hours, breaks, and overtime pay.  DOL-Timesheet is intended to empower workers to ensure that they’re getting paid correctly by their employer.  The data gathered through this app could be used as evidence in wage and hour compliance cases, and may spark even more employees to file these type of suits.

JODI MATHY
Post Loss Specialist, HNI

Here is a frightening statistic: 75% of substance abusers are currently employed. When these same employees arrive for work, they don’t leave their problems at the door. It is no coincidence that industries with the highest rates of drug use are the same as those at a high risk for work injuries.

SHERI WEAVER
Quality and Administrative Supervisor, HNI

Have you considered the role of quality in conquering the wicked problems facing your business?  Watch this video to find out more.

RENEE KUHS
Compliance Attorney, HNI

TIM ATKINSON
Senior Advisor, HNI

Cash flow is the lifeblood of every organization. Just as your body needs good blood flow to survive, your business needs good cash flow too. Consider this: If a cardiologist discovers a blockage inyour heart or an artery, a cardiovascular surgeon can remove or dissolve the blockage and restore normal blood flow. If you are lucky, your doctors will find and fix the blockage before serious damage is done.

MIKE NATALIZIO
President & CEO, HNI

As part of our HNI University series, we hosted a workshop last week called Engage the Troops and Get Out of the Way with Nancy Melcher, the architect of the GetMOR program. In this workshop, she offered her insight into the current gap between employee engagement and employee benefits and what employers can do to help bridge this divide.

MIKE NATALIZIO
President & CEO, HNI

It's one of those thorny questions: "What keeps you up at night?"  

We recently held an offsite retreat to bounce ideas off each other and to open discussion about the business issues our clients are facing.  Prior to the gathering, we conducted an informal survey by asking clients across many industries: “What are your three wicked business problems?”  The responses rolled off their tongues as if they were just waiting for us to ask. Not a lot of deep reflection required, they were top of mind.  The trickiest part or the question was limiting their response to just three.

When I got into the insurance business, one of the first things my boss did was give me a math quiz.   Having tackled algebra, geometry, and calculus back in my formative years I was not frightened by the test I was about to receive.    He went to the white-board and wrote down the following equation: