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Webinar Replay: Effective Pruning Bears Fruit: Employee Development
Watch a replay of the third webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s “People Development: A Humaculture® Perspective Series” to learn how to conduct Career Planning to support employee development, and why “Effective Pruning Bears Fruit” by building employee capabilities.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Christi Green, RN, MS, PHR, strategy and people consultant
Employee Development Objective
We’ve talked about how to “Walk the Garden” to assess employees as well as help them develop capabilities to align with the organization’s vision, mission, and values. Now this webinar focuses on how to activate and inspire our workplace AND workforce to further grow and develop employees. Research is abundantly clear that engaged employees help organizations succeed and bear fruit. There is no silver bullet to increase retention/reduce turnover. However, we do believe that investing in the organizational soil and the culture to nurture and support people will bear the fruits of success!
Career Planning: Employee Development Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn that:
- Organizations sometimes fall into the “warm body syndrome” trap
- Unhealthy/misaligned cultures disrupt employee development efforts
- Career planning tends to only occur only for a select few
- For effective employee development organizations must:
- Hire and develop intentionally to fulfill the vision, mission, values
- “Prune” to focus growth as well as direct energy and effort
- “Trellis and irrigate” to support desired growth
- Prepare for appropriate transitions
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. Our team includes business and human relations leaders, finance experts, actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health experts, pharmacy experts, and legal resources to guide you through the strategy and compliance process. Please contact us: [email protected].
Watch
Watch the Career Planning: Effective Pruning Bears Fruit: Employee Development Webinar Replay below, or via Rumble or YouTube.
Career Planning: Effective Pruning Bears Fruit: Employee Development
Join us on Thursday, November 17 from 12:00 to 12:30 CDT for the third webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s “People Development: A Humaculture® Perspective Series.” You will learn how to conduct Career Planning to support employee development, and why “Effective Pruning Bears Fruit” by building employee capabilities.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Christi Green, RN, MS, PHR, strategy and people consultant
Objective
We’ve talked about how to “Walk the Garden” to assess employees as well as help them develop capabilities to align with the organization’s vision, mission, and values. Now it’s time to talk about how to activate and inspire our workplace AND workforce to further grow and develop employees. Research is abundantly clear that engaged employees help organizations succeed and bear fruit. There is no silver bullet to increase retention/reduce turnover. However, we do believe that investing in the organizational soil and the culture to nurture and support people will bear the fruits of success!
Career Planning: Employee Development Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn that:
- Organizations sometimes fall into the “warm body syndrome” trap
- Unhealthy/misaligned cultures disrupt employee development efforts
- Career planning tends to only occur only for a select few
- For effective employee development organizations must:
- Hire and develop intentionally to fulfill the vision, mission, values
- “Prune” to focus growth as well as direct energy and effort
- “Trellis and irrigate” to support desired growth
- Prepare for appropriate transitions
Webinar Replay: Pruning the Vines – Capabilities: Prune to Encourage Growth
Watch a replay of the second webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s “People Development: A Humaculture® Perspective Series”, to learn how to shape talent for success by “Pruning the Vines,” using capabilities to prune to encourage growth so employees to fulfill their potential and maximize alignment and productivity.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Christi Green, RN, MS, PHR, strategy and people consultant
Prune to Encourage Growth Objective
This webinar explores ways organizations can “Prune to Encourage Growth” to shape talent for the future. Capabilities can be used to help organizations select the best plants, determine how best to organize them in the garden, identify strengths and weaknesses, prune away distractions (weak branches) to encourage growth and fruit production.
Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn that:
- Competencies tend to be just a checklist of skills to manage
- People that focus on everything may not be very good at anything
- Highly skilled employees may not thrive in management or leadership
- Effective people development:
- Is rooted in a clear understanding of organizational vision
- Facilitates growth, supports optimal organizational (garden) design
- Assesses skills and needs to support strategic priorities
- Explores the employee’s interests, abilities, and desires
- Identifies potential for transitions, management, or leadership
- Applies principles that work
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. Our team includes business and human relations leaders, finance experts, actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health experts, pharmacy experts, and legal resources to guide you through the strategy and compliance process. Please contact us: [email protected].
Watch
Watch the Shaping Talent for Success: Pruning the Vines – Capabilities: Prune to Encourage Growth Webinar Replay below, or via Rumble or YouTube.
Webinar Replay: Walking the Garden – Shift from Managing to Facilitating Growth
Watch a replay of the first webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s “People Development: A Humaculture® Perspective Series”, which focuses on how to “Walk the Garden” to build employee relationships, enhance culture, and improve productivity. We discuss transforming your performance management process into one that focuses on facilitating growth and productivity.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Christi Green, RN, MS, PHR, strategy and people consultant
Objective
This webinar explores ways organizations can shift traditional performance management from the dreaded once-a-year process that is focused on past performance into an on-going discussion. “Walking the Garden” builds strong relationships, keeps people aligned with the culture, helps identify issues early that may inhibit productivity, facilitates growth, prepares your next generation of leaders, and identifies opportunities for transition. This requires proper job design to ensure employees are “planted in fertile soil.”
Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will explore:
- The pitfalls of trying to “manage performance”
- Why traditional “performance management” is a dreaded process, often detrimental to employee relationships, culture, and productivity
- How manager job design and span of control may limit effectiveness
- How effective people development will:
- Shift from “managing performance” to facilitating growth
- Help managers and leaders learn to “walk the garden”
- Lead to better alignment between employees’ personal/professional goals and the organization’s strategic priorities
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. Our team includes business and human relations leaders, finance experts, actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health experts, pharmacy experts, and legal resources to guide you through the strategy and compliance process. Please contact us: [email protected].
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Watch the Performance Management: Walking the Garden – Shift from Managing to Facilitating Growth Webinar Replay below, or via Rumble or YouTube.
Performance Management: Walking the Garden – Shift from Managing to Facilitating Growth
Join us on Thursday, June 16 from 12:00 to 12:30 CDT for the first webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s “People Development: A Humaculture® Perspective Series”, to learn how to “Walk the Garden” to build employee relationships, enhance culture, and improve productivity.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Christi Green, RN, MS, PHR, strategy and people consultant
Objective
This webinar explores ways organizations can shift traditional performance management from the dreaded once-a-year process that is focused on past performance into an on-going discussion. “Walking the Garden” builds strong relationships, keeps people aligned with the culture, helps identify issues early that may inhibit productivity, facilitates growth, prepares your next generation of leaders, and identifies opportunities for transition. This requires proper job design to ensure employees are “planted in fertile soil.”
Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn that:
- The problems and misnomer of trying to “manage performance”
- Why traditional performance management is a dreaded process, often detrimental to employee relationships, culture, and productivity
- How manager job design and span of control may limit effective focus
- Effective people development will:
- Shift from “managing performance” to facilitating growth
- Help managers and leaders learn to “walk the garden”
- Encourage growth in a specific direction
- Lead to better alignment between employees’ personal/professional goals and the organization’s strategic priorities
People Development: A Humaculture® Perspective Series
Please join us on the third Thursday of the month over the next six months for our upcoming People Development series. This series will focus on how to shape talent for success by “pruning the vines” as necessary. We will cover people development from the Humaculture® perspective.
In this webinar series, we explore ways organizations can rethink the traditional performance management and people development processes to make them more meaningful, impactful, and aligned with the organizational vision and strategy – focusing employees and leaders on what is truly important.
Successful horticulturists recognize the overwhelmingly positive impact of pruning. Pruning is the process of removing branches that:
- Are not supporting the desired shape of the plant the horticulturist seeks,
- Take energy from the plant without maximizing productivity,
- Shade or otherwise interfere with the productivity of the other branches.
Effective pruning allows the plant to focus its energies in the most effective and productive areas. People, like plants, often expend energy and time in areas that distract them from achieving their highest and greatest purpose and contributions. In any organization, it is important to help employees remove or overcome the impediments that hold them back, and focus on the areas and interests that will really help them achieve their goals, as well as the strategic priorities of the organization. This series highlights several ways organizations can be innovative and more effective than traditional “performance management.”
The topics for the upcoming series include:
| Performance Management: Walking the Garden | |
| June 16, 2022 – 12:00-12:30 CDT | The shift from Managing to Facilitating Growth |
| Shaping Talent for Success: Pruning the Vines | |
| August 18, 2022 – 12:00-12:30 CDT | Capabilities: Prune to Encourage Growth |
| Career Planning: Effective Pruning Bears Fruit | |
| November 17, 2022 – 12:00-12:30 CDT | Employee Development |
| February 16, 2023 – 12:00-12:30 CDT | Manager Development |
| April 20, 2023 – 12:00-12:30 CDT | Leadership Development |
To view our prior Strategic Compliance series on the Hidden Opportunities within the CAA and Transparency Rules, click here.
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. To that end, our team of consultants, including actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health, pharmacy, and legal resources are available to guide you through the compliance process. Please contact us.
Webinar Replay: Pest Management, Minimizing Plan Losses through Fee Disclosure
Watch a replay of the fifth webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s Hidden Opportunities, Strategic Compliance Series, which focuses on how to use fee disclosure to leverage behavioral design, seek strategic advisors, and optimize plan efficiency.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Jack Towarnicky, LLM, JD, MBA, CEBS, attorney, strategy and compliance consultant
Objective
Beyond basic compliance, this series addresses how to strategically leverage the No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage to create a competitive advantage for both the employer and employees. This session focuses on how leveraging Fee Disclosure as a means of “Pest Management” to leverage behavioral design to align interests with your advisors to take a strategic approach and identify conflicts of interest and inferior value in services provided.
Fee Disclosure Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn that:
- It seems Congress doesn’t believe group health plan fiduciaries are knowledgeable about fees
- This may be a first step to shine light on fee reasonableness, conflicts of interest
- While the plan fiduciary remains responsible, advisors are put on notice to disclose
- Mere compliance ignores the opportunity to cultivate the organizational soil
- Leveraging Fee Disclosure as a means of “Pest Management” can:
- Identify conflicts of interest and inferior value in services provided
- Avoid advisors who haven’t already fully disclosed their compensation
- Seek advisors who take a strategic approach, cultivate your organizational soil
- Employ behavioral design to align interests
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. To that end, our team of consultants, including actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health, pharmacy, and legal resources are available to guide you through the strategy and compliance process. Please contact us: [email protected].
Watch
Watch the Hidden Opportunities: Pest Management, Minimizing Plan Losses through Fee Disclosure Webinar Replay below, or via Rumble or YouTube.
Hidden Opportunities: Pest Management, Minimizing Plan Losses through Fee Disclosure
Join us on Thursday, May 19 from 12:00 to 12:30 CST for the fifth webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s Hidden Opportunities, Strategic Compliance Series, to learn how to use fee disclosure to leverage behavioral design, seek strategic advisors, and optimize plan efficiency.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Jack Towarnicky, LLM, JD, MBA, CEBS, attorney, strategy and compliance consultant
Objective
Beyond basic compliance, this series addresses how to strategically leverage the No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage to create a competitive advantage for both the employer and employees. In this session we will include a focus on how leveraging Fee Disclosure as a means of “Pest Management” to leverage behavioral design to align interests with your advisors to take a strategic approach and identify conflicts of interest and inferior value in services provided.
Fee Disclosure Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn that:
- It seems Congress doesn’t believe group health plan fiduciaries are knowledgeable about fees
- This may be a first step to shine light on fee reasonableness and conflicts of interest
- While the plan fiduciary remains responsible, advisors are put on notice to disclose
- Mere compliance ignores the opportunity to cultivate the organizational soil
- Leveraging Fee Disclosure as a means of “Pest Management” can:
- Identify conflicts of interest and inferior value in services provided
- Avoid advisors who haven’t already fully disclosed their compensation
- Seek advisors who take a strategic approach, cultivate your organizational soil
- Employ behavioral design to align interests
Webinar Replay: Mental Health Parity…A Lucid Approach
Watch a replay of the fourth webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s Hidden Opportunities, Strategic Compliance Series, which focuses on why mental health issues, costs, and administration continue to increase despite Mental Health Parity efforts and how to effectively respond.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Jack Towarnicky, LLM, JD, MBA, CEBS, attorney, strategy and compliance consultant
Objective
Beyond basic compliance, this series addresses how to strategically leverage the No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage to create a competitive advantage for both the employer and employees. This session focuses on how investing in the organizational soil is “A Lucid Approach” and an example of a strategic action to build organizational resilience and mental fitness by leveraging the purpose, alignment, and health of the organization.
Mental Health Parity Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn:
- Mental Health Parity in health benefits has not reduced mental health issues
- In fact, mental health issues continue to increase despite efforts to equalize benefits
- Mere CAA compliance will increase costs and administration
- How investing in the soil is “A Lucid Approach” and an example of a strategic action to:
- Avoid what can be avoided
- Leverage the purpose, alignment, and health of the organization
- Build organizational resilience and mental fitness
- Communicate all negatives as the result of compliance
- Leverage behavioral design to achieve meaningful impact
Available Support
We are available to support you in your strategy, design, compliance, financial, and monitoring needs. To that end, our team of consultants, including actuaries, clinicians, behavioral health, pharmacy, and legal resources are available to guide you through the compliance process. Please contact us: [email protected].
Watch
Watch the Hidden Opportunities: Preserving the Harvest…Leveraging HSAs Webinar Replay below, or via Rumble or YouTube.
Hidden Opportunities: Mental Health Parity…A Lucid Approach
Join us on Thursday, April 21 from 12:00 to 12:30 CST for the fourth webinar in Humaculture, Inc.’s Hidden Opportunities, Strategic Compliance Series, to learn why mental health issues, costs, and administration continue to increase despite Mental Health Parity efforts and how to effectively respond.
Presenters
- Steve Cyboran, ASA, MAAA, FCA, CEBS, actuary and strategy consultant
- Wes Rogers, Humaculturist® and strategy consultant
- Jack Towarnicky, LLM, JD, MBA, CEBS, attorney, strategy and compliance consultant
Objective
Beyond basic compliance, this series addresses how to strategically leverage the No Surprises Act and Transparency in Coverage to create a competitive advantage for both the employer and employees. In this session we will include a focus on how investing in the organizational soil is “A Lucid Approach” and an example of a strategic action to build organizational resilience and mental fitness by leveraging the purpose, alignment, and health of the organization.
Mental Health Parity Key Takeaways
During this session, participants will learn:
- Mental Health Parity in health benefits has not reduced mental health issues
- In fact, mental health issues continue to increase despite efforts to equalize benefits
- Mere CAA compliance will increase costs and administration
- How investing in the soil is “A Lucid Approach” and an example of a strategic action to:
- Avoid what can be avoided
- Leverage the purpose, alignment, and health of the organization
- Build organizational resilience and mental fitness
- Communicate all negatives as the result of compliance
- Leverage behavioral design to achieve meaningful impact
