There's No Excuse For Bad Benefits, In Conversation With Matthew Gregson: Recent Episodes
Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing
Join us this summer as Matthew Gregson, Head of Corporate as he shares why 'There's no excuse for bad benefits'. Over the course of 6 podcasts he will look at the lessons we’ve learned working with our clients, to give you key insights into how to deliver great benefits for your people on a budget the business is happy with. Find out more by visiting: https://eb.howdengroup.co.uk/no-excuses
In the series so far we have looked at the building blocks of a great benefits programme from setting your strategy to funding, choice, technology and communications.
In this episode we look at what the HR team should do once you have your first iteration of a great programme in place, including how to govern it so that you ensure that your benefits strategy continues to be a success into the future.
Key takeaways from episode six:
- Why it's so important to govern your benefits programme and the first steps and measures you should look to put in place;
- How do develop that approach over time as you build your data capabilities, insights and the dialogue you have with your employees; and
- How to bring external influences and knowledge into your decision-making
In our experience, benefits communications often receives the least investment and is the weak link, even of a good benefits strategy. In this episode, we look at communications as a key building block in a successful benefits offer and the steps that you can take to make your communications more effective.
Key takeaways from episode five:
- Understanding the different components of a benefits programme and the different communications approaches they each need;
- The building blocks for great communications that every programme needs to include to at least some degree; and
- How to understand employee engagement and develop your approach over time
In this episode, we explore the technology landscape within employee benefits, including why you may need it, what version of it you might need and how to justify or measure the value of your investment in benefits tech.
Key takeaways from episode four:
- Where to start on your employee benefits technology journey
- How to assess the need for technology and determine the value it will bring
- How to make the most of the technology ongoing, both for you and employees
This episode focuses on choice as one of the fundamental pillars of a great benefits programme, and just how much choice a business should have within its offer.
There are various themes which we think you should be considering and in this episode we will cover:
- The difference between choice and flexible benefits and which might be the right option to take
- What choice to offer and the rationale you should use to validate each new benefit you may want to introduce
- The business case for flexible benefits and how might it solve more than just a choice problem
Following on from episode 1 we will build on what you need to focus on to right-size your investment in benefits.
Key Takeaways
- How to establish the principles that will guide your decision-making and help you evaluate what's in place today against your goals
- How to successfully effect change, especially when you may be disturbing existing terms and conditions to create your new offer
Join us for the first episode in our series - there's no excuse for bad benefits. In this episode, we will be looking at how to conduct a strategic review and in particular, cost and value.
Key takeaways:
- How to think about success for your benefits programme
- How to review and measure your current performance
- What inputs you need to help determine your opportunities and inform decision-making
- What potential results could look like and what the building blocks are of a re-imagined offer