Meeting/Event Information

Employee Well-Being and What it Means for Employee Engagement, Productivity and Bottom Line Profitability: A Panel Discussion
Presented by  - A Panel Discussion

Historically, many of us have thought about workplace wellness in terms of physical well-being.  However, more and more research is showing how all aspects of well-being (physical, mental, financial, social, community, purpose) are intertwined.  For example, a recent AP-AOL Health Poll on Debt Stress showed that 44% of people with high levels of financial stress had migraines/headaches, compared with only 15% of those with low levels of financial stress. 

Think about it – those times when you’ve been physically, mentally, or financially ill – have you had a hard time focusing on your work?  We know the facts – taking care of ourselves is important.  But knowing and doing are two different things.  That’s where workplace well-being engagement is important.  Educating, providing resources, creating social support systems are all part of engaging your workforce in their own well-being.  And a workforce focused on well-being is healthier, more productive, and engaged – ultimately impacting your bottom line.

Join our panel of experts as we discuss well-being best practices for budgets of all sizes.  Attendees will learn:

• How to create and communicate a business case and ROI for workplace well-being plans
• Practical ideas for utilizing resources (even those already in place) for building and communicating well-being plans
• How to measure the effects of your well-being plan

Schedule: Doors open at 11:00 am for registration and networking. Buffet lunch begins at 11:20 am, and the presentation starts promptly at 12 noon.
Lunch:

• Members: $28 by end of business Monday, April 25, $38 afterwards.*
  
• Future Members: $42 by end of business Monday, April 25, $56 afterwards.* (See below)**
• MT|SHRM Students: $14 by end of business Monday, April 25, $19 afterwards.*
  

*On-line registration will close by end of business 2 days prior to the event. Our ability to accommodate walk-in registrations will be based on space availability.

This program has been awarded 1 hour of General HR recertification credit."MT|SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC's) for the SHRM-CP and SHRM SCP. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

Please thank our sponsor Express Pros for making this event possible:

Biographies:
Rob Haire works with employers on health and wellness solutions designed to maximize employee productivity and contain costs. For most of his career he’s worked for Humana Inc., but did a brief tour on the healthcare consulting with Aon and Community Health System’s subsidiary, Quorum Health Resources (QHR), before being recruited back to Humana Inc in 2014.

He received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his MBA from the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee). Rob is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), MT|SHRM volunteer and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

Debora Smith is the Director of Benefits at Healthways, where she leads internal benefit and well-being initiatives for Healthways.  Healthways prides itself in modeling the same well-being best practices internally for employees that the company recommends and implements for its clients.

Debora is an employee benefits professional with unique combination of HR/benefits knowledge and systems expertise developed through extensive experience in the HR/benefits arena, working with retirement plans, health and welfare plans, interfacing between HR & payroll, data analysis, and various information systems. She has additional skills in general HR processes, acquisition management, vendor management, staff training and employee presentations.  Debora has a rich history of administering employee benefit plans in a variety of industries.

Eric Berner pursues his passion for helping individuals and families design written roadmaps for their financial success. He does this while working as a financial advisor with Waddell & Reed.

Eric has worked in operations management in both the transportation and distribution industries. He spent 10 years as a terminal manager with Averitt Express where he had operational, human resource and sales supervisory duties over 45 employees. He also worked as an operations manager for Gap Inc, at their Gallatin, TN distribution campus, where he managed over 300 employees. In both of those roles, Eric spent hundreds of hours with employees who were facing wage garnishments, levies, income tax arrearages, and foreclosures as well as helping them through times of personal tragedy and deaths of family members.  He realizes the impact and stresses those individuals and families suffer when they are not as financially fit as they might be.

Jay Kelley is President and CEO of Spire Labs Inc. a Chattanooga-based company that drives wellness related results and population engagement for both employers and health plans through its data-driven social support program and mobile platform. Since joining Spire Labs in June of 2012, Jay has managed the company's rebranding from LifeKraze to Spire Labs, launched its iOS and Android apps, initiated a series of pilot programs with major healthcare partners, built a robust board of healthcare advisors, and repositioned Spire Labs’ consumer platform to serve the specific needs of employers and health plans.

Previously, Jay was a Founding Executive (and the second employee) of The Documentary Channel, a national cable and satellite network that grew to nearly 30 million homes before it was acquired by Participant Media in 2012. Jay raised the initial capital for the channel and served in a variety of top executive positions during his nine-year tenure with the company, overseeing marketing and PR, commercial operations, digital and social platforms, advertising sales, strategic partnerships and branded entertainment. Jay was instrumental in growing the network from idea to profitability, and in developing multi-platform partnerships with a number of Fortune 500 brands including P&G, ExxonMobil and Red Bull.

** Up to $45 of any Guest registration may be applied towards a new 1 year MT|SHRM Membership within 60 days of the event attended.  Please call Shannan at (615) 499-5150 to take advantage.