Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Jim Canfield, Managing Director at CEO Tools. We hope you enjoy Jim’s wisdom and perspective.

As the company grows, it requires a different approach for the leader.

When it comes to business leadership styles, there’s an obvious sentiment that bears repeating: How you manage is as important as who you manage, if not more so. To ensure your business weathers any storm, your leadership style should incorporate various management methods to use in different situations. But for even the most experienced business leader, that can be easier said than done.

According to Willis Towers Watson, nearly half of the employees enrolled in a qualified high deductible health plan (HDHP) in 2017, did not contribute their own money to a Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). It is important to educate employees and help them understand what an HSA is and the benefits of setting aside pretax money for qualified medical expenses.

Risk is defined as the potential gain or loss of something valuable. Many risks are easily identified as physical, financial, or strategic loss. Others, like emerging risks, are difficult to identify or quantify. They typically have a high degree of uncertainty and there tends to be no common approach. Emerging risks often start as a trend, or slight shift, that will ultimately have impact years down the road.
New risks often take years to mature and are very complicated in the process. As little as five years ago, cyber risk was considered an emerging risk. Today, it is better known, but arguably still emerging due to the highly uncertain, unpredictable, and rapidly changing nature of the risk.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Rick Nichols, Managing Partner of TechCXO's Sales & Marketing Practice. We hope you enjoy Rick’s wisdom and perspective.

We define corporate culture as a shared pattern of values, beliefs, and expectations. These values produce rules for behavior and pressure to conform on the job. Tom Peters’ timeless book In Search of Excellence tells us that “excellent companies are marked by very strong cultures, so strong that you either buy into their norms or get out. There’s no halfway house for most people in excellent companies.”

Fortune magazine pointed out in an article several years ago that it may be easier to change a company’s people than to change its culture. In the long term, the key to culture is whom you hire and promote. People often get jobs and move up more based on the degree to which they fit prevailing cultural norms than for any objective reason. For hiring leaders who must interview and hire candidates from outside the company or industry, this carries very important implications. We need to know if candidates will fit into our culture.

February is American Heart Month and a great time to bring awareness to CPR. Why? More than 80% of cardiac arrests occur at home. Being trained and familiar with the basics of CPR, and how to perform it, will save lives.

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Jill Young, Certified EOS Implementer and Author of “Earn It!” We hope you enjoy Jill’s wisdom and perspective.

It could be that one of the main reasons you are a successful business leader is that you really know how to talk. You’ve been rewarded in your career for being able to talk your way into (or out of) anything. You’ve been successful in convincing people, inspiring people, and getting your way because of your ability to talk. But, like most things in life, too much of a good thing can turn a strength into a weakness.

Because I’m in the business of guiding companies from GOOD to GREAT, I get to work with lots of leaders like you who have mastered the art of talking. And for many of you, the next step in becoming your best as a leader is learning when to be silent.

Renting a car doesn’t have to be a headache—if you know what to expect. Don’t get blindsided by surprise charges or let an accident throw you for a loop.
Renting a vehicle used to mean going to a brick and mortar car rental company. Now renting a car can be done in a few different ways: renting from a company, car sharing service, and a peer-to-peer service.
Unfortunately, with different insurance options for rental vehicles in different states and individuals, there isn’t an easy yes or no answer when it comes to knowing if you’re fully protected. Here is a list of questions to ask to ensure you have the right policy:

Gibson’s Wes Mantooth, Principal and Consultant in the Employee Benefits Practice, shares his insight on what 2018 may bring for the world of health care.

Do you conduct background checks when making personnel decisions?

Background checks can be a helpful tool, but too often we see organizations running checks and not using the results appropriately.

When running background checks, two sets of federal regulations come into play:

1. When using background information about an employee or applicant to make an employment decision, you are required to comply with federal laws protecting individuals from discrimination, enforced be the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
2. Additionally, you are required to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Today we’re sharing insight from guest blogger, Kevin Brozovich, Founder and Chief People Officer at HRM Innovations. We hope you enjoy Kevin’s wisdom and perspective.

We’ve all seen it in the news, the trusted leader or long-term employee who gets caught doing something unethical. Suddenly it all goes south and the organization is faced with a public relations nightmare, legal action, or worse.

How does that happen? How do good leaders and organizations find themselves in such a mess?