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Being the leader of a team of employees is the BEST job in the world.  Also, the most challenging. Listen to this from John Millen, business owner, about making an impact with your most valuable asset - your employees. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

…your gut was trying to tell you something for a while …something didn’t feel right …you heard the stories from employees, but thought they were just isolated. …maybe you didn’t want to upset the “boss” by rocking the boat …now you have an excuse --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

I made two major mistakes yesterday. On a call with a chief financial officer. if you are in sales and marketing, you might be able to relate to this. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

Did you ever see a bottle of oil or fuel additive at a gas station or tire repair center? It made me think about how healthcare plans have a bunch of Band-Aids on them because the base plan is crappy. Listen to John Millen as he explains a simple way to remove that. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

Change may mean a personal sacrifice. But should it? Should change involve a great personal risk to you or your team? listen to John as he explains a recent situation and after thinking about it for two weeks how he would respond differently --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

{HEADS UP -- this episode is 59-min long. If it helps one person it's worth it.}  I hesitated for a LONG time to record this episode. I wanted to share 3 super interesting insights that I've noticed this year when talking to business executives. But the only analogy that I kept thinking about was emotional for me to verbalize.  It brought up an emotional experience we as a family had on my son Tanner was 6-mo old.  I have several conversations each week with high-level executives at companies and nonprofit organizations. If you've never had consistent conversations with CXO individuals, these are NOT a sales pitch. They are NOT meant to persuade.  Conversations at this level are meant to be an OPEN dialogue.  A give-and-take situation.  In this episode I will share three things that I've noticed to be true in 2022. I will draw on an experience we had with my son to help form analogies that may help you implement the insights/lessons easier and faster. Much Success, John Millen III --- Send in a voice messa

What???? Yeah. This just might be available to work at your organization. Listen to John Millen as he explains how this is even possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

I was recently given a compliment on LinkedIn about my social media and marketing posts. It was sincere. It was honest. And it made me feel good. Made me stop and think what have I been doing and how did I learn this. Hopefully these five or six tips will help you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

WTH! Did you know that offering multiple medical plans to your employees might be costing you 100’s of $1000’s of dollars extra? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

This episode is for my human resource friends. DEI is an initiative that most companies are now thinking about. I dig into two issues related to healthcare. One is the cost of family coverage. Two is the network access your employees have. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

Imagine during your next open enrollment meeting that you tell your employees their healthcare costs are going down 15% and the deductible is dropping from $2000-$250. How would you feel about delivering that news? What impact would that have on the employees listening to that? Until you understand the rules of healthcare financing you will believe that that is NOT possible. Listen to the short audio clip from John Millen as he gives you an insight into what has changed with financing your healthcare benefits. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

Healthcare financing should be looked at over a multi year time horizon not every 12 months. Listen to John Millen as he explains some very important changes to healthcare financing tactics that CFO$ need to be familiar with. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

Will you be in business five years from now? If yes then why are you financing your healthcare expenses only 12 months at a time? Listen to this 12 minute educational audio clip with John explains the fundamentals you need to be aware of to control your Health care budget. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

Most likely on January 1, 2023 consumers that use insulin are in for a great day. The cost of co-pays for most insulin will be capped at $35 per month. This is great news for consumers. This is great news for employees. This is great news for families. This is HORRENDOUS news for Employers. If you manage benefits in anyway or are the owner or CEO of an organization please listen to this. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

Do you think these are the same? They are not! They are very different metrics that can help your business in different ways. Listen to this podcast by John Millen as he explains the differences --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

It’s not your fault. You don’t spend 50 hours a week learning new strategies. You don’t spend every waking hour trying to fix the broken $4T system. It’s OK to let your guard down and be open to new information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

What you need to know about: Having multiple healthcare options. In the employee benefits realm many employers choose to have 2, 3, 4 or even FIVE medical options. John Millen explains the pros and cons of this tactic. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

We see a lot of employers these days offering penalties for vaccination status. We also see some employers trying to use this as a reward. This short episode discusses two major issues that we believe employers should think about. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

If you could live in a custom home, built by some of the best architects in the nation, with some of the best amenities, with the best HVAC system on the planet, for less money, wouldn’t you at least look into it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message

This. Is. Stupid. The next time you turn on your TV look for a commercial advertisement about Humira. Then listen to this podcast again. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/benefithackers/message