Growth Models

In today’s episode, Matt chats with Niko Caparisos, Principal of Prosperity Benefits, LLC out of Savannah, GA. They covered a wide range of topics including health and well-being of employees, group health insurance alternatives, why so many companies pay for perceived security, and more. During this insightful episode, Matt and Niko cover the following topics:

How can your team dominate the competition now and in the future? That is what we want you to do. Let's work together to do this.

More about Niko

Niko Caparisos is the Principal of Prosperity Benefits, LLC, a boutique firm, offering a high level of care and unique service distinctions that are not typically offered at larger brokerages. He is also a Program Architect of Community-Owned Health Plans and has built a health plan architecture to help Georgia-based employers gain control over their health plan spend, provide amazing benefits to staff, and help their local communities.

He is an Accredited Advisor of Health Rosetta, an ecosystem for scaling adoption of practical non-partisan fixes to our health care system by enabling public and private employers and unions to reduce their health benefits spending by 20% or more while improving the quality of care for plan members.

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Let’s face it, some people on your team are miserable. They are on LinkedIn right now looking for their next job. According to Gallup, only 30% of employees are actively engaged. That means you have more than just a few miserable people on your team. In this episode, Matt breaks down the three most critical areas of HR that high-performing organizations do right. 

Why does this matter?

Actively engaged employees outperformed the disengaged employees by 200%. That’s right - 200%. That is a staggering number and should have all of us scrambling to move our people to that level of engagement.

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How do we engage our team members and retain them longer?

While there is not a single action that can achieve this, there is a combination of things. In his best-selling book “Ping-Pong is Not a Strategy: How to Create an Awesome Organizational Culture”, Matt Vaadi outlines the “ERG Method” for engaging, retaining, and growing your teammates.

In this episode we will cover the key principles from the book including how to improve each of these areas of your organization:

Regardless of how mature your HR function is at your organization, you will learn something during this spirited session. Matt’s passion and experience helping teams grow will keep you engaged throughout.

In this episode, Matt talks with Bryan Murdaugh at Fivable about going to a 4 day work week. Fivable adopted a rotating 4-day work week as an experiment back in May 2020.

In February 2020, Fivable was 100% co-located in their Irmo, SC office. After the 4 day work week implementation, in August 2020 Fivable was located in 4 states, 3 time zones, and just one or two members of their team will find their way into the office during the day.

Fivable’s 4 day work week experiment worked well enough that they are still on that same schedule today. Fivable saw productivity increase, employees needing less PTO, and an overall happier environment.

Listen as Matt and Bryan discuss what the 4 day work week looks like and how Fivable implemented the change while balancing the needs of their clients.

About the Guest Bryan Murdaugh

Bryan is a web nerd. He started Fivable in March 2010 to make the web a more beautiful place. That appreciation for beauty has shaped the web into a more useful place. Bryan helps businesses to reach more people, improve the way their business moves data, or tell their business story with eloquence.

Fivable has been particularly successful with innovative hardware startups, service companies, and non-profits afraid they're limiting growth by using paper-based systems, frustrated that their teams depend on multiple systems that don't talk to each other or have a great idea to make their product connect to cloud-based data capture systems. At the end of the day, Fivable creates well-fitting web software systems that help their clients save time, minimize frustration, and maximize profitability.

In this episode, Matt talks to David Young from Rockerbox. David is a CPA, attorney, and Tax Credit. Expert Employee Retention Tax Credits (ERTC) are designed to help small business owners offset the economic losses associated with COVID.

In this episode, Matt and Karen talk about leading a remote team. They discuss how ERG handles their remote team as well as some opportunities for improvement. 

They covered everything from hiring to performance management, to keeping people engaged, and much more.

COVID-19 has accelerated a trend that was already reshaping our economy: remote work is here to stay.

Here are some key findings from the 2020 State of Remote Work report:

The data is clear: If you want to retain and attract talent, you need to be ready to manage a partially remote workforce.

Managing a remote workforce comes with its own set of challenges. Compliance requirements, logistical considerations, and cultural issues all mean you’ll need to make some adjustments to do it successfully.

Read the full article on Leading a Remote Team and get the guide here: https://www.ergpayroll.com/remote-work-guide/

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In this episode, Matt talks to best-selling author Bob Burg about servant leadership. Bob is the author of the Go-Giver which has sold more than 975,000 copies worldwide. Matt and Bob covered the below topics, and much more:

The question they answered without saying it is; what is servant leadership? The answer, as Bob put it is; you take the focus off of yourself and put it on others.

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You can find Bob at burg.com and you can follow Matt on LinkedIn here.

About the guest

Bob Burg shares how a subtle shift in focus is not only a more uplifting and fulfilling way of conducting business but the most financially profitable way, as well.

For 30 years he’s helped companies, sales leaders, and their teams to more effectively communicate their value, sell at higher prices with less resistance, and grow their businesses based on Endless Referrals.

Bob regularly addresses audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 — sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes, and political leaders including a former United States President.

Although for years he was best known for his book Endless Referrals, over the past few years it’s his business parable, The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) that has captured the imagination of his readers.

About the podcast

HR. Simplified is a podcast for small business owners—the entrepreneurs, the hustlers, and the leaders who are chasing a dream.

Human resources is the most important, misunderstood, and overlooked aspect of small business success. This podcast is designed to give you the insights, best practices, and answers to questions you need to expertly navigate this critical function.

If you want your dreams to come true, you’re going to need a great team. HR. Simplified. gives you the tools to find, build, and keep that team.

About the host

Matt Vaadi is a human resources expert and serial entrepreneur. He’s the founder and CEO of ERG Payroll & HR, a company that helps small businesses streamline and automate their HR function. He’s also the founder and CEO of Grow by ERG, a digital marketing and SEO shop, as well as a founding member of GrowCo, and Columbia, SC-based collective of business owners and co-founders.

In today’s episode, Matt chats with Amanda Volz, They are talking about how to conduct a fun and engaging virtual holiday party. During this insightful episode, Matt and Amanda cover the following topics:

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In today's episode, Matt shares some of the ways you can simplify the termination process. He discusses the trouble with the "it's a right to work state" argument and talks through ways to prevent terminations. 

If you are forced to part ways with an employee, Matt shares how you can protect your company and treat the teammate with dignity in the process. 

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In today’s episode, Matt chats with Nathan Christensen, CEO of Mammoth HR | ThinkHR out of Portland, OR. They are talking about how to motivate employees. During this insightful episode, Matt and Nathan cover the following topics:

Human resources does not have to be complex. Let’s break things down in a way that can save you time and energy.

Have an HR question you would like us to answer? Email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Podcast Question” and we will answer it on air.

More about Nathan

Nathan is CEO of ThinkHR and Mammoth HR, companies that deliver on-demand HR solutions to over 300,000 small and mid-size businesses nationwide. Nathan has been named a “Game Changer” in the HR field by Workforce magazine and was selected by the Portland Business Journal as a member of the “Forty Under 40” class. He is a recognized industry leader, speaker, and writer in the fields of leadership, human resources strategy, company culture.

Nathan's articles on management, human resources strategy, and public policy have appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, Fast Company, Forbes, and Workforce. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School and as a visiting lecturer at The Wharton School of Business.

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