Putting Numbers to Work

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Welcome to MetLife’s podcast, “Putting Numbers to Work,” where experts take complex ideas from across the benefits research landscape and distill them into lessons employers can put to action. HR professionals are inundated with new stories and emerging trends that help predict radical shifts in employee expectations and how organizations need to change to stay competitive. It’s hard to know who to trust, what’s hype, what’s real, and what’s going to have an impact. With today’s employment landscape, success goes beyond understanding the trends – it means converting emerging insights to action to meet the challenges of the day-to-day. Like the best medicines, some insights are hard to swallow, but they arm HR professionals with the tools they need to make lasting and impactful changes on their workforces. Every episode, we’ll give you the data, confidence and practical advice you need to help stay competitive and build a stronger, more productive and holistically healthy workforce.

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September 19, 202422 min

Benefits Beyond Enrollment

Welcome to another episode of the Putting Numbers to Work podcast from MetLife, where we sit down with workplace experts to delve into the challenges facing the workforce today and distill them into lessons employers can put into action! On this episode, host Marquis Smallwood is joined by Kate Duncan, Chief Experience Officer at Nayya, a company on a mission to rapidly build the benefits experience that modern consumers expect, centered around three core pillars: centralized benefits data, always-on value engineering, and automated utilization. In this conversation, Kate joins Marquis to dive into insights from MetLife’s 2024 Employee Benefit Trends Study to understand how employees can understand, enroll and use their benefit package, and how employers can best educate and communicate with employees to achieve this. Let us know what you think of this discussion on social, and don’t forget to tag MetLife on LinkedIn (@MetLife).Presented by MetLifewww.metlife.com

July 5, 202427 min

The ROI of Wellness

CEO of Wellhub (formerly Gympass), Cesar Carvalho, joins Marquis Smallwood on the Season 3 premiere of Putting Numbers to Work, a podcast from MetLife where experts take complex ideas from across the benefits research landscape and distill them into lessons employers can put to action. Cesar sits down with Marquis to reflect on what sparked his passion for wellbeing, discuss recent workplace wellbeing trends, delve into how employers can best demonstrate care to their employees while fostering their wellbeing, and more. So join us for a new season of Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife.Follow UsLinkedIn @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.metlife.com

June 24, 20240 min

Welcome to Season 3

Welcome to Putting Numbers To Work, Season 3! Marquis Smallwood, Metlife’s Western Region Vice President and your host, is back to discuss the most critical trends across the benefits research landscape, with experts in the field. Together, they’ll continue to reveal the best ways to stay competitive, and put employees in the strongest position for success. So subscribe now and join us for another insightful and thoughtful season of in-depth conversations on Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife, available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow UsLinkedIn @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.MetLife.com

February 27, 202422 min

Wellness Programs and Benefits

Senior Vice President of Workforce Engagement and Benefits Connectivity at MetLife, Jamie Madden, joins Marquis Smallwood on this episode of Putting Numbers to Work, a podcast from MetLife where experts take complex ideas from across the benefits research landscape and distill them into lessons employers can put to action. Jamie sits down with Marquis to unpack the ins and outs of wellness programs and benefits, how they impact the employee experience, why they're so critical to achieving talent outcomes, and more. So join us for another episode of Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife.Follow UsLinkedIn @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.metlife.com

November 24, 202337 min

Finding the Right Balance Between Work and Life

Strategic Marketing and Business Consultant for Oksuzi Strategy, and award-winning Work-Life Balance speaker, Suzanne Brown, joins Marquis Smallwood on this episode of Putting Numbers to Work, a podcast from MetLife where experts take complex ideas from across the benefits research landscape and distill them into lessons employers can put to action. Suzanne sits down with Marquis to discuss how employers can offer a healthy work-life integration for their employees, how we can break old-fashioned societal norms to get each person the balance they need, the risk of taking a one-size-fits-all approach to flexibility, and more. So join us for another insightful episode of Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife.Follow UsTwitter @MetLifeFacebook @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.metlife.com

October 9, 202324 min

Building Social & Supportive Cultures

New York Times Bestselling Author, Workplace Researcher, and Career Expert, Dan Schawbel, joins Marquis Smallwood on this edition of Putting Numbers to Work, a podcast from MetLife where experts take complex ideas from across the benefits research landscape and distill them into lessons employers can put to action. In this episode, Dan sits down with Marquis to discuss what a social and supportive culture looks like, what makes a supportive manager, and how employers can develop or implement a social and supportive culture in their workplace. So join us for another thoughtful episode of Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife.Follow UsTwitter @MetLifeFacebook @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.metlife.com

September 13, 202328 min

Professional Growth & Training

Welcome back to another episode of Putting Numbers to Work, a podcast from MetLife where experts take complex ideas from across the benefits research landscape and distill them into lessons employers can put to action! This time, host Marquis Smallwood is joined by Rebecca Fraser-Thill, Career Coach, Public Speaker and Senior Contributor at Forbes on the topic of meaningful work. Today, she joins Marquis to discuss the importance of providing professional growth and training in the workplace, why learning and development opportunities are so important to employees right now, and why “soft skills” are becoming increasingly popular with these ambitious employees. This is an episode you shouldn’t miss, so join us for an insightful episode of Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife!Follow UsTwitter @MetLifeFacebook @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.metlife.com

July 31, 202324 min

How to Instill Purpose in the Workplace

Welcome back to the second season of Putting Numbers to Work, a podcast from MetLife where experts take complex ideas from across the benefits research landscape and distill them into lessons employers can put to action! On this episode, host Marquis Smallwood sits down with Jeremy Heimans, the Co-Founder and Chairman of Purpose, a social business that builds movements and ventures that use the power of participation to bring change in the world. Today, he joins Marquis to discuss the importance of purposeful work, why it’s dangerous to take a one size fits all approach to purpose, how purpose can help employers demonstrate care to their employees, and much more. This is an exciting episode you do not want to miss, so join us for an episode of Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife!Follow UsTwitter @MetLifeFacebook @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.metlife.com

July 28, 20230 min

Get Ready For Season 2

Putting Numbers To Work is back for season two! Join Marquis Smallwood, your host, and Western Region Vice President at MetLife as he discusses the most critical trends across the benefits research landscape, with experts in the field. Together, they’ll reveal the best ways to stay competitive, and put employees in the strongest position for success. Join us for another insightful and thoughtful season of in-depth conversations on Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife, available wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow UsTwitter @MetLifeFacebook @MetLifeLinkedIn @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.MetLife.com

March 21, 202319 min

The Advantages of Employee Care

Welcome back to Putting Numbers to Work, a podcast from MetLife where experts take complex ideas from across the benefits research landscape and distill them into lessons employers can put to action! On this episode, host Marquis Smallwood is joined by Todd B. Katz, the Executive Vice President for MetLife’s U.S. Group Benefits business, to talk about MetLife's research on the state of the employment landscape, how demonstrating "employee care" can help employers achieve talent management outcomes, and more important tips to help your organization reach new heights. So join us for this insightful and thoughtful episode of Putting Numbers to Work, brought to you by MetLife!Follow UsTwitter @MetLifeFacebook @MetLifePresented by MetLifewww.metlife.com