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The Benefit Almost Nobody Uses, and Why It Pays Off
SummaryOn this episode of Beyond the Paycheck, Kelsey Willock sits down with Ken Wechsler, VP of Total Rewards at Akamai Technologies, to dig into why the most measurable parts of a pay package are…
The Missing Conversation in Every Open Enrollment
SummaryBeyond the Paycheck sits down with Tia Larsen, Director of Benefits at FJ Management, to trace the compensation comprehension gap back to its source: a financial literacy system that never…
What Do Your Employees Know About Their Retirement?
SummaryIn this episode of Beyond the Paycheck, Kelsey sits down with Tim Goodchild, Director of International Benefits at Take-Two Interactive (parent company of Rockstar Games, 2K, and Zynga), to…
Financial Wellness Is the Frontier of Wellbeing
SummaryOn Beyond the Paycheck, Kelsey Willock talks with Preet Michelson, Chief People Officer at Morgan Street Holdings and its operating company TMS, about why benefits programs break down at the…
How BambooHR Moved Comp Understanding From 50% to 90% With One Training
SummaryOne in two employees at BambooHR said they didn't understand how their compensation was determined. After a single mandatory compensation 101 training, that number flipped—nearly 90% said they…
Compensation Starts with Owning Your Value
SummaryHollie Delaney, Chief People Officer at Power Home Remodeling, shares the financial independence lesson she absorbed at age 9, her 25-year career arc from Zappos to Power, and her framework…
Building Total Rewards Statements That Actually Change Retention
SummaryJessica O'Leary runs benefits for 3,000+ employees across a charter school network in Dallas-Fort Worth. Her framework: treat every dollar of employee premium like your own. That means…
Building a Mental Health Benefit Physicians Will Actually Use
SummaryAllison King runs total rewards at a national healthcare system where the pay gap between front-line staff and physicians spans six figures. After surveying 150+ employees, she found the real…
The Employee Benefits Paradox: Great Programs No One Uses
SummaryMelissa Zaino runs global benefits at Zayo Group, a fiber company competing with Google and Verizon. Her team serves 2,600 employees—half of them field technicians. She's also someone who once…
Your Wellness Stipend Isn't Working—Here's Why
SummaryA company rolls out a $200/month wellness stipend with the best of intentions. It lands in employees' paychecks alongside everything else. Nobody changes their behavior. Claims don't go down.…
The Compensation Issue Nobody Has Solved Yet
SummaryThe Mayo Clinic once surveyed its employees and found a 17% positive perception of pay. A year later, after running better enablement and transparency sessions—without spending a single…
Why Most Benefits Programs Break the Moment They Meet Real Life
SummaryA pharmaceutical company was about to roll out student loan repayment—until they actually looked at the data and realized it was the parents and grandparents carrying the loans, not their…
What a Dime Jar Taught Me About Pay, Anxiety, and Employee Empathy
SummaryWhat does a first confession in 1980s Arizona have to do with how a Chief People Officer thinks about pay and benefits today? More than you'd expect. In this episode, Kelsey Willock sits down…
Why Your Benefits Communications Are Still Too Complicated to Work
SummaryA hotel company with 120 properties across the country went from 20% open enrollment engagement to over 85% in a single year—and 21 properties hit 100%. The trick wasn't a new platform or a…
Why Open Enrollment Isn't Where Employees Actually Use Benefits
SummaryMost employees don't think about their benefits until something goes wrong—and by then, they've already forgotten the open enrollment presentation, the brainshark, and the guide they skimmed…
Why Your Benefits Strategy Is Failing Employees (And How to Fix It)
SummaryWhat if the secret to building a thriving workforce started with a five-year-old saving a dollar a day? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Charmion "Charm" Patton, Chief Human Resources…
How Crunch Fitness Cut Part-Time Turnover 24% With One Bold Benefits Move
What happens when you stop assuming what employees need and actually ask them? Pamela J. Brown, EVP and Head of People & Culture at Crunch Fitness, joins Beyond the Paycheck to share how she's…
Why Your Employees Are Choosing the Wrong Health Plan — And How to Fix It
SummaryWhat if the biggest obstacle to your employees' financial well-being isn't their salary — it's that they don't understand what they already have? In this episode of Beyond the Paycheck, host…
From Cost Shift to Care Shift: Tom Armani on Value-Based Primary Care and Personalizing Benefits
SummaryHigh-deductible plans were meant to save money—but for many employees, they’ve created “functional uninsured” risk and delayed care that drives bigger costs later. Tom Armani, most recently…
Why You'll Compare TVs but Not Doctors: The Baldwin Group's Nick Getz on Healthcare's Consumerism Problem and What's Coming in 2027
SummaryHow do you help employees make smarter healthcare decisions in a system that’s anything but consumer-friendly? Nick Getz, National Director of Underwriting & Innovation, Employee Benefits…
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Beyond the Paycheck has published 60 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Business, Investing.
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