Professional Growth & Training

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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