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Services
Employee Communication and Speaking Services
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Ackley Associates creates materials (booklets, newsletters, enrollment guides, etc.) and techniques (web sites, meeting-leader training, presentations, etc.) to help organizations increase employees’ understanding and appreciation of benefits, pay, and other HR programs.
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Health Care and Group Coverage Benefits
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Introduce new plans (including consumer-involved plans), benefit choices, consumerism, and changes.
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Teach employees to:
- become better health care consumers with healthier lifestyles,
- use new plans and features, and
- understand their role in managing health plan costs.
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Explain the real value of health care plans.
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Teach meeting leaders (HR reps, company leaders, and others) how to explain changes.
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Involve managers and other ‘employees of influence’ in paving the way for upcoming changes.
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Create employees’ appreciation and understanding of the organization’s benefit programs.
Retirement and Investments
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Motivate employees to learn how to define, pursue, and achieve their personal retirement dream.
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Introduce new or revised retirement plans — defined benefit (pensions) and defined contribution (401k, 403b, 457 etc.).
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Help employers define success measures for retirement education programs.
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Explain choices among different plans and investments.
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Teach employees about the price of their retirement.
Pay, Stock Plans, and Executive Comp
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Explain pay programs and revisions.
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Develop employee total compensation statements and executive compensation reports.
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Teach employees about performance-based incentives (sales and team performance).
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Introduce stock-based plans.
Change
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Set objectives and measures for successful communication, and determine the most effective communication channels and techniques.
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Coordinate the delivery of ‘bad news’ — in the best way.
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Conduct employee research – employee surveys, focus groups, etc.
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Introduce web-based enrollment tools and other self-service functions.
Mergers and Acquisitions
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Communicate new benefits and HR practices.
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Set up procedures to speed information to employees about the merger and its impact on them.
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Align the messages and communication tactics to support the new mission, vision, and values.
Conference Speaking
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Deliver top-rated keynote presentations and workshops at benefits, retirement, and HR conferences.
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Inform and entertain plan sponsors, clients, and prospects for retirement and benefit organizations.
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Conduct sessions for marketing, sales, and communication professionals.
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