Talent Plus, Inc., a leading global consulting firm headquartered in Lincoln, was celebrated on Thursday night in Nashville, TN, by Modern Healthcare’s annual recognition as one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Healthcare, ranking 68th. As well, Talent Plus ranked 5th among the 150 ranked winners overall in having a Healthy Workplace (across all healthcare providers and vendors).

“While being on this list 7 times is simply extraordinary being a Best Place to Work is a journey. We listen, refine and grow in our culture and what colleagues feel is rewarding. Many of our practices (e.g. honor vacation policy, investment solutions, increased transparency, etc.) represent listening to surveys like this annual recognition. We’re committed to Talent Plus being a diverse, equitable, inclusive, belonging, caring, and respectful workplace. Our aspiration is that our benefits empower colleagues to be self-directed in their work-life balance and well-being – allowing them to bring their best self to work, into the community, and back home each day,” offers Talent Plus President Makenzie Rath,

According to Mary Ellen Podmolik, Editor-in-Chief, Modern Healthcare, "There’s a lot of listening going on inside healthcare’s top workplaces and that of their vendors. These employers know for all the promising talk of technical innovation and artificial intelligence, the heart is its people. That message must start at the top, then make its way throughout the ranks. Pay matters, but today’s employees want more than just dollars. They want a feeling of belonging, a career path, and for their bosses to help them balance their professional and personal lives.”

Modern Healthcare’s award program identifies and recognizes outstanding employers in the healthcare industry nationwide.

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Talent Plus, an internationally recognized global talent consulting firm in over 20 countries, delivers interviews and assessments in 20+ languages. We use world-class science to help clients grow high performing, fully engaged cultures through talent discovery and development. Our results show improved work performance, increased productivity, reduced turnover, strengthened employee engagement and bottom-line results. To learn more, visit www.talentplus.com.

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Talent Plus, Inc., a leading global consulting firm headquartered in Lincoln, has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.

“With all the economic uncertainty, staffing challenges and folks wanting more flexible work setups, every company has to get clever about how they attract and hold onto talent,” noted Dan Peres, President of Modern Healthcare. "The winners of the 2024 Best Places to Work awards really get it. They show us how vital it is to understand what employees want and need. . . finding the right people is a top priority, and the winners know that keeping their team happy is the key to business success.”

This recognition reflects Talent Plus’ longstanding commitment to a diverse, equitable, inclusive, belonging, caring and respectful workplace. Its comprehensive benefits empower colleagues to be self-directed in their work-life balance and well-being.  

Talent Plus President Makenzie Rath offers, “It’s about layering intention around values, selection and onboarding, investing and empowering, and celebrating wins. Many practices in place (e.g. increased transparency, honor vacation days, investment solutions) we’ve learned along the way by listening. Being a Best Place to Work is not a destination but a journey. We listen, refine and grow in the culture we have and what feels rewarding to colleagues.”

Modern Healthcare’s award program identifies and recognizes outstanding employers in the healthcare industry nationwide.

About Talent Plus

Talent Plus, an internationally recognized global talent consulting firm in over 20 countries, delivers interviews and assessments in 20+ languages. We use world-class science to help clients grow high performing, fully engaged cultures through talent discovery and development. Our results show improved work performance, increased productivity, reduced turnover, strengthened employee engagement and bottom-line results. To learn more, visit www.talentplus.com.

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Talent Plus has launched a white paper discussing the impact of leadership talent on team dynamics with the goal to create an understanding of the importance of leadership alongside that of the team – expanding upon the research and discussion of 4 critical ways to unlock powerful team dynamics:

• Understand leaders’ strengths.
• Equip leaders to personalize their approach.
• Train leaders in team dynamics.
• Assess the gaps.

Through conversations and coaching, Talent Plus president Makenzie Rath, cites what Talent Plus heard most about that people want from their careers/workplaces:

• To be a part of talented teams that enjoy and complement each other.
• To work with leaders who appreciate and invest in our development.
• To be valued for the talents and strengths we bring to the table.
• To be recognized for our successes and supported through our failures.
• To feel a sense of purpose through our roles.

“To improve company culture,” Scott C. Whiteford, PhD, the white paper’s author, offers, “leaders must evaluate the strengths of their team members, understand the team as a whole, and put each team member in the best places for them to succeed.”

American writer Annie Dillard states, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Thus, team culture really matters when 33% of our lives are spent on the job.

Knowing this reality, Dr. Whiteford adds, “The crucial component of building a strong team culture is to assess the inner workings of the team in real-time. Although it’s important to implement a strengths-based approach through assessing the strengths of team members, focusing on their development and understanding of the Talent Grid, it’s equally important to see how the team culture is taking shape at the moment.”

Whiteford and Rath hope leaders and team members will download this impactful white paper and begin to apply these talent strategies to their teams and explore more to create stronger teams in their workplaces. “When team dynamics improve, the workplace improves,” concludes Rath.

Scott C. Whiteford, Ph.D. is the Director of Leadership Analytics at Talent Plus where his role is to partner with, listen to, and find solutions for our clients, their teams, and their organization. With an emphasis on strengths through selection and development, he helps our clients find success on their talent-based journey.

About TalentPlus:

Talent Plus, Inc. is the premier human capital and talent management consulting partner. By following our principles: Recognize, Engage, Accelerate, and Lead, you can leverage the natural talents of your employees to make the greatest individual and organizational impact -- assessing, selecting, onboarding, developing, coaching, engaging, and retaining the right people with the right talents to grow and gain a sustained competitive advantage. With offices in the USA and Singapore, visit www.talentplus.com or call 1-(800) VARSITY (827-7489).

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Makenzie Rath, President, Talent Plus, calls the launch of Talent+Ready℠ and the Readiness Rating Scale℠ game changers, “In an era of ‘The Great Resignation/Reassignment,’ this interactive solution reveals a clear picture of mid-level and senior leaders bench strength within an organization, enabling promotions to be based on both the talent required for the role and the readiness to take on the role – all while leveling the playing field which reduces the potential for bias. Talent+Ready limits ‘The Peter Principle’ – a belief that because one is talented at one level, they should automatically be promoted to the next, only to learn they have reached their level of incompetence rather than excelling. As well, Talent+Ready allows those who are prepared to lead at a higher level take on that next level leadership. Designed for current employees of an organization; Talent+Ready can be used for promotional decisions, as well as development.”

Talent+Ready℠ is an industry-disruptive, scientifically predictive tool to identify an organization’s future mid-level and senior-level leaders and know when they are ready to take on more. Individuals being considered for mid-level and senior-level roles are ideal participants in Talent+Ready to determine who has both the talent and readiness to be promoted to mid-level leadership or senior-level leadership. Talent+Ready provides talent planning guidance at the juncture of two key leader dimensions -- Talent and Readiness. Talent is measured by Talent Plus’ highly predictive assessments, Operational Manager Talent Online Assessment℠ for mid-level and its Executive Interview for senior-level. Readiness is measured by Talent Plus’ breakthrough Readiness Rating Scale℠, scientifically evaluating the next-level readiness of an individual from the perspective of who knows that person’s work best – their leader. This science answers the question: “Are they ready?” With three simple answers – Yes, Not Yet or No. Results are visualized in an interactive dashboard with the ability to drill down based on customizable filters (by person, team, division, location, KPIs, etc.) giving leaders and their organization an easy-to-view, high-level, immersive talent landscape all at their fingertips.

Talent+Ready is the ideal solution to make an organization successful in:

• Talent planning: Place people in the right jobs at the right time based on strategy, internal mobility and future talent needs
• Succession planning: Identify the right successors at the right time, preparing frontline and mid-level leaders successful transition to mid-level and upper-level leadership
• Development planning: Recognize individual and team growth needs
• Enhancing leadership: Provide leaders and managers with scientific data on how to best lead and coach those around them
• Talent optimization: Arm teams with their best talents to leverage for success

concludes Rath, “Many organizations focus on leadership competencies, proximity or necessity when planning for their future. Our new solution offers the opportunity to focus on not only talent but the intersection of readiness. Talent+Ready is not only unique in the marketplace but is so critical now.”

About Talent Plus, Inc®

Talent Plus, Inc. is the premier human capital and talent management consulting partner. By following our principles: Recognize, Engage, Accelerate and Lead, you can leverage the natural talents of your employees to make the greatest individual and organizational impact -- assessing, selecting, onboarding, developing, coaching, engaging and retaining the right people with the right talents to grow and gain a sustained competitive advantage. With offices in the USA and Singapore, visit www.talentplus.com or call 1-(800) VARSITY (827-7489).

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Talent Plus, Inc.® has launched the Enterprise Growth Leader Talent Online AssessmentSM (TOASM) knowing the marketplace is at a critical juncture where finely calibrated assessments are needed to find the best of the best available in the job market to lead sales organizations. In a recent McKinsey report, two of the five themes that emerged were that organizations need to “Rethink the people strategy in the age of attrition. A new world of selling requires new sales capabilities. Talent needs to be reassessed as businesses face both the attrition brought on by the pandemic and hyper-informed customers expecting more.” And, “For transformation to truly happen, cultures, mindsets, and behaviors need to change. Leaders need to inspire the change and guide the process.”

Talent Plus’ Enterprise Growth Leader TOA is a role-specific assessment identifying individuals with a natural ability to sell and exceed goals by focusing on big-picture successes and sustainable sales growth to positively impact the success of a company. Top performers are compelled to win, drive profit, guide the team in the right direction, make course corrections, and recalibrate the team to win sales. Driven to act, top individuals work to design and implement a company’s sales plans. Solution-obsessed and attuned to customer needs, they facilitate their team's success by positioning individuals according to their strengths and likelihood to excel. They reward performance and celebrate individual and group wins.

“Never has it been more important to have a great sales team,” offers Talent Plus President Makenzie Rath. “We know strong sales leaders produce strong sales results. The highest performing sales leaders simply have the right talent for the job and have the sales leadership talent to drive a team to exceptional levels of success. In today’s marketplace, skills and knowledge won’t drive enterprise-level growth unless that leader has the talent necessary for success.”

Talent Plus has studied thousands of sales leaders by partnering with organizations to learn from and study how the strongest sales leaders think, feel, and behave. These discoveries inform the questions used to create this assessment. The organizations who helped build this assessment in cooperation with Talent Plus see that sales organizations identifying and onboarding the best of the best sales leaders are better able to close deals and drive teams to win – a key to sales team member retention.

Offers Chief Growth Officer John Henley, “When you hire tough and put in the work on the front end, you can manage easier – balancing individual coaching to top sales talent while managing to a sales process. If you hire strategically, top sales professionals want to stay put because they’re part of an engaged, streamlined sales team. Cultivating this doesn’t have to be a wildcard – the Enterprise Growth Leader TOA is just one part of that equation.” To read more from Henley on How to Hire Top Sales Talent.

This new assessment is purpose-built for top sales leaders in complex sales organizations. Sales organizations need to be proactive in generating leads, selling tailored solutions, and serving clients. Job titles appropriate for this role-specific assessment include Director of Sales, Sales Manager, Regional and National Sales Managers, Vice President of Sales (non-C-Suite role), Business Development Manager, and Sales Enablement Manager to name a few. Click here to learn more.

About Talent Plus, Inc®

Talent Plus, Inc. is the premier human capital and talent management consulting partner. As experts at each critical inflection across the talent lifecycle, their solutions scientifically assess, select, onboard, develop, coach, engage and retain the right people with the right talents to grow and gain a profound and sustained competitive advantage over industry peers. To learn more, visit www.talentplus.com or call 1-(800) VARSITY (827-7489).

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Talent Plus, Inc.® colleagues Jonah Garbin, Research Scientist; and Dr. Scott Whiteford, Director, Leadership Analytics; authors of a recent white paper, “Retention Strategies for the New Ear: Being Know for the People You Keep” will be guests on a webinar moderated by John Henley, Chief Growth Officer, Thursday, April 27, 2 pm. to 3 p.m. (CST).

The breakthrough research and thought leadership highlighted in this white paper, point to the impact developing good relationships with employees can have, the importance of surrounding talented employees with other talented employees (especially leaders) who have complementary strengths and the momentum gained when leaders invest in employees’ professional growth. Garbin and Whiteford know those attending will gain insight into:

• Why turnover is higher than usual
• Key ways to keep turnover in check
• Insight into retention strategies and top talent

“What we have learned through our research may be counterintuitive to some, for example, many employers get into the mindset that if people are unhappy, we should simply pay them more. Our research finds that pay is the worst predictor of engagement,” offer Garbin and Whiteford.

Garbin is a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with a degree in Qualitative, Quantitative, and Psychometric Methods, and is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the human resources industry.

Whiteford is a leading authority on The Science of Talent ®. His primary analytical focus is utilizing Talent Plus’ Executive Interview to help companies select and coach leaders based on their strengths. Whiteford utilizes a variety of solutions to develop leaders, build effective teams and help grow organizations through a strengths-management philosophy and positive psychology. Talent Plus has a team of research scientists and data scientists at Talent Plus, Inc.

Download the research Whiteford and Garbin will be pointing to. Unable to attend the online seminar? Registration provides a recording of the discussion sent to all registrants following the event.

About Talent Plus

Talent Plus, Inc. is the premier human capital and talent management consulting partner. As experts at each critical inflection across the talent lifecycle, their solutions scientifically assess, select, onboard, develop, coach, engage and retain the right people with the right talents to grow and gain a profound and sustained competitive advantage over industry peers. To learn more, visit www.talentplus.com or call 1-(800) VARSITY (827-7489).

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Talent Plus, Inc.® is pleased to announce the selection of John Henley as its Chief Growth Officer. With Talent Plus' continuous growth, Henley joins an organization poised to continue its global growth with its work in both selection and development solutions around the globe.

Henley oversees Talent Plus' team of business developers, client strategists, and client success managers, collaborating with over 400 world-class, quality-growth clients and a vast number of prospects.

Offers Talent Plus President Makenzie Rath, "Having John’s insight as a client is an additional asset for our growth team. As well, John will be an important part of our Executive Team, as we near our 35th year serving a variety of industries. John has a keen understanding of leadership and sales, and we believe this is a powerful combination."

Henley comes to Talent Plus after 26 years at The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS), a Talent Plus channel partner for the last 22 years. John chose Talent Plus because of the impact he witnessed talent generate through individuals and organizations.

Growth-driven and insightful, Henley brings expertise in workforce development, policy design and implementation, business operations and governing systems. Skilled in optimizing company functionality, streamlining communication, and making key decisions on sales structures, Henley possesses notable experience in building leadership teams, advancing marketing strategies, and facilitating company growth.

Henley has a Master of Arts from Central Michigan University and an undergraduate degree from The University of Toledo College of Arts and Sciences. He lives with his family in Asheville, North Carolina.

About Talent Plus, Inc®

Talent Plus, Inc. is the premier human capital and talent management consulting partner. As experts at each critical inflection across the talent lifecycle, their solutions scientifically assess, select, onboard, develop, coach, engage and retain the right people with the right talents to grow and gain a profound and sustained competitive advantage over industry peers. To learn more, visit www.talentplus.com or call 1-(800) VARSITY (827-7489).

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Talent Plus is rebooting its podcast with Let’s Talk Talent, launching Tuesday, October 18, 2022.

Makenzie Rath, President, of Talent Plus offers, “Podcasting is growing exponentially with predictions that there will be around 424 million podcast listeners worldwide by the end of 2022. Creating the ‘Let's Talk Talent’ podcast will not only allow Talent Plus to reach a wider audience but help us continue to increase brand awareness and thought leadership, build trust, and better humanize our brand.”

Uploading once a week, listen as Mark Epp, Talent Plus Management Consultant Director, interviews seasoned talent experts who share stories and provide insight into how organizations can reach their full potential — through the power of natural talent. Each podcast episode will be 12-15 minutes long. The first episode features Rath; followed by episodes interviewing research consultants Alice Pyclik, Ph.D. and Jonah Garbin;​ Director of Leadership Analytics Scott Whiteford, Ph.D.; Management Consultant Bridget Johnson; ​Vice President, Client Experience, Matt McGuire; and finally Talent Plus Advisors Network member Bryan Williams who will share Talent In Action Stories.

“In a hybrid world,” concludes Rath, “we want to place content in places where it's easily accessed – whether commuting, riding your bike or walking, even listening with a team.” All podcast episodes will be featured on the Talent Plus website as well as on popular podcast directories such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and more.

About Talent Plus, Inc.

TalentPlus is the premier human capital and talent management consulting partner. By following our principles: Recognize, Engage, Accelerate and Lead, you can leverage the natural talents of your employees to make the greatest individual and organizational impact -- assessing, selecting, onboarding, developing, coaching, engaging, and retaining the right people with the right talents to grow and gain a sustained competitive advantage. With offices in the USA and Singapore, visit www.talentplus.com or call 1-(800) VARSITY (827-7489).

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Megan Leasher, Ph.D., Chief Solutions Strategist has been granted Fellow status through the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Every year SIOP and the SIOP Foundation present numerous awards recognizing excellence in professional and student work. For 2022, 20 members are receiving Fellow status.

These recipients will be honored during the Opening Plenary of the 2022 SIOP Annual Conference being held in Seattle, Washington.

SIOP has been recognizing the outstanding, lifetime contributions of members by granting Fellow status throughout its history. To be considered for SIOP Fellow status, a member must be nominated by another member and endorsed by at least three more SIOP Fellows. A member who has been active in the Society for 10 years or more is eligible for nomination based on meaningful, sustained, and unusual impact on the field. Fellowship is the highest, most elite, and aspirational member status in SIOP and is only granted to a very small proportion of members.

Offers Dr. Leasher, “I am both honored and humbled to receive this honor. The journey to Fellow has made me a better psychologist, advisor, and person. I am sincerely eager to represent both SIOP and Talent Plus in my continued efforts to contributing to and celebrating the field of industrial and organizational psychology.”

“Being selected as a Fellow by SIOP is certainly a lifetime achievement – one we are so proud to see Dr. Leasher achieve. Each day her thought leadership and breadth of experience is one that offers such exceptional value to our client partners, as well as the future of what Talent Plus is able to offer to them to proactively meet the future. As well, her work with fellow colleagues lifts our ability to develop each further,” remarks Makenzie Rath, President, Talent Plus.

Megan Leasher, Ph.D., Chief Solutions Strategist, is an industrial psychologist, Forbes HR Council member, and self-described “scientist-practitioner.” As a scientific thought leader and solution innovator, she helps Talent Plus’ colleagues, clients, and partners connect the dots while applying solutions and collective know-how to reframe and solve for people issues inside an organization. Leasher brings a wide range of subject matter expertise on the talent lifecycle from pre-hire to development to succession and workforce planning. She works to transform client needs into solution innovations, align legacy tools and curious innovations into talent journey solutions, design and implement journey-based sales-to-service models.

About Talent Plus

Talent Plus, Inc. is the premier human capital and talent management consulting partner. As experts at each critical inflection across the talent lifecycle, their solutions scientifically assess, select, onboard, develop, coach, engage and retain the right people with the right talents to grow and gain a profound and sustained competitive advantage over industry peers. With offices in the USA and Singapore, visit www.talentplus.com or call 1-(800) VARSITY (827-7489).

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Karl Giuseffi, Executive Vice President, Research and Innovation, Talent Plus, Inc., has joined Fast Company’s Executive Board, an invitation-only professional organization of leaders who share a commitment to shaping the future of business.

Giuseffi was selected to join the organization based on his expertise and proven track record. As a member, he joins industry-leading peers from the worlds of corporate leadership, design, media, entertainment, technology, social responsibility, marketing, advertising, social impact, and nonprofit.

Scott Gerber, founder of Fast Company Executive Board, said, "We are pleased to accept Karl Giuseffi into the Fast Company Executive Board. When leaders gather in curated, private settings, they can collaborate and create new business opportunities across a broad range of industries. Giuseffi brings valuable professional insights and accomplishments to this group.”

Karl Giuseffi offers, “I’m honored and excited to be joining such exceptional leaders and engaging thinkers who are actively reshaping businesses and work. I look forward to continuing to advance business solutions regarding the future of work and leadership while harnessing technology and engaging companies’ top strength, their people.

Giuseffi will have access to a dedicated online platform designed to foster connections and information sharing. Through lively discussions, virtual events, and online meetups, members help one another solve business challenges and celebrate successes. Members also have the opportunity to publish relevant professional insights on FastCompany.com. Some specific areas of focus are innovation, creativity, world-changing ideas, work-life balance, and social impact. As well, members can participate in Expert Panel® discussions compiled into easy-to-read articles with the latest industry thinking from a diverse group of experts. Members also have exclusive access to business coaching opportunities and top-quality, exclusive deals.

“We’re thrilled Karl has been selected by Fast Company to work with other leaders in this way. At Talent Plus we believe individuals being in roles that they have the talent for and leadership that invests in them, is the best way to change the workplace,” Makenzie Rath, President, Talent Plus.

Karl Giuseffi, EVP, Research and Innovation, leads Talent Plus’ Research Team while focusing on maintaining and enhancing excellence in research, innovation, and the strategic application of The Science of Talent ® to best serve clients. Giuseffi works closely with executive leaders and teams to simplify and streamline data-driven insights to inform people strategies and guide leadership decision-making and organizational leadership and culture. He brings in-depth experience in the study of psychology, organizational dynamics, human behavior, and statistics, as well as years of applied expertise working with numerous clients and leadership teams to guide their business strategies, innovation, and implementation of their people strategies around data.

About Talent Plus

Talent Plus, Inc. is the premier human capital and talent management consulting partner. As experts at each critical inflection across the talent lifecycle, their solutions scientifically assess, select, onboard, develop, coach, engage and retain the right people with the right talents to grow and gain a profound and sustained competitive advantage over industry peers. With offices in the USA and Singapore, visit www.talentplus.com or call 1-(800) VARSITY (827-7489).

About Fast Company Executive Board

Founded in 2021, Fast Company Executive Board is a private, vetted professional organization that gives its members a unique, industry-leading peer group. Members are business leaders in the worlds of corporate leadership, design, media, entertainment, technology, social responsibility, marketing, advertising, social impact, and nonprofits who have been selected for their expertise and track record. Learn more at https://board.fastcompany.com

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