RSVP Today for Heliona Live: Workplace Unfiltered: A Heliona Experience

Scott Havens, Partner at HUB International, brings a unique vantage point from decades of working with companies of 100+ employees on their healthcare benefits, technology integration, and executive strategy.

As someone who runs nine executive peer groups, sits on multiple boards, and works directly with CEOs, CFOs, and HR leaders, Scott has seen firsthand what drives retention and what erodes it.

In this conversation, we go beyond benefits to talk about the role of executive alignment, the importance of peer-to-peer learning, and how intentional leadership decisions ripple through an organization’s culture and performance.

Scott’s perspective blends business acumen with candid insight from years inside the executive circle.

If you’re a leader looking to strengthen retention, improve culture, and make better strategic decisions, this episode is packed with real-world takeaways.

What if the real cause of quiet quitting isn’t disengaged employees but disconnected leadership?

In this episode of Heliona Insight, I sit down with Dr. Leigh Anne Taylor Knight, a respected executive leader, education advocate, and culture strategist, to unpack the ripple effects of leadership behavior on workplace culture.

We explore how employee disengagement often mirrors the clarity, care, and consistency (or lack thereof) modeled by leadership and why culture is too important to be left to HR alone.

With a background bridging education, nonprofit leadership, and executive strategy, Dr. Taylor Knight brings both research and real-world wisdom to this conversation.

If you’re responsible for leading people, setting tone, or shaping vision, this episode will challenge you to see culture not as a perk but a practice. One that starts with how leaders show up.

Resources mentioned:

• Check out The DeBruce Foundation's free career resources:
• • Agile Work Profiler
  • Career Explorer Tools
  • Draw Your Future with Agilities
  • ...and more at Agilities.org
• Read The DeBruce Foundation's annual research on what it takes to build careers with higher wages, less risk of unemployment, better benefits, more autonomy over work conditions, and the ability to build savings.
• Learn more about Dr. Leigh Anne Taylor Knight
• Learn more about The DeBruce Foundation

In this episode of Heliona Insight, I sit down with Amber Miller Manning, CEO of The Miller Group, to talk about what it really takes to retain great people in one of the hardest industries: insurance.

Amber shares how she and her team have built a culture that holds a remarkable 90% employee retention rate—by centering communication, care, and consistency at every level of leadership.

We talk about the emotional reality of leading during high-pressure moments, what it means to set expectations with love, and how The Miller Group is modeling a better way to lead in service-centered work.

If you're trying to build a team that stays, this is the blueprint.