Growing a Business at Pace with Matthew Pawley, NFP

06/15/23 • 30 min

In this HRchat episode, Bill Banham talks with Matt Pawley, President of the European Region at NFP Corporate Benefits and a recent DisruptHR London speaker. Listen as we discuss his experiences of growing a business at pace and his tips for other leaders and HR pros with aspirations of doing the same.
Questions for Matt include:

NFP is growing fast. The company has many divisions and partners enabling client success through specialized expertise, innovative technologies, and relationships with highly rated insurers, vendors, and financial institutions across the globe. Tell us about the journey and the challenges of growing a company at pace.
How is the economy impacting you at the moment? What are you hearing from the customers?
You recently presented at DisruptHR London. Your talk was called Making a Mountain out of a Molehill – Scalable Growth through People. Tell us about your session.
We love working with Connor, and have spent lots of time with them recently, particularly with them co-organizing DisruptHRLondon 17.0, what made you add them to the NFP portfolio?
In 90 seconds or less, what does 'good HR' look like for you?
What's coming up for NFP in the next 6-12 months? Events? Mergers? New tech/services?

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NFP is growing fast. The company has many divisions and partners enabling client success through specialized expertise, innovative technologies, and relationships with highly rated insurers, vendors, and financial institutions across the globe. Tell us about the journey and the challenges of growing a company at pace.
How is the economy impacting you at the moment? What are you hearing from the customers?
You recently presented at DisruptHR London. Your talk was called Making a Mountain out of a Molehill – Scalable Growth through People. Tell us about your session.
We love working with Connor, and have spent lots of time with them recently, particularly with them co-organizing DisruptHRLondon 17.0, what made you add them to the NFP portfolio?
In 90 seconds or less, what does 'good HR' look like for you?
What's coming up for NFP in the next 6-12 months? Events? Mergers? New tech/services?

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Ethical Leader of the Year Award at #SHRM23 with Brian Peckrill, McGowan Fund Fellows Program

In this episode of the HRchat Podcast, Bill Banham talks with Brian Peckrill, Interim Executive Director of the McGowan Fund Fellows Program.
The McGowan Fund is thrilled to host the second annual Ethical Leader of the Year Award at SHRM2023 and unveil the winner alongside the SHRM Team in Las Vegas this week!

Questions for Brian include:

Tell us about the motivations for holding a second Ethical Leader of the Year Award and why you think the SHRM Annual Expo is an appropriate venue for it to be held
Tell us about the principles of Ethical Leadership established by William McGowan - How are they being taught today by the McGowan Fund?
How important is ethical leadership in the world of work?
A recent Ernst & Young study highlighted the importance of empathy, a core principle of ethical leadership, in fostering increased efficiency, creativity, job satisfaction, idea sharing, innovation, and even revenue generation. However, the study also revealed that empathy remains in short supply in 2023. Why do you think that's the case?
Given the quiet quitting crisis afflicting talent retention and recruitment, are employees and candidates now in the driver's seat? and does that reinforce the need for ethical leaders?

More About the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund

Since its inception, the Fund has dedicated itself to impacting lives, creating sustainable change, and empowering future generations to reach their fullest potential. They achieve this through grant-making efforts in education, human services, healthcare, and medical research. Their focus is on programs with proven success, measurable outcomes, sustainability plans, and the aim to break cycles of poverty and suffering.
Driven by the belief in the power of partnerships and collaboration to maximize impact, the Fund actively seeks opportunities to work with other funders and nonprofit organizations that share their values and philosophy.
For more information, visit their website at https://williamgmcgowanfund.org/
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EI Sunday Supplement: Inspiring High Performance

When a leader inspires performance in others, they facilitate optimal outcomes in a variety of situations. A leader who inspires their team will encourage better problem solving, and they’ll both recognize and support the work of those around them.

Listen as Debbie Muno and Bill Banham discuss why leaders who inspire those around them — rather than simply managing performance using key performance indicators (KPIs) — will help to empower their teams to perform above and beyond what’s expected.
Inspiring performance is an important part of being an effective leader because:

Leadership is fundamentally about facilitating the performance of others
Managing performance with rules and key performance indicators usually produces an “expected” result, rather than an “unexpected” high performance result
Team members learn more and develop their capacities best when they’re inspired, which means an inspiring leader can spur continuous improvement from year to year

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