Humans Not Resources

Our second episode of this podcast detailed one of the most impactful experiences we create for our employees—transformational business retreats.  We have just returned from our 2020 retreat, which was nearly three times the size and even more powerful than last year’s. As a follow-up to last year’s episode, we interview some of our new employees, so you can hear from the attendees themselves. Chris Hloros, our business analytics manager and Jeff Smith, director of the Best-Self Academy share the profound impact that they experienced in January.  For Chris and Jeff, this retreat really crystallized our company’s new values and brought them to life. We’ve found that these retreats have the power to have everyone create their own personal relationship with our mission, vision, and values in a way that is difficult by simply sharing them in a deck.  More than that, we create experiences that break down barriers, create authentic connection, so that we can deeply see the humans that comprise the company, and then