The Winning Playbook: Real Strategies from Today's Workforce Leaders

The Winning Playbook

Real Strategies from Today's Workforce Leaders

Every successful organization has a playbook. The best leaders know it needs constant adjustment, because hiring, retention, compliance, and employee expectations keep changing, and now AI is part of the picture.

In this recorded conversation, three workforce leaders share what they are running right now. A payroll veteran explains why she is opening her mind to AI. An HR generalist at a nonprofit describes taking administrative work off the plates of the people who work directly with children and families. An insurance partner who also leads a restaurant buying group talks about what keeps good people on the team. You will hear what makes employees stay, where technology earns its keep, and the one piece of advice each would give another leader.

Format

On-demand recording

Run time

20 minutes

Host

Jay Whitehead, Senior Vice President, Asure

What you will hear

Three industries, three vantage points, and a lot of agreement on the basics.

What actually keeps people

Recognition, respect, open communication from the top, and fair pay for your market. Each panelist answers the retention question from a different corner of the workforce, and the answers rhyme.

AI, from wary to curious

All three name AI as the technology to watch over the next few years, each for a different reason, from payroll reporting and self-audits to getting hours back every week.

Technology that gives time back

One leader moved timekeeping, time off, and employee information into a centralized system so staff spend less time on paperwork. Another still puts electronic time clocks at the top of her list.

Stop doing it alone

An insurance partner who leads a restaurant buying group makes the case for leaning on partners, groups, and technology, and explains how pooled buying power reaches independent operators.

Meet the panel

Three workforce leaders, three very different employers.

Asure customer

Sherry Wolfe

Asst. Mgr. Payroll & Strategic Analyst

Tuff Torq Corporation

Tuff Torq designs and builds hydrostatic transmissions and transaxles for outdoor power equipment from its plant in Morristown, Tennessee. It is part of the Yanmar group.

Tuff Torq transmissions are in 9 out of 10 riding mowers
Making transmissions in Morristown, Tennessee since 1989
Tuff Torq has been an Asure customer for 16 years
Sherry has worked in payroll and accounting for 40 years

Asure customer

Michael Berman, MBA, SHRM-CP

Human Resources Generalist

Pocono Services for Families and Children, Inc.

Pocono Services for Families and Children is a nonprofit in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, that helps families build a stronger foundation for the future.

Programs include Monroe County Head Start, infant and toddler care, and school-age support
Michael runs hiring and HR across every center location
Mission-driven work where staff time with children and families matters most

Asure partner

Peter Kokkinakos

President, FRPG

Partner, Helio Insurance

Peter is president of FRPG, the Florida Restaurant Purchasing Group, a group purchasing organization for restaurants and food service operators, and a partner in Helio Insurance.

Independent restaurants pool their buying volume to reach insurance and supply pricing once held by the big chains
Helps employers of all sizes control costs on insurance, supplies, and services
Peter's focus: safety, training, and benefits that keep good people

Hosted by Jay Whitehead, Senior Vice President at Asure.

Straight from the panel

“Pay gets them in the door, but the culture and growth keeps them.”

Peter Kokkinakos
President, FRPG

“Communication, communication, communication.”

Sherry Wolfe
Tuff Torq Corporation

“…invest in your people before you need to.”

Michael Berman
Pocono Services for Families and Children, Inc.

In their words: working with Asure

“We have accurate paychecks. We have better auditing tools and great customer service, and the partnership is truly like a family.”