Fresh Thinking

E D ITO R I N C H I E F Katie Prellwitz Director, Communications E D ITO R Paul Jackson Communications Specialist C R E AT I V E D I R E CTO R Kitty Hart Meow Design E X E C U T I V E S P O N S O R Elizabeth Chrane EVP, Culture and Corporate Development B U S I N E S S & E D I T O R I A L O F F I C E 200 Galleria Parkway Suite 1950 Atlanta, GA 30339 770.250.2900 www.onedigital.com Inside OneDigital F O L LO W U S! S U G G E S T I O N S F O R A RT I C L E S O R C O M M E N T S: editor@onedigital.com inside.onedigital.com I N T H I S I S S U E : Leadership Perspective ................................ 3 Open Enrollment ........................................... 4 Leadership Library ......................................... 5 Office Spotlight – Minnesota ..................... 6 Solutions Spotlight – HR Consulting ....... 8 Information Security ...................................12 What's your ideal performance state? ....14 Welcome New Offices ................................16 5 L E A D E R S H I P L I B R A R Y 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs 5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There Is Never Enough Time • • • • • Lead@onedigital.com 6 F R E S H T H I N K I Just two years ago, OneDigital embarked on a new adventure in a new location, Minnesota's Twin Cities. Apart from expanding our geographical footprint and being the largest acquisition from that year, our Minnesota office (formerly known as Corporate Health Systems) was bringing a solid reputation and strong local brand to the OneDigital name. Minnesota Since they've come on board, Al Hofstede and his team have made a number of improvements to their team, and we wanted to learn more about their progress in 2018. E D I T O R : What kind of potential did you see in the Minnesota office and why did we choose to partner with them? B I L L C A R E W: They had a great reputation and strong value proposition in the Minnesota market. We were really excited about the next generation of leadership when we met Al. While we had a strong Enterprise presence in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area, the leadership team was eager to make this an official hub. E D I T O R : Soon after we became partners, Minnesota moved to a new office. Tell us about that transition. A L H O F S T E D E : Well, we came from an older layout in a different city. Just a few months after the acquisition, we took the opportunity to give ourselves a refresh. It gave us a renewed sense of energy and inspired collaboration, but most of all, it really fulfilled the needs of where we were headed. It is a fresh, modern and open feel – and we have windows now! While a new space is always rejuvenating for a work environment, it also gave us room to grow. Even with a smaller staff now (Minnesota exited the administration business earlier this year), we still have a strong plan to utilize our space for a growing team. Mergers & Acquisitions Premier Benefit Solutions Frank Villares & Dino Stampone — Wayne, " We chose OneDigital for their commitment to the employee only brokerage in the country. Aligning with OneDigital allow us to provide our clients the level of service and partnership will also give us the ability to expand our may have been more of a challenge given our size and " The first time we met with Jeff Yamin, we were pretty but the more we learned about OneDigital the more we OD team. At some point we would have needed to make order to continue growing, and when we realized that, The Wladis Steven Wladis— "We are extremely their culture with our own. Digital we feel service but now 12 F R E S H T H I N K I N G I N F O R M A T I O N S E C U R I T Y I T O N LY TA K E S O N E U S E R T O C L I C K O N O N E B A D E M A I L O R S I T E T O I M PA C T T H E E N T I R E C O M PA N Y ! As OneDigital continues to grow in revenue, clients served, and staff, so do the regulatory and security threats to the business. Because of these threats, we've implemented new procedures that will take us to the next level of security needed to protect our client's data as well as our own. Upon seeing this announcement, we hear a lot of moans and groans because more security equals more work on the user side to ensure the security of our data. But in order to mitigate these risks, proper security measures must be taken. Kirstin Kleinschmidt Anabel Tarzian S O L U T I O N S S P O T L I G H T 14 F R E S H T TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY H O W A R E YO U S P E N D I N G YO U R E N E R G Y? P H Y S I C A L E M OT I O N A L M E N TA L S P I R I T U A L L E T T E R F R O M T H E E D I T O R I know … I know. It's fourth quarter, and I'm sending you 20 pages of content to flip through. There's a good argument to stop newsletters, magazines, DISH posts, etc. because it's our busiest time of year. At the same time, fourth quarter presents my team with challenges to figure out how we get you to notice the important content we're sending. New systems and solutions are being introduced, surveys are being sent out, and executives need to make important announcements. However, we hope that when you get home from work and find your Fresh Thinking in the mailbox (if you don't have it yet, it's on its way), you can enjoy feature stories about our people, our offices and ways to end the year strong. Thanks for your time, and happy reading! 5 12 8 14 16 6

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