Topic: The Evolving Workscape

Speaker: Ryan Sullivan, a Vice President of Applied Insights for Hartford Funds

Presentation:
Attracting and retaining talent in a world changed by innovation.

Imagine a workplace where the workers that are in shortest supply are the ones who understand your business, inside and out.
 

Imagine a job market where retirees beginning second careers, especially female retirees, are a critical part of your recruitment pool.

Imagine a workplace where successful recruitment and retention may rest less on what you pay than on what you provide: flexibility, access to information, personal services, and voluntary benefits.

This is the workscape of tomorrow.

Increased longevity and technological innovation are revolutionizing the world of work. While many are quick to recognize the changes that accompany advancing technology, such as productivity gains, destruction of legacy positions, and creation of new roles, increased longevity is often overlooked. Demographic changes have a major impact. People are living longer in ourultra-connected, high-tech world, and our workscape is changing as a result.

The traditional career cycle that begins with full-time education, finishes with a full-time career and ends with a hard stop is in its dying days. Modern careers follow a different, more winding path that may extend into what were once considered retirement years. The result is a multigenerational workforce that offers a diverse range of experience and expertise—as well as demands.

This multigenerational workscape provides unprecedented opportunity for employers—if they know how to create and cultivate it. In order to retain and attract the best talent across the generations, employers must meet the expectations of today’s employee. How? By adopting a new, flexible approach to services, benefits, technologies, and processes. If an employer can accomplish this feat, it is possible to create a productive, thriving five-generation workplace—and gain an edge on their competitors.

Speaker's bio:

Ryan Sullivan is a vice president of applied insights for Hartford Funds. He leads communication workshops around the country and speaks on a variety of financial and practice management topics, with a focus on retirement research from the MIT AgeLab. To date, Ryan has provided insights to audiences in 46 states and Puerto Rico, as well as led hundreds of webinars.

Ryan originally joined Hartford Funds in 1996, holding various roles of increasing responsibility. He left the company in 2012 as a vice president of advanced markets. Prior to rejoining Hartford  Funds, Ryan founded a business to coach professionals on public speaking and effective communication. He was later hired by his largest client, financial-planning software company Envestnet MoneyGuide, where he was vice president and head of investor education.

In addition to his role at Hartford Funds, Ryan volunteers his time and communication expertise to help others. Since 2012, he’s led communication workshops at UNC Charlotte’s Center for Leadership and Community Engagement. He’s also a certified facilitator for TimeSlips™, a program through which he leads interactive storytelling sessions for people living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. In addition, he leads communication workshops through Charlotte Family Housing to help empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve self[1]sufficiency. Ryan also serves on Hartford Funds’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion advisory council.

Ryan is a registered representative of Hartford Funds Distributors, LLC, and is FINRA Series 7 and 63 registered. He holds his Life, Health, and Variable Products licenses and has earned the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC®), and Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor (CMFC®) designations. He’s also a Fellow of LOMA’s® Life Management Institute.

Originally from Hartford, Connecticut, Ryan attended Bucknell University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife, Katie.