Chad Dawson | SpeakerHub

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Chad Dawson is the Director of Sales & Strategy at SPM Benefits. Chad is an Employee Benefits and Group Retirement Specialist at SPM Benefits with over 20 years of industry experience. During this time Chad has sat on several industry panels, councils and been called on as a subject matter expert representing insurers, employers and the employee benefits advisor community. With a Master’s Degree in Kinesiology from Western University and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University Chad brings a unique perspective combining health care, business and industry expertise.

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Director, Sales & Strategy

SPM Benefits

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"The Future of Employee Health & Wellness: How digital technology, virtual care and artificial intel

While traditional health care institutions like hospitals remain the foundation for serious disease and medical care, a paradigm shift is occurring with the potential for the individual to be the “CEO” of their own health, wellness and prevention leveraging digital technology, virtual care services and artificial intelligence to create a customized, data driven, real-time experience. The integration of these innovative solutions will allow each individual to not only understand their complete health picture, but also take the steps to prevent disease, improve wellbeing and proactively catch warning signals before they become larger health problems. Employers are perfectly suited to offer their employees the tools and resources necessary to unlock this potential by evolving their benefits programs from a mainly transactional approach (i.e., paying claims) to one that truly drives health outcomes.

The ROI of a powerful mental health strategy

An evidence-based, world class mental health strategy can help employers boost productivity, enhance employee health and wellness and create amazing company culture. A proactive approach to mental health can have many indirect, positive business outcomes such as reducing liability and preventing workplace conflicts. All of this contributes to a clear ROI for businesses of all shapes and sizes. There is a huge opportunity for employers to step up, stand out and show their community what a great place to work looks like. This requires tackling mental health head-on with education, destigmatization and a toolkit of resources tailored to the needs of employees and their families. Those that do will enhance culture while generating some awesome karma for future recruitment and retention.

Keep calm and compliance on: Why compliance is king in the world of employee benefits and retirement

Compliance is like a good night’s sleep - we all know we need it, feel so much better when it’s consistently on track yet is often the first thing to slip when we get busy, get distracted or simply forget how important it really is. Compliance is the most overlooked aspect of employer sponsored benefits and retirement plans and negligence (or ignorance) brings significant legal, financial, and reputational risk into play. With an increasingly knowledgeable employee population, litigation on the rise, and a pandemic driven disruption in traditional employer/employee relationships, plan administration and compliance are now more important than ever. Compliance should be the number one priority for any employer with a benefits or retirement plan in place. In this session we’ll provide the basics of what you need to know and why, review some case study examples to hammer home the importance and provide practical strategies to mitigate the risk.

2024 Outlook: Employee Benefits Plans

A 2024 and beyond outlook for employee benefits plans including industry trends, legislative and compliance changes, economic factors impacting employee benefits plans and more. This is a forward looking, high level review of the factors that will impact employer programs heading into 2024 and beyond. Relevant for anyone involved in the planning and decision-making process for employer sponsored benefits and retirement savings programs.

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Expertise (7)

Financial services

Healthcare

Health & Well-being

HRPA competencies

Core Competencies (Primary)

Total Rewards

Core Competencies (Secondary)

Health, Wellness & Safe Workplace

Enabling Competencies

Business Acumen

Critical Thinking Analysis

Decision-Making Skills

Emotional Intelligence

Independence

Negotiation and Influencing

Relationship Management

Research Skills

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I have worked and collaborated with Chad for over 20 years. His knowledge of the Group Benefits, Wellness, and Disability Management space is second to none. His forward thinking insights are always well founded from his vast experience and his views on the future of health and wellness are innovative, practical, and thought provoking. I would strongly recommend to any HR practitioners to follow Chad’s many useful posts on these topics.
Marc Avaria
Verified