Paving the Way for Strategic Benefits (Feat: Sally Welborn)

Advanced healthcare benefits strategies didn't just happen overnight. They were created, enhanced, and innovated over time thanks to the efforts of some key individuals. One of those people, is Sally Welborn. On the latest episode of Broken Benefits, we're thrilled to welcome Sally Welborn, the Former Senior Vice President of Global Benefits for Walmart Stores, Inc., and hear numerous stories that provide benefits leaders with insight into developing strategic benefits strategies at the highest of levels!Sally is an instiution in American healthcare, in running the benefits strategy for America's largest retailer for nearly a decade! This episode is packed with nuggets of insight and stories from Sally's decorated career in benefits. Enjoy!Timecodes:0:15 - Introduction and overview on the guest of today's show1:39 - How Sally approaches healthcare problems different than most4:25 - If Sally could steer the whole industry in one direction...7:02 - How to know which benefits strategy to use? 13:40 - Sally's process for identifying trends in healthcare20:50 - The biggest opportunities that Sally is excited about these days24:46 - Is an innovation really an innovation if it's impossibly unaffordable? 31:40 - How to run small tests as a large employer36:32 - How Sally would sell new programs internally40:20 - Getting leaders to be comfortable with "taking risk"43:50 - How to connect with Sally 44:40 - Closing remarks
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