The Future of Work with Kathy Relias

Have you been thinking about the future and what it looks like for your organization and your workforce? Today's guest is Kathy Relias, Vice President at Escalent, a human behavior and analytics firm, and is focused on building the life sciences business. 

Kathy Relias is a founding member of HerCsuite™.  In her current role, Kathy is a Vice President at Escalent, a human behavior and analytics firm, and is focused on building the life sciences business. In life sciences, Kathy has worked on biopharma, medical device and digital health firms initiatives and has also worked across therapeutic areas.  Example areas of focus include product commercialization, brand insights, payer and market access and patient services and support.

Take a listen to HerCsuite™ Founder and Host Natalie Benamou, MBA (She/Her) and Kathy Relias, Vice President of Escalent as they explore The Future of Work.

5 Trends in the Workplace:

1. How we connect with others, people are looking for connection.
2. Remote work is only the start of what is changing.  Schools are helping students to be more adaptable.
3. Best in class, will do whatever it takes.
4. Top talent is challenging to retaining and they may not want to stay doing the same thing.
5. Transparency has shifted the narrative like New York City requiring salarage ranges being public.

Flexibility in the Workplace:

• Top performers know how to find the work that is really interesting to them.
• Engage with high performers to know what they really want to do.
• More project-based assignments and part-time work.
• Engage more with top performers to find out if they are satisfied.

Four Ways Escalent is Helping Organizations:

1. Teams at companies are overwhlemed and a dedicated team helps scaling up and down at a moment's notice.
2. Offering staff augmentation on a pilot basis.
3. Creating dedicated teams of skilled workers.
4. Ability to have agile teams that can support in different time zones.

Risk Avoidance:

• A Pilot helps avoid the cost of a full time employee
• In addition to flexible hours, it allows employees to focus on strategy to bring this forward

Winning Leadership Buy-In “For a dedicated team, I would recommend a pilot and that allows the brand team to try us out, and see how things work for them and tweak it along the way. Then we can decide if we're going to scale up or down or what we're going to do next.  In this scenrio there really is no risk.”- Kathy Relias

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Find Kathy Relias: [email protected]  LinkedIn | Escalent 

Kathy Relias is a high energy consulting leader working in life sciences. She is also an experienced servant leader and mentor known for  building market share, delivering profitable growth and sound strategy for business to business companies.  For nearly two decades, Kathy has been building relationships, advising executives and solving problems on many of their most pressing business and marketing challenges by utilizing insights and analytics, consulting services and software. She has also built teams to deliver services, translating to growth and profitability and has P&L experience. Her expertise spans custom insights and consulting, SAAS products and subscription offerings, understanding human behavior and analytics.

Kathy has also been elected by peers to national level leadership roles in professional organizations supporting strategic planning, marketing, customer insights, and social media. Kathy is a proponent of diversity and inclusion, and a former board member of the Healthcare Business Women's Association (HBA), and currently a member at Women in Research and a Founding Member and Advisor of HerCsuite™. Thank you, Kathy, for this interview, for being a founding member and valued advisor of HerCsuite™ Member Community!  

Natalie Benamou can be found LinkedIn | HerCsuite™ LinkedIn HerPower2 LinkedIn

Natalie Benamou MBA, (she, hers) CEO, HerPower2, Inc. , Founder, Chief Growth Officer, HerCsuite™ | Podcast Host

Natalie has accelerated her career to leadership positions in both the marketing industry and non-profits.  She is a rainmaker, achieving a high level of client success generating over $110 million in sales revenues.   Natalie is a leadership expert and sought-out speaker for events and conferences including the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) National Conference, HCEA Connect and podcasts like Conscious Millionaire, Brave Women at Work, Go Find Out, What's Your Ask, and Lioness Magazine featured article. 

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