Managers Are Running Hot. Here’s How to Fix the Job and Lift Engagement

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Summary 

Manager engagement has dropped, and it’s dragging the rest of the team down with it. If you want better performance, avoid adding pressure and rethink the job itself. 

 

 
Managers are struggling, and it’s showing up across the business.  

The numbers paint a clear picture. Gallup reports that just 31% of managers feel engaged in their work, which is down from a high of 36% in 2020.  

If you’re seeing delayed decisions, stalled projects, or rising turnover, you might be one of the many organizations seeing the effects of this trend.  Read more

Make Meetings Useful: Design Them Around How Your Team Actually Works 

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Most teams don’t need more meetings—they need better ones.  Meetings that lack structure, clarity, and respect for focus time drain energy and hurt engagement. Protect time, define purpose, and run meetings that move work forward instead of slowing it down.

 

 

Chances are, if you’ve been in the workforce longer than five minutes, you’ve heard someone complain about meetings.  

Today’s reality is that work increasingly tilts toward chat, email, and meetings, while time for real, focused work continues to shrink. From Microsoft’s 2024 Work Trend Index:  

  • People spend 60% of their time communicating and 40% creating, with meetings and after-hours work stuck at post-pandemic highs. 
  • 68% say the pace and volume of work is hard to keep up with. 
  • 46% report burnout. 

That should shape how you run meetings and how you protect focus time around them.  Read more

2026 Health FSA Inflation Adjustments

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The Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Procedure 2025-32 on October 9, which establishes various 2026 tax-related limits that have been adjusted for inflation. The table below identifies updates to the 2026 health and fringe benefit plans addressed in this notice. The health flexible spending account (health FSA) employee contribution limit, carryover limit, and maximum qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement (QSEHRA) employer contribution are annual amounts that apply once a plan starts/renews in 2026.1 The adoption assistance program limit is an annual maximum that applies for the 2026 calendar year, while the transportation benefit is a monthly threshold that also applies for the 2026 calendar year. 

 

Benefit 

2025 

2026 

Maximum Employee Contribution to a Health FSA 

$3,300 

$3,400 

Health FSA Carryover Limit 

$660 

$680 

Adoption Assistance Program 

$17,280 

$17,670 

Maximum Annual Employer Contribution to a QSEHRA 

$6,350 (self-only coverage) 

$12,800 (family coverage) 

$6,450 (self-only coverage) 

$13,100 (family coverage) 

Maximum Monthly Benefit for Qualified Transit Passes, Van Pool Services, and Qualified Parking 

$325 

$340 

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Open Enrollment Isn’t Over When It Ends: What Employers Should Do Next  

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Life Insurance: A Benefit Employees Think They Understand (But Usually Don’t)

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Summary

Employees often misunderstand life insurance, leaving them with a false sense of security. Employers can prevent disappointment and build trust by explaining coverage in plain English, using real-life examples, keeping the conversation ongoing, and encouraging questions. Clear communication ensures life insurance delivers on its promise of protection.

 

 

Life insurance is one of those benefits people may forget about once they purchase it. They assume the coverage is “enough” and move on. 

However, most people aren’t sure how much coverage they have, what it actually means for their family, or how long it would realistically last. And this lack of understanding is risky for them and frustrating for you as the employer when it comes back around. Read more