CEOs will not be shocked by the outcome of a survey asking about top executives’ mental health: 100 percent reported high stress levels.1 Although they rarely work alone, CEOs bear the ultimate responsibility for their organization’s success — and the wellbeing of their employees. That burden can be heavy! Employers Council memberships offer several unique ways to lighten the leadership load.
Employers Council has been helping organizations build exceptional workplaces since 1939. Over the years — and through partnerships with thousands of CEOs — we’ve developed a comprehensive network of services, resources, and knowledgeable consultants designed to solve leaders’ top sources of stress. Read on for five C-suite solutions our memberships deliver.
Save on HR and employment law services
Whether you’re leading a nonprofit, start-up, or multinational corporation, the numbers have to add up if you want your organization to survive. Accountability for the bottom line always lands on the CEO’s desk. And the past few years have shown us that unpredictability — of markets, prices, work norms, and more — is a given.
An Employers Council membership gives CEOs access to our staff of 200+ HR professionals, employment law attorneys, experienced trainers, and more without having to add a single new employee. Instead of costly hiring, onboarding, and training, our teams can fill knowledge gaps and project demands as they arise.
Employers Council Memberships include many high-value services, depending on level, including a members-only resource library full of detailed whitepapers and how-to guides, access to compensation benchmark surveys and online tools, employee handbook review and creation, and more. In addition, memberships include significant discounts on pay-as-you-go services, including outsourced HR services, and special member access to benefits like our annual training passes. Organizations with 50 to 100 employees report saving $36,000+ annually with a membership versus buying a la carte; members with more than 100 employees historically save more than $41,000 a year.
Mitigate compliance and legal risks
As our Legal Services team often reminds our members, it’s not if your organization will field a complaint or legal challenge. It’s when. In addition to being a significant stressor, compliance and legal issues ding the reputation of both the organization and its leader. Newer CEOs might not have experience responding to complaints and/or know their legal rights and obligations. Many small- to mid-sized companies have either no in-house legal counsel or just general counsel without experience in employment and labor law.
Our licensed attorneys have seen it all. They know what organizations need to do to protect themselves from threats ahead of time and respond quickly when they occur. Additionally, Employers Council members have access to a vast library of legal whitepapers and resources through our Member Portal, extensive employment law training opportunities at reduced rates, discounts on a wide variety of legal services, and legal consultation hours (for Consulting and Enterprise membership tiers).
Enable fast growth
If CEOs don’t have their human resources processes dialed in, growth can get bumpy. Instead of a smooth ramp up, leaders can face all sorts of HR challenges during expansion. Those first surges, like going from 5 to 35 employees, can be especially painful without support. Conflicts, unclear expectations, and compliance snags can halt an organization in its tracks. Employers Council has guided many companies through growth transitions. Our teams can help you understand the steps you need to take and deliver the resources you need to complete them. If you’re about to hit a growth milestone — especially if you’re passing the 50 employee mark that will trigger new government regulations — don’t go it alone.
Keep your networks healthy and leadership skills sharp
Employers Council membership is a way to invest in not only your organization, but yourself. The old adage “It’s lonely at the top,” is backed up by survey data: A pre-pandemic study found that around half of CEOs feel lonely at work2 — and that was way before our remote/hybrid era added some extra wrinkles to fighting isolation. Employers Council memberships include access to our members-only online community and various in-person conferences, where you can form connections and trade best practices with other leaders. We also offer leadership and personal development sessions (on-demand, instructor-led online, and in-person), many of which are tailored especially for the C-suite, at a discounted price for members.
Build an exceptional workplace
Finally, we know you care deeply about your employees and want to create the kind of organization that helps its people thrive. But no one fosters a positive environment on their own; building an exceptional workplace is a collaborative effort by default. Most CEOs are visionaries and experts in their fields, not human resource or employment law specialists. That’s where we come in. Just like you’d never dream of doing your company’s accounting without help, savvy CEOs get support on the HR and legal details, too. Employers Council membership can illuminate any HR blindspots, keep you ahead of total rewards trends, ensure you stay competitive in the labor market, and help you become your industry’s sought-after employer.
Are you a CEO ready to de-stress? Let’s talk about how Employers Council can help.
- “The shocking truth about executive mental health.” Transformative Conversations. 6 May 2018. Accesssed 20 November 2023.
- “It’s time to acknowledge CEO loneliness,” by Thomas J. Saporito. Harvard Business Review. 15 February 2012. Accessed 20 November 2023.