Michael Gilmartin
Michael Gilmartin is a Managing Director at Deloitte Consulting within the firm's Human Capital and Workforce Transformation practice, bringing more than 20 years of HR and benefits experience. He is one of the leaders of Deloitte Consulting's Unified Wellbeing point-of-view and advisory services in the United States.
Why Perks and Programs Alone Don't Move the Needle
Michael's focus centers on rewards engagements: designing, optimizing, and delivering wellbeing and total rewards strategy with an emphasis on worker engagement and employee experience. He co-authored Deloitte's "Well-being at Work" research, which found that leaders can't rely on perks and programs alone to shift workforce well-being, since companies with more than 20,000 employees spend an average of roughly $11 million a year on well-being initiatives without necessarily improving outcomes. His research points instead to three "work determinants of well-being" that carry outsized impact: leadership behavior at every level, how organizations and jobs are actually designed, and the ways teams work day to day, arguing that unless those root causes are addressed, program spending alone won't fix a well-being problem.
Topics Michael speaks on
- Why perks and programs alone don't move the needle on well-being
- The three "work determinants" that actually shape well-being outcomes
- Rewards and total rewards strategy design
- Recognition's role in driving measurable business ROI
- Workforce transformation and benefits optimization
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