America Back to Work Ep 38: Lauren Winans, Next Level Benefits

How HR Leaders Are Designing Their Teams

Since the pandemic, HR leaders are reconsidering their team structures and getting creative with project management to make up for smaller teams. 

In this week’s episode of America Back to Work, host Arnette Heintze sits down with CEO and principal HR consultant for Next Level Benefits—Lauren Winans—to discuss her recommendations for making these adjustments in the workplace.

They touch on the thought process driving these changes, leaders vs. HR generalists, how to transfer knowledge when employees leave the company, and the exciting opportunities that arise from these trends for HR professionals.

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S2Verify is one of the leading, privately held, pre-employment background screening companies in the United States. 

Arnette Heintze is co-founder and chief strategy officer at S2Verify. Before establishing S2Verify, Arnette spent more than three decades working at the highest levels of federal, state, and local law enforcement. 

He served more than 20 years in the United States Secret Service as a special agent and senior executive,—oØ where he planned, designed, and implemented security strategies to protect U.S. Presidents, world leaders, events of national significance, and our nation’s most sensitive assets, including financial infrastructure.  

After retiring from the Secret Service, Arnette focused on building the growth and performance of innovative start-ups and SMBs. In 2004, he established Hillard Heintze, a globally recognized strategic security risk management and investigations firm.

In 2009, along with Bill Whitford and Jim Zimbardi, Arnette established S2 Verify with an approach and methodology that delivers fast, accurate, compliant, and affordable background screening insights crucial to better managing insider risks, threats, and vulnerabilities.  

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