Tag: Lisa Abbott
PBN summit panel: Companies need to fine-tune their perks
In today’s job market, companies that hold strictly to pre-pandemic work expectations, such as rigid schedules and full-time office hours, tend to struggle to...
Yes, ‘it’s an employees’ market’
“It’s an employees’ market,” said Lisa Abbott, Lifespan Corp.’s senior vice president of human relations and community affairs, at PBN’s March 8 Workforce Development...
With 2,300 openings, Lifespan turns to employees for help with recruitment
PROVIDENCE – A 30-second video shows registered nurse Romell Taylor as she walks the halls of the medical surgery oncology unit at The Miriam...
Business leaders encourage flexibility, creativity to meet workforce needs
PROVIDENCE — With employers in nearly every industry reporting recruitment and retention as among their largest challenges – if not the largest – employers...
‘Great resignation’ to continue in 2022, and employers must respond
With staffing shortages pervasive across many industries, waves of workers are ready to jump to new jobs or even new careers in the new...
Lifespan raises pay for high-demand positions
PROVIDENCE – In response to a shortage of qualified candidates, Lifespan Corp., the state’s largest health care system and employer, has raised wages for...
Summit: Firms should try outreach to reduce COVID-19 vaccine refusals
Private businesses with more than 100 employees could learn a lesson from Rhode Island’s health care facilities.
When Gov. Daniel J. McKee set an Oct....
Summit: Outreach to employees reduces COVID-19 vaccine defiance
PROVIDENCE – Repeated employee outreach – including small group meetings, daily bulletins and even bringing in faith leaders and pregnancy specialists – has proven...
Five Questions With: Lisa Abbott
Lisa Abbott, Lifespan Corp.’s senior vice president of human resources and self-described “adventurer,” has long admired Alison Levine, leader of the first all-female team...
In Lifespan leadership role, Sampson’s a natural
2019 C-Suite Awards | CAREER ACHIEVER: ARTHUR SAMPSON | LIFESPAN CORP.
HE’S A CLASSICAL PIANIST and a cooking enthusiast who happens to run a hospital...