John Frehse speaks around the world on a variety of best practices in the labor management field. John’s experience covers a wide array of strategic issues, from analytical resource deployment modeling to implementation planning and execution. Specific tactical problems include scheduling and shift management to increasing employee satisfaction, health, morale, and performance. Over John’s career, he has implemented solutions with Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries. Those projects have generated over $400 million in cost savings. John has done this with diverse workgroups across almost every industry, focusing on employees who do not work the traditional 9:00 to 5:00 schedule. His proven approach has balanced operations and labor savings with employee-morale initiatives to make sure cost savings stick. John is a sought-after speaker and has authored numerous white papers and articles, including the “11 Keys to Strategic Scheduling.” He earned a bachelor’s degree in politics with a focus on the political economy from Wake Forest University.
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John Frehse
Senior Managing Director at Ankura
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UKG Workforce Institute
Transforming the Team: Week Five — Recognizing Dysfunction Before It Grows
In the series finale of "Transforming the Team," Ankura's Mark Cappellino and John Frehse discuss ways to recognize when there's dysfunction among your team. Before it grows into a more serious issue.
UKG Workforce Institute
Transforming the Team: Week Four — Innovating with Conflict: Having Hard Conversations to Drive Performance
Some conversations are easier to have than others. For those difficult conversations, how do you make sure it remains constructive? Mark and John break down ways to be intentional and collaborative with your potentially conflicting communication.
UKG Workforce Institute
Transforming the Team: Week Three — Why Talk Relationships at Work?
Trying to be uncompromisingly nice in our work relationships creates more friction. And sometimes it leads to disaster.
UKG Workforce Institute
Transforming the Team: Week Two — The One and Only Team Dysfunction: Lack of Trust
From Ankura's Mark Cappellino and UKG Workforce Institute advisory board member John Frehse, it's the continuation of our transforming the team series. Welcome to part two of five.
UKG Workforce Institute
Transforming the Team: Five Weeks to Improved Performance
The UKG Workforce Institute is excited to kick off a collaborative, culture-focused effort with Ankura called “Transforming the Team.” Each week, for the next five weeks, guest contributor Mark Cappellino from the Ankura Talent Advisory team, along with UKG Workforce Institute advisory board member and Ankura colleague John Frehse, will provide actionable strategies and weekly exercises to help leaders transform their cultures, starting at the individual and team levels.
UKG Workforce Institute
The Psychology Behind Employee Retention and Turnover: The Fight for Relevance
With a labor shortage that is not going away for at least the next decade, the battle to hire and retain talent has been in the headlines every day. Everyone has an opinion about why we have this shortage, why employees leave their jobs, who is to blame, and what we should do about it. Almost everyone is wrong.
Research and Workforce Trends
When Pay Is Not Enough: 3 Alternative Currencies Demanded by the Modern Manufacturing Workforce
In a world where the labor participation shortage is real and not going away, manufacturers are looking for real ways to drive productivity, performance, retention of talent, and new strategies for attracting incoming generations. What can be done?
UKG Workforce Institute
What to Make of the Monthly Jobs Report
John Frehse and Dave Gilbertson discuss whether we should be relying so much on the U.S. monthly jobs report for economic indicators and decisions.
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The Three Biggest Trends Impacting the Labor Shortage
Today's episode of "Leadership in the Labor Shortage" is all about the empowered workforce, as in the leverage workers have gained in the Great Resignation era.
UKG Workforce Institute
Why Organizations Should Care About Belonging, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In the latest episode of "Leadership in the Labor Shortage," members of the Workforce Institute advisory board discuss why organizations should care about belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion — beyond just doing the right thing for their people, and society as a whole.