The People Playbook - Blanca Abbud with Engage PEO (3-14-26)
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The People Playbook is for professional business owners and leaders who understand business rises and falls on people. You will hear practical, real-world conversations on clear leadership, smart hiring, and building strong teams- all formulas for retention! Get ready to hear your professional peers and industry experts as they discuss lessons learned and best practices. Get that journal out, you'll be taking lots of notes!
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Strong hiring isn’t about offering more—it’s about offering what actually aligns with the people you want to lead and keep. In this episode of The People Playbook with Coach Cora, Coach Cora is joined by Blanca Abbud, Vice President of Sales at Engage PEO, to explore how leaders can use benefits strategically rather than reactively when attracting talent.
Drawing from her work with organizations across industries, Blanca shares what candidates are really responding to in today’s market and where leaders often miss the mark with benefits design and communication. The conversation unpacks how life stage, flexibility, wellbeing, and clarity around total compensation influence candidate decisions, and why copy-and-paste benefits often attract the wrong fit.
If you’re a small business owner, executive, or people leader trying to attract the right talent without entering a costly perk arms race, this episode offers timely insight into how benefits can work for your business instead of against it.
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