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Feb 12
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Clothing Drive – Center for Transformative Change (CTC)

By Announcements, Community Service, Values

Good afternoon all,

The Community Service Subcommittee is excited to announce our first order of business!

The INN is proud to announce the highly anticipated launch of the Center for Transformative Change (CTC), a unique facility located immediately adjacent to the Mary Brennan INN soup kitchen in Hempstead. CTC serves as a Resource Center to assist guests of the soup kitchen to improve their life circumstances and/or become self-sufficient. The facility also houses a Clothing Boutique, where guests can acquire free clothing, including business attire for interviews or a new job, and housewares. ALL GENTLY USED CLOTHING ITEMS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED, including suits, dresses, shirts, shoes, handbags, ties, and belts. They are also in need of youth khakis and navy polo type shirts, as Hempstead schools are now using a dress code that many parents are having trouble affording.

A collection box will be placed in the lobby of the third floor of the Woodbury office for donations, beginning on Tuesday the 16th through Friday the 26th. Susan Warhurst’s youth group will be sorting and hanging the clothing items on Saturday, February 27th and then bringing the donations to the INN. Thank you, Susan, for presenting SterlingRisk such a wonderful opportunity for generosity and for donating so much of your own time. You are truly living the values!

I encourage everyone to take a moment during this long holiday weekend to pull some items from your wardrobe for such a worthy cause. Thank you so much in advance for the Care & Respect you will be showing through your generous donations to those less fortunate in our community!

Erin L. Sussman | Senior Attorney
SterlingRisk | 441 Lexington Ave, Suite 705 | New York, NY 10017
Direct 212-457-4214 | Cell 917-828-7296
esussman@sterlingrisk.com| www.sterlingrisk.com
DEFINED BY OUR VALUES…
INTEGRITY INNOVATION COLLABORATION CARE & RESPECT EXCELLENCE

Feb 12
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Our New Values Sub Committees

By Announcements, Communications, Company Announcement, Values

Happy Friday all! We are pleased to announce our new Values Sub Committees and their goals for 2016. If you have any suggestions or ideas for the teams, please reach out to the team leads:

Performance Management – Goals for 2016 will be to focus on setting metrics for each position within the organization, and set individual goals, as well as department goals. This may evolve into a separate module within the Performance Management program. In addition, we will create and implement a 30 and 90 day review for new hires.

Lead – Jillian Menna
Maegan Carley
Craig Herbst
Genie Klimkowski
Robert Grassi
Carlo Caringal

Reward & Recognition – Goals for 2016 will be focusing on moving the Values Care Card program online, and adding other layers to the program as well. The online integration is a fun way to get everyone more involved, and a chance to let all employees recognize their peers for living the values. We also have the difficult task of raising the bar set by our 2015 Living the Values Award presentation! 

Lead – Jeff Marino
Olivia Rodriguez
Matt Stein
Jami Todisco
Lia Krautmanis

Communication – Goals for 2016 will be to keep SterlingRisk informed, entertained and involved. We intend to make STRIVE a prominent base for our communications and develop fun reminders to visit it regularly. We want to facilitate sharing departmental information going forward as well. We look forward to a wonderful Value-enhanced 2016.

Co-Leads – Tammy Kuhl and Marguerite Wolfe
Nick Toscano
Larry Rowe
Steve Schiffer
Matt Auer

Hiring – Goals for 2016 are to build off of what the committee has already begun, continuing to make our onboarding experience one that embodies all our Values. We have so many great ideas to incorporate and implement.

Lead – Michelle Soto
Jeremy Sterling
Mike Tampone
Helen Behek
Brad Dubler
Mary Beth Coursen

Our new Sub Committees:

Wellness –Goals for 2016 will focus on ways to introduce continued health and wellness to our valued employees. From uncovering information embedded in our own health insurance program to prolonged weight loss and beneficial nutrition strategies to innovative ways to bring exercise into the work place, we are enthusiastic to get up and get moving!

Lead – Marci Waterman
Sonia Cristales
Hal Cabasso
Karin Governale
Denise Ricardo
Alicia Prestia

Community Service – Goals for 2016 will be to organize, promote, and encourage volunteering and charitable giving among our co-workers. We would like to organize at least one volunteering event per quarter (though probably not the first quarter). In addition to these events, we will also plan other smaller events throughout the year – a food drive, a blood drive, etc., all staggered throughout the year. We would also like to look into teaming up with the Wellness Subcommittee on getting a “running team” together to participate in a 5k race for charity, and if it is a success, other races.

Co-Leads – Tom Murray and Erin Sussman
Danielle Croce
Howard Tollin
Jennie Racanelli
Melissa Gross
Monica Bustamante
Stephen Rosenberg
Rory Natter

Cultural Initiative | Your Values Team Members

DEFINED BY OUR VALUES
INTEGRITY INNOVATION COLLABORATION CARE & RESPECT EXCELLENCE

Feb 08
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Super Bowl Pot Luck Fundraiser and TV Raffle

By Announcements, Community Service, Company Announcement, Holiday, Values

SterlingRisk raised over $1,200 for St. Jude’s Children Hospital through Super Bowl Pot Luck Fundraiser, TV Raffle, and Super Bowl pool.

Special thanks to Danielle, Sonia, Rory, Jami and Jeremy S for all their hard work setting up and coordinating this effort.  You are true champions.  Thank you to Larry for coordinating the Super Bowl Pool and collection.

We continue to demonstrate our values of Care & Respect, Collaboration, Integrity, Excellence and Innovation in all we do. True Champions of our Values. #sterlingriskgivesback

Nov 23
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Cooking Kindness Served By SterlingRisk

By Community Service

On Saturday, November 21st, a group of SterlingRisk volunteers prepared dinner and dessert at the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island in New Hyde Park. The Ronald McDonald House is a home-away-from-home for families of seriously ill children. The house that love built is for families whose children are receiving medical attention in local hospitals. It was an incredible experience and the gift of kindness and heart that was shared, could not be more fitting at a time of year we give thanks for all the blessings we have in our lives.

Click here to view the video.

 

Oct 30
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Thank you to our Halloween Team

By Announcements, Holiday

Thank you to our Halloween team who has helped to coordinate another fantastic spooky Halloween room. They have transformed our small conference room and have shown innovation in setting such a spooktacular theme!

Kudos to Tracey for championing this, as well as Ronica, Kristina, Ruth and Nadine. I know they were here late last night putting the final touches on the room. If you haven’t already stopped by the room, make sure you take a moment and peek in. There are some tempting Halloween treats to purchase, as part of our Hope for Youth fundraising efforts. Don’t forget to participate in our 50/50 cake raffle.

WINNERS OF TODAY’S PRIZES

50/50 –  Jacqueline Mora

CAKE (made by Jennie Racanelli)-  Sandra Fuhrmeister

Cake

Candy Corn – Mary Beth Coursen

Oct 30
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SterlingRisk Headquarters for Halloween

By Announcements, Holiday

From ladybugs to nuns, and Freddy Kruger to Olaf, SterlingRisk headquarters was overcome by characters this Halloween.

On Oct. 30, the cast of Wizard of Oz, Flo from Progressive, bumble bees, Things 1 and 2 gathered in the lobby for this once in a lifetime photo opportunity.

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The small conference room was transformed into a fantastic meeting place for this crew to haunt through the day.

CONFERENCE

A corner table of pumpkin displayed SterlingRisk values for all to see.

Values

A special lunch was arranged for all creatures. Personal pan pizza with toppings along with salads and soda.

Lunch

Sep 01
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Bi-Monthly Drawing of S.H.I.E.L.D Values Program, Stage 1

By S.H.I.E.L.D. Values Winner, Values

Congratulations to the winner of the 21st bi-monthly drawing of our S.H.I.E.L.D VALUES Program, Stage 1: Marguerite Wolfe. This week, the winner was selected by Jeffrey Seisser and the card was given by Brad Dubler.

Marguerite, you have shown that you are a true A-Player by living and mirroring the Values and Behaviors of the organization.

ValuesMarguerite

 

We would also like to take the time to acknowledge all the recipients of the Values Care Cards that were given out these past few weeks:

Maura Martinez, Rafaela Zinnanti, Steve Schiffer, Zelly Zuraitis, Donna Raab, Frank Piccininni, Maureen Watchmaker, Sandra Fuhrmeister, Jacqueline Mora, Efram Mitrani, Lillian Morataya, Jennie Racanelli, Ann Stabile, Jennifer Alimonda, Gina Murphy, Scott Chirls, Brenda Jacobs.

You all went above and beyond and showed INTEGRITY, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, CARE & RESPECT and EXCELLENCE

Thank you to all the managers and values team members who gave these cards out and to all the employees who referred their fellow colleagues.
We all have to take the time and effort to keep the momentum going and we look forward to getting more and more cards over the next weeks!

Apr 24
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Summer Flextime Program

By Announcements, Human Resources

It’s almost summertime and the Summer Flextime Program at SterlingRisk is back!!! The Summer Flextime Program is a work schedule that allows employees to leave at 1pm (on six Fridays during the designated twelve-week program) every other Friday for six designated weeks. The week of July 4th is not an eligible flex work week as we are closed Friday, July 3rd.

From Monday thru Thursday of their Flex-Friday week, each employee that chooses to participate, will add ½ hour to their work day and take a daily abbreviated ½ hour lunch. “Banking” this time from Monday thru Thursday will allow that employee to leave at 1:00pm on Friday.

A typical summer flextime arrangement may be:
· Monday through Thursday 8:30 – 5:00 with a half hour abbreviated lunch each of the four days worked;
· Or Monday through Thursday 9:00 – 5:30 with a half hour abbreviated lunch each of the four days worked.
· On the Friday during the week in which the summer flextime is worked, you will work from 9:00 – 1:00, and may leave at 1:00 pm (“summer half day”).

This schedule must be approved by your Manager. This will be a team approach, so team members that have been identified to be backups for each other, may not both select the same week to exercise their flextime. In other words, team members must cover for each other, so that our clients continued to be serviced.

Managers will be coordinating this schedule with their team in a way that results in six summer half days for each team member during the twelve week period of June 5h through August 28th. Again, this allows each team member the opportunity for six summer half days.

Do’s
· Communicate your interest to your Manager in participating in this pilot program.
· If you are participating in the program, make sure your backup is indicated on your out of office (both internally and externally) and voice mail on your summer half day.
· Commit to the set six summer full Fridays.
· Have fun and utilize this time to enjoy the summer!

Don’ts
You cannot take a summer half day on a week you have PTO planned.
If you use an unplanned PTO the week of your scheduled summer half day, you will need to reschedule your summer half day.
You cannot combine a ½ day PTO and summer half day together for a full day off.
Don’t worry, if there is a client need and you are unable to take your scheduled summer half day, your Manager will work with you and a new summer half day will be assigned.

Keep showing your Values colors!

Any questions? Feel free to reach out to Lilian or myself.

Donna Raab | Senior Vice President, Human Resources |Chief Talent Officer
SterlingRisk | 135 Crossways Park Drive, P.O. Box 9017 | Woodbury, NY 11797
Direct 516-773-8645 | Fax 888-467-5407 |Cell 631-682-2768
Draab@sterlingrisk.com | https://www.sterlingrisk.com
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Apr 22
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Second Quarterly Care Card Drawing Winner

By Announcements, S.H.I.E.L.D. Values Winner, Values

Everyone,

It was my pleasure to be part of today’s drawing. Thank you to all who were recognized this quarter for showing the values each and every day. And the winner is…………………………………

Rachel Rapisarda of the Marketing Department!!!

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We want to take the time to thank SterlingRisk employees for living our Values and keeping the momentum going, we wish you all a happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with INNOVATION, CARE & RESPECT, COLLABORATION, INTEGRITY and EXCELLENCE!

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David Sterling |Chairman, CEO
SterlingRisk |135 Crossways Park Drive|P.O. Box 9017|Woodbury, NY 11797
Direct: 516-773-8600|Cell: 516-606-4000|Fax: 516-773-8635
dsterling@sterlingrisk.com