Benefits Expert Leaves Aon to Launch Wellness Consulting Firm
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Crystal Hover, employee benefits industry veteran and a wellness subject matter expert for Aon Hewitt Consulting, has launched Kitchen Table Consulting. Hover, known for her open, honest, matter-of-fact style, started her new business in large part as a solution for a void in the wellness space. "Wellness is no longer being viewed as a fad or the flavor-of-the-month approach to managing escalating health and productivity costs," says Hover. "But, wellness solutions can fall flat and feel like expensive one-trick ponies if they are not designed, implemented and managed effectively," she adds. "The key is putting all the benefits' puzzle pieces together in a way that makes sense for an employer's needs, goals and culture. Kitchen Table Consulting has unique capabilities to create and assemble the puzzle pieces in a meaningful and results-oriented form for employers of all sizes."
Kitchen Table Consulting develops strategic, out-of-the-box solutions for US and multi-national employers looking to create or reinvigorate wellness in both their culture and benefits offering. "We are a consultant who helps employers evaluate and determine solutions that work specifically for them," offers Hover. "There are many vendors in the marketplace who provide health and wellness services. The trick understanding what vendors offer for their price tag and then determining the right fit for the client. This is our niche specialty."
Kitchen Table also provides a full range of health, wellness, productivity and underwriting/actuarial consulting services for all varieties of benefit plans and funding arrangements.
And the genesis for the name Kitchen Table Consulting? "In my family," says Hover, "most major issues were resolved openly and honestly at our kitchen table when I was growing up. I took that frame of reference with me in to the work environment and, over the years, clients and colleagues would often ask to get to my kitchen table for discussions. It was a natural progression to meld my 'Kitchen Table' style with my business model."
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