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Dr. Shari Simpson Senior Manager Thought Leadership | Paylocity

Shari Simpson, EdD, is the host of HR Mixtape and a senior thought leadership leader at Paylocity. With over two decades of experience across training, talent, payroll, and employee relations, she brings curiosity, candor, and real-world perspective to every episode. Shari holds a Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation, along with an MBA, MHRM, and SHRM-SCP certification.

Sharon Grossman Retention Strategist | Turnkey Retention Solutions

Sharon Grossman, PhD, is a psychologist and industry expert dedicated to solving the employee retention crisis.

With over 20 years of experience and a Doctorate from Fordham University, Dr. Grossman moves beyond surface-level perks—a philosophy captured in her book, Don’t Buy Their Lunch, Buy Their Loyalty and shared on the global TEDx stage. She specializes in translating complex psychological research into high-impact strategies that stabilize workforces and sharpen leadership decision-making.

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Pizza Won't Save You: Daily Leader Habits That Keep People from Quitting

People who don't feel seen or valued start looking elsewhere. Free lunch won't change their minds.

Podcast

October 20, 2026

Most companies know turnover is expensive. Plenty of them still answer it with a pizza party on Friday and call that culture.

Dr. Sharon Grossman, Retention Strategist at Turnkey Retention Solutions, spent years as a psychologist coaching people out of burnout before she turned to the problem companies would pay to fix. She wrote Don't Buy Their Lunch, Buy Their Loyalty and has taken the idea to the TEDx stage.

Key takeaways:

Why one-off perks and three-day retreats fade, and what a daily "slow drip" of leader behavior does in their place
How her HABIT system (huddle, appreciation, barometer, improvement, and tracking) fits into 10 to 15 minutes at the start of every shift
What happens when you plug salary and turnover rate into a simple cost formula, and why the result wakes leadership teams up

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