Inspirus Blog
Welcome to our space where we celebrate the power of rewards, recognition, and robust employee engagement. Dive in to discover transformative solutions that elevate workplace culture, boost morale, and drive unparalleled performance. Let's embark on a journey to appreciate, motivate, and empower your most valuable asset: your people.
Culture
By Lesa Blakey
When people talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, most discussions center on visible diversity such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, etc. Neurodiversity is just as important and, because it is less obvious (and in many cases completely unseen), it’s easy to overlook.
Employee Engagement
By Sylena McClendon
October is Global Diversity Awareness Month and an oft-overlooked — but still very much key — component of workplace diversity is age. Creating strategies to encourage generational diversity is crucial to DEI success.
Employee Engagement
By Kelley Briggs
In this tough economy, it’s more important than ever that HR professionals take steps to boost engagement, satisfaction and loyalty among current employees, while building and supporting a culture that will attract new candidates.
Employee Retention
By Taylor Zansberg
The world of work has done quite the 360 since the emergence and now aftereffects of COVID-19. A large part of the workforce has learned that not only can they do their job remotely, but they can do it even more productively. Business News Daily says:
Employee Engagement
By Michael C. Haas
Subscribe now and receive new articles sent directly to your Inbox. There’s a new business buzzword that’s been making the media rounds lately that you’ve almost certainly heard: “quiet quitting.” It refers to the apparently growing trend of employees’ dialing back their work efforts — putting forth the bare minimum amount of work necessary to keep their jobs.
Employee Feedback
By Kelley Briggs
Many HR teams are reviewing employee benefit programs to find new ways to support employees, keep them happy and engaged, and attract new talent. Offering competitive and comprehensive employee benefits are a key component of an employee motivation strategy, and helps employers attract better (and more) talent, as well as reduce employee turnover.
Employee Feedback
Traditionally, organizations have determined what, when, and how employee feedback is given. Employee satisfaction surveys, scheduled town halls, even 1:1 employee meetings — all of these conversations are typically controlled by the employer, not employee-centric.
Culture
By Lesa Blakey
The days of a loyal Bob Cratchit putting up with a cantankerous Mr. Scrooge are long gone. Today’s employees know they no longer have to toil for hours in working situations where they are not appreciated, have no opportunities for learning and advancement, and have to deal with belittling bosses or bullying coworkers.
Employee Retention
By Theresa Harkins-Schulz
These and a myriad of other similar situations happen in workplaces every day. They occur primarily in climates where employees don’t feel psychologically safe. Psychological safety refers to an employee’s sense of security for speaking up with ideas, questions, and concerns, without fear of being punished or humiliated. In the workplace, this means that employees work in a company culture or environment where they feel they can be genuine and honest—and that they can make mistakes (intentional or not).
Employee Retention
By Terri Moore
August is National Wellness Month and it couldn’t have come at a better time! We all need a shot of wellness these days — and not just the vaccine type of shot. Employee motivation has trended downward over the past few years. People have been pummeled with a wide range of wellness-depleting impacts, from the pandemic, of course, but also from rising incidents of widespread and often random violence, rising racism, polarization across multiple social issues, a declining economy, and more.
Employee Engagement
By Terri Moore
“Company culture is having a watershed moment that’s redefining the relationship between employers and employees,” wrote Mark Lobosco, VP, Talent Solutions at LinkedIn, in a post earlier this year.
Employee Recognition
By Craig Sukenic
Ignoring employee engagement can be costly. Strong employee engagement is an indicator of employee satisfaction, a healthy organizational culture, and a sustainable business. Let’s dive deeper into the relationship between employee engagement and better business outcomes, and explore how employee recognition can help boost both.
Employee Engagement
By Sylena McClendon
Inspirus encourages our employees to use gender identity and inclusive pronouns to improve the employee experience, promote human rights and gain a better understanding of individual differences and preferences. We don’t do this because it is the popular thing to do — although research shows... “they” internet searches have increased by 313% since 2019 — we do this because we recognize the need for more inclusivity in the language we use, and we recognize the need to create inclusive environments so we can fully connect with our co-workers.
Employee Engagement
By Kelly Briggs
It’s no secret that employee engagement is powerful. Everyone benefits when teams are passionate about the impact they’re having and employees feel valued by their employer. In fact, companies with highly engaged employees create an emotional connection and report seeing less turnover, fewer workplace accidents and better productivity.
Employee Recognition
By Lisa Muniz
Savvy business leaders know that engaged employees are productive employees — and that productive employees help to drive business results and desired business outcomes. Unfortunately, engagement isn’t something that’s easy to achieve, or maintain. It’s something that companies of all types and sizes tend to struggle with. Fortunately, there are tools that can help organizations better manage and measure employee engagement, ensuring that they achieve results that align with their business goals.