Resources

Explore our resource hub for expert insights, tools, and best practices to elevate employee engagement and workplace culture. From industry reports to practical guides, find everything you need to create a thriving, motivated workforce.

eBooks & Reports

Monthly Employee Engagement Ideas for a More Motivated Year

Keeping your team motivated all year long doesn’t have to be a mystery – it just takes the right approach. This month-by-month guide is full of employee engagement ideas to keep energy high, build meaningful connections and inspire your team.

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eBooks & Reports

Q1 2025 Employee Engagement Trends

Using the collective expertise of Inspirus' thought leaders, this report dives into what we see trending in 2025.

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eBooks & Reports

HR Leader's Guide to Employee Engagement

To increase employee engagement and create a thriving culture, organizations must take a holistic view of the employee journey.

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Quizzes & Calculators

Calculate Your Employee Engagement and Retention Costs

To assist you in making data-driven decisions that enhance your organization's efficiency and employee satisfaction, we've developed a suite of specialized calculators. Each tool is designed to provide quick insights and measurable impacts, tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities within human resources.

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Templates & Toolkits

2025 Employee Appreciation Day Toolkit

Simple gestures can go a long way in driving employee satisfaction and company results. This Employee Appreciation Day, celebrate the people that power your business — your employees — in a meaningful way. To help make this day special for your team, we've created a toolkit with everything you need to show your employees just how valuable they are.

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Quizzes & Calculators

Understand the True Cost of Employee Turnover

In a business world where employee turnover is on the rise, understanding its financial impact is more crucial than ever. Our Cost of Employee Turnover Calculator is designed to provide you with a clear picture of how turnover is affecting your organization's finances and why investing in retention strategies is a smart move.

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eBooks & Reports

Why Employee Appreciation Matters

Employee appreciation is key to creating a positive workplace culture that cultivates engagement and loyalty.

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eBooks & Reports

5 Retention Strategies To Keep Your Best Talent

Retention is a top priority for organizations in 2025. Discover 5 strategies you can use to improve job satisfaction and reduce turnover costs.

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Guided Experiences

Your Guide to Effectively Recognizing Your Employees

Master the essentials of employee recognition with our in-depth guide. Gain the insights you need to create a recognition program that drives engagement and success.

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Quizzes & Calculators

How to Tell if Your Workplace is Toxic

A toxic workplace can significantly impact employee well-being and productivity. Take this interactive quiz to spot the red flags and find tailored strategies to create a healthier work environment.

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Guided Experiences

25 Innovative Perks Companies Can Use to Attract and Retain Talent

Employee perks are key to creating a satisfying employee experience. Discover 25 employee perks your staff will love.

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Guided Experiences

Pioneering the Challenges of the Modern Workplace: HR's Newest Frontier

The modern workplace is changing faster than ever. Economic shifts and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic have reshaped how we work. Our new interactive experience takes you on a journey to understand how these changes are impacting the workforce.

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eBooks & Reports

Fuel Engagement & Productivity with a Successful Hybrid Work Model

Work models have changed drastically since the pandemic. Discover best practices for implementing and maintaining a hybrid work model.

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eBooks & Reports

Budgeting for a Successful Rewards and Recognition Program

Get best practices for budgeting for rewards and recognition programs and learn how to calculate ROI from your programs.

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eBooks & Reports

Guide to New Hire Onboarding

New hire onboarding sets the tone for the entire employee experience. Here's how you can set new hires up for success.

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eBooks & Reports

Employee Engagement & Retention During an Economic Downturn

Discover employee engagement and retention best practices to improve the employee experience and reduce turnover in 2025.

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eBooks & Reports

Building a Culture of Recognition

Gallup research shows that only 2 in 10 employees feel connected to company culture. Discover how recognition can help and key best practices.

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eBooks & Reports

Employee Engagement & Business Outcomes

Discover the concrete connection between employee engagement and a business’ performance and much more.

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eBooks & Reports

6 Strategies To Better Engage and Recognize Frontline Workers

Recognition is a powerful driver of employee engagement, but reaching frontline workers can be particularly challenging for organizations. Discover 6 effective ways to recognize and engage your frontline employees.

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Guided Experiences

The Cost of Poor Recognition

Are you ignoring employee recognition? It could be costing your organization more than you think. Discover why it has a negative impact.

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Infographics

2025 Recognition Calendar

This calendar outlines the key national holidays in 2025 that can be used to celebrate and recognize your staff.

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Infographics

How to Engage Your Employees

Discover why employee engagement is imperative to business success and how you can create a powerful team of engaged employees.

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Infographics

Do You Have a Formal Service Anniversary Program?

More than 80% of HR professionals agree that recognizing employees increases engagement.

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Infographics

30 Fun Employee Appreciation Ideas to Celebrate Your Team

Discover 30 fun ways to show appreciation to your employees for their hard work and contributions.

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Infographics

12 Best Practices for Sales Recognition Programs

How you present sales recognition can influence how it's received. Follow these 12 steps to perfect your program.

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Infographics

Replacing Employees vs. Rewarding and Retaining

Discover how much you can save much rewarding and retaining employees instead of replacing them.

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Infographics

Where Does Your Reward and Recognition Program Stand?

Get a FREE assessment that will plot your program's maturity within 4 levels.

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Videos & Webinars

Inspirus: Your Go-To Resource

Inspirus Connects is your go-to employee engagement technology platform, building and strengthening culture through rewards and recognition.

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Videos & Webinars

Inspirus' 130-Year Anniversary

Inspirus started as Haltom's in 1893, amidst a world of great thinkers, innovators and pioneers. Today, we continue that legacy, focusing on modernizing the employee experience by making moments memorable.

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eBooks & Reports

9 Transformational Insights Exclusively for the C-Suite

Organizations need to create workplace environments where employees can thrive by building a strong corporate culture and a meaningful employee experience.

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Videos & Webinars

The Business Impacts of Employee Happiness and Engagement Webinar

Discover what really makes employees happy and why that is important, how happiness leads to employee engagement and get a peek into how neuroscience gives organizations huge insights into an organization’s cultural health and what you can do with them!

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Videos & Webinars

Inspirus Partners with The Happiness Index

Inspirus and The Happiness Index have partnered to offer organizations in North America a unified technology platform that delivers a pioneering combination of employee recognition, engagement, and happiness.

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Case Studies

Formalizing Recognition Program Strengthens Employee Engagement and Retention Rates

Learn how a company with 620 hybrid employees increased retention by 10% by creating one centralized recognition program platform with Inspirus Connects.

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Case Studies

Increase in Connects Spotlight Frequency Reignites Energy and Activity on Platform

Learn how an oil and gas logistics company reinvigorated its employee recognition program using Connects Spotlights as a communications tool.

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Case Studies

The Journey from Manual Service Anniversary Program to Social Employee Engagement Experience

Learn how a company with 550 mostly remote employees launched an employee engagement program using the Inspirus Connects platform.

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Case Studies

Program Structure Allows Flexibility to Respond to Change

Learn how a company serving 36,000 U.S. military members found new ways to recognize employees while remaining in financial compliance after regulations changed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Case Studies

Continuous Program Adjustment Supports Evolving Needs

Learn how Inspirus helped University Hospitals re-launched an employee recognition program, boosting program adoption and usage.

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Case Studies

Detailed Policy Documents Helped Define Recognition Strategy

Learn how documentation helped an insurance, banking and investment service provider create an overall recognition strategy and structure for current initiatives, and a future roadmap.

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Case Studies

Offline Workers Included in Scalable Solution Raises Engagement

Learn more about how a multi-billion dollar gasoline and convenience store retailer created a scalable solution to attract, retain and recognize employees.

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Case Studies

Program Unification Drives Employee Experience and Engagement

Learn more about how Inspirus created a unified global engagement platform.

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Case Studies

Measuring Performance in Multiple Divisions of White Castle Yields Consistency

Learn more about how Inspirus’ program incorporated White Castle’s employee performance goals.

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Case Studies

Incentive Plan Improves Meeting Rates and Sales Close Ratio for Telecommunications Company

Learn more about how Inspirus’ reward program helped a telecom client achieve growth goals.

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Case Studies

This Major U.S. Airline Centralized Program Management Improves Participation and Accountability

Learn more about how Inspirus’ platform consolidated this major U.S. airline's recognition and incentive programs into one space.

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Case Studies

A National Pawnshop's Scalable Platform Provides Visibility and Improves Performance

Learn more about how Inspirus’ platform integrated sales reports to motivate and unify the workforce at a national pawnshop chain.

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Case Studies

This Major Airline's Employee Engagement Activities Supported their Business Strategy

Learn how Inspirus’ platform supported a multitude of recognition and rewards programs across this major airline's organization.Learn how Inspirus’ platform supported a multitude of recognition and rewards programs across this major airline's organization.

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Guided Experiences

2025 Nurses Week Resources

Nurses Week 2025 is the first week of May, check out our Nurses Week Resources to get everything you need to properly celebrate your nurses!

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Guided Experiences

13 Employee Recognition Horror Stories

Take a spine-chilling stroll through 13 real-world employee recognition horror stories. From forgotten rewards to ghosted achievements, this haunted house is crawling with cautionary tales.

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Guided Experiences

2024 Holiday Guide for Recognizing Employees

Explore our 2024 Holiday Hub, offering expert advice, tailored quizzes, and a curated gift generator to help you select meaningful gifts that resonate with your team.

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Guided Experiences

A Survival Guide for the Modern HR Leader

Explore a comprehensive survival guide tailored for today's HR leaders, addressing the complexities of hybrid work environments, cultural cohesion, and expanding responsibilities.

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Guided Experiences

Employee Appreciation Day Resources

Explore our comprehensive hub designed to help you honor your team's dedication and hard work.

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eBooks & Reports

5 Inspirus Connects Features That Drive Meaningful Employee Engagement

Discover five Inspirus Connects features designed to solve today’s biggest recognition challenges, from dispersed teams to making recognition meaningful.

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Videos & Webinars

Overcoming 5 Employee Recognition and Engagement Obstacles

University Hospitals and Inspirus share real-world examples and strategies for overcoming the 5 biggest engagement and recognition roadblocks.

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eBooks & Reports

4 Ways to Use A.I. in Your Employee Recognition Strategy

This guide breaks down four impactful ways to integrate AI into your recognition strategy — plus it includes 13 free plug-and-play prompts to help you get started today.

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Guided Experiences

Transform Hospital Workplaces With Meaningful Recognition

Inspirus enhances healthcare employee engagement with tailored recognition solutions, improving retention and patient care outcomes.

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