At the end of the day, employees want to be treated as human beings with core human needs. What does that mean exactly? Well, for most of us, our core needs fall within one of three buckets.

Companies with employee volunteer programs are increasing. In 2014, only 40% of companies had them. This year, SHRM reports that 47% of companies are offering employee volunteer programs. One Texan company that has been commended as one of the best to work for is Austin Bank—this is because the employee volunteer program resulted in an ideal working environment that benefited their employees.

Let’s be honest, the success of any business is directly correlated to the overall engagement of your employees. Employee engagement keeps your employees happy, it promotes collaboration and teamwork and most importantly, it increases your bottom-line. In this article, we’ll discuss how employee engagement can make or break your business. We’ll discuss both the pitfalls of unengaged employees and the benefits of engaged employees, and how they affect your business.

With Gen Z just beginning to infiltrate the workforce, their thoughts and ideas are piggy-backing along with them. With this, we are experiencing somewhat of a shift in our work culture, and how businesses and other organizations may operate in the coming years as Gen Z’ers continue to work their way up the corporate ladder and find themselves in leadership positions.

A trillion dollars? How can employees even have such an impact? Well, this all results from voluntary turnover within companies.

We’ve seen it time and time again. A company decides that it would be a great PR move to make steps that will help their business become more sustainable (or at least appear to be). However, these moves can often become more harmful than helpful. Let’s take McDonald’s for example, when they once decided to remove plastic straws from their locations in the UK and Ireland, and replace them with a paper alternative. On paper, this seems like a fantastic idea. After all, we’re saving the turtles here, right? Wrong.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is quickly becoming a vital aspect of any business in our current social climate. However, increasing (and managing) it is no easy task. There are hundreds of avenues an organization can take, and even more things that can be implemented into your business. With this aspect of business becoming so prominent, there has obviously been much trial and error.

We are living in exceptional times, and social responsibility of business is more important now than ever. As a generation, Millennials and Gen-Z’ers alike have collectively set a new precedent in business. Whether it be for the company they work for, or the brands they buy from, they mainly look for businesses that aim to have a positive impact in some way, shape or form. This can range from donating/volunteering, supporting specific groups, making strides to lower their carbon footprint, really anything.

Now more than ever, building strong relationships within your company is pivotal to a happy, healthy and productive workplace. Companies rely on endless hours of collaboration and brainstorming in order to get the job done timely and effectively. However, many companies simply just forgo this practice, and their work reflects it. If you really think about it, your employees are spending 40+ hours a week surrounded by their co workers. It’s important to reduce any possible friction or angst that may exist within your workplace. After all, you want your employees to actually enjoy what they do and where they work.