Awards & Certifications

Celebrate your employees and earn industry recognition

Attract talent, boost morale, foster culture, and differentiate your brand with Empathy Employer workplace recognition program

Attract talent, boost morale, foster culture, and differentiate your brand with Empathy Employer award and certification

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Empathy Employer Shares Thought Leadership With Industry
Empathy Employer Shares Thought Leadership With Industry

Measure What Matters - Organizational Empathy

Survey - Measure - Analyze - Improve

People shape the workplace, and their collective empathetic attributes significantly influence the employee experience.

Our research-backed Empathy Attributes Survey, built on a proprietary assessment framework, evaluates key empathetic behaviors across your organization to develop the Empathy Employer Index℠ (EEI) score.

Understanding your organizational empathy helps identify areas for improvement and provides guidance for training initiatives.

Award & Certification Benefits

For organizations that embrace empathy in their culture

Talent Recruitment

Showcase your empathetic culture to attract top talent who value supportive work environments.

Stand out in a competitive job market by demonstrating your commitment to employee well-being.

Team Morale

Boost employee pride and satisfaction by recognizing your organization's efforts in fostering empathy.

Create a positive feedback loop that reinforces empathetic behaviors throughout the company.

Brand Differentiation

Enhance your employer brand identity with a prestigious award that sets you apart from competitors.

Leverage the recognition to build trust with customers, partners, and stakeholders.

Industry Leadership

Position your organization as a forward-thinking leader in your industry by prioritizing empathy.

Inspire others to follow suit and contribute to a more compassionate business landscape.

Empathy is the ability to recognize, relate, and respond to individual perspectives, mental states, and feelings of others.

It is the ability to understand and feel what other people are feeling, seeing things from their point of view, and imagining yourself in their place.

Empathy is both a trait and a skill that can be learned and improved with practice. 

What is empathy

Cognitive Empathy

The ability to identify how someone else is feeling

Emotional Empathy

The ability to feel someone else's emotion

Compassionate Empathy

The ability to feel what others are feeling and motivated to take action

Industry research and data

C-suite and HR professionals are increasingly recognizing the importance of empathy in the workplace for attracting, retaining, and engaging top talent. A strong employer brand built on a foundation of empathy can strengthen your Employer Value Proposition (EVP), differentiate your organization, and position you as an employer of choice. Developing your employer brand is an investment in your organization’s future. Investing in your employer reputation and brand is an investment in your organization’s future.

Over 85% of of job seekers actively research a company’s reputation and organizational culture, including awards, certifications, and industry rankings, before accepting a new position.

Employer Reputation Matters

Over 85% of job seekers actively research a company’s reputation and organizational culture, including awards, certifications, and industry rankings, before accepting a new position.

Over 78% of employees value empathy as a desirable trait in both leaders and their fellow team members.

Demand for Empathy Employer

Over 78% of employees value empathy as a desirable trait in both leaders and their fellow team members. Workplaces that foster empathy tend to experience stronger collaboration, reduced stress, and higher morale.

Over 55% of employees left previous jobs due to their immediate supervisor lacking empathy towards their work or personal lives.

Impact on Employee Retention

Over 55% of employees left previous jobs due to their immediate supervisor lacking empathy towards their work or personal lives. When employees feel supported and understood, they are less likely to experience stress and burnout.

For organizations that embrace and prioritize empathy

Celebrate your success in 3 easy steps​

Nominate Employer

Two or more employees nominate their organization

Survey Employees

The empathy attributes survey is administered in the organization

Earn Certification

Survey data and culture brief are reviewed and certification awarded

Nominate your organization for the Empathy Employer workplace survey, award, and certification program

Get recognition and celebrate your employees - Attract talent, boost morale, foster culture, and differentiate your brand with Empathy Employer survey, award and certification

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