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Caring Workplace Program

Every organization has a culture. The real question is whether it’s happening by design or by default. Most leaders care deeply about their people, but without a deliberate strategy, culture gets crowded out by the whirlwind of the day, and good intentions don’t close the gap between the culture you want and the one people actually experience.

The organizations that get this right aren’t doing more. They’re doing something most never get to: building a deliberate strategy for culture. Not a values poster. Not a retreat. A real plan for how leaders at every level create the conditions where people feel trusted, connected, and clear on why their work matters. That’s what the Caring Workplace program is built for. Grounded in six human-centered leadership practices, we give your organization the framework and ongoing support to make culture something you build on purpose.

When organizations work with us, they gain strategic support in three key areas to ensure lasting culture transformation:​

We provide engaging learning & development opportunities designed to strengthen emotional intelligence, improve teamwork, and build a culture where everyone thrives.

Culture change doesn’t happen by accident. We help leaders embed culture into strategy, systems, and processes.​

We ensure organizations have the data and metrics needed to track progress, measure impact, and maintain an accurate pulse on their culture—helping them drive meaningful, results-driven change.​

We take the time to understand your organization, your goals, and where you want to go.

  • Build clarity and alignment on the program, process, and what success looks like for your organization.
  • Determine your project team, including executive team members who will be involved throughout.

We align your leadership team around a shared vision and a clear path forward.

  • Confirm commitment, establish shared expectations, and align on the measurement approach for successful implementation.
  • Translate baseline data and intent into a clear, actionable plan by aligning strategic priorities, structure, and implementation approach.

Together, we build your culture strategy and put it into motion.

  • Co-create a tailored culture strategy that align leadership behaviors and business processes with desired cultural outcomes.
  • Begin implementation by delivering targeted programming and initiating behavior change aligned to the strategic framework.

We embed culture into daily leadership, systems, and operations so it becomes the way your organization works.

  • Drive sustained behavior change and measurable outcomes by embedding the culture strategy into daily operations and leadership practices.
  • Continue pulse surveys to ensure the strategy is working and adjust as needed.

We strengthen and scale your culture strategy to ensure it grows with your organization long-term.

  • Continuously refine and scale the culture strategy to ensure long-term impact and organizational growth.
  • Continue pulse surveys and evolve the strategic framework as your organization grows.

A strong culture doesn’t emerge from good intentions alone. It requires a strategy. We work with leaders to move culture from intention to execution, aligning your organization’s vision and values with the strategies, practices, and leadership behaviors that make culture visible every day. The Caring Workplace Leadership Model is the framework that brings that strategy to life. Six core drivers of human-centered culture that, together, close the gap between what your culture aspires to be and how it actually shows up.

Many leaders assume that caring for people and driving results are competing priorities. The organizations that outperform their peers have learned they aren’t. When culture is built with intention, it stops being something separate from your performance strategy and becomes the foundation your results are built on.

Organizations that complete the Caring Workplace program build the internal capability to sustain exactly that. Leaders leave equipped to consistently demonstrate behaviors that strengthen trust, deepen connection, and help team members experience meaningful work every day.

Schedule a discovery call to start your Caring Workplace journey.

“When we have a designation—if we say we’re going to do the right thing, or we say we’re going to provide access, care, and collaboration—we’re putting that out there so people hold us accountable every single day in everything we do. That’s what the (Caring Workplace) designation means to us. It tells the world, ‘This is what you can expect if you come here as an employee, as a member, or if you interact with us in the community.’ This is what you’re going to get. If we can bring that same caring impact to them, and they continue to cascade it, this will sustain well beyond, as Bob (Chapman) says, any of our lives.”

– Laurie Butz
Capital Credit Union, WI

“I think it’s important for us to earn the Caring Workplace designation, enhance communication among staff, and have the tools needed to work effectively together. This will help us achieve the greatest impact, improve retention, and foster a better culture each day.”

– Gail Hollen
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County, MI

“The values and vision of the Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities align directly with what drives healthcare organizations across this country. The idea of compassionately caring for one another and putting others first serves as an essential reminder for healthcare organizations to return to their roots as a people-centric industry.”

– David Howell
Medical University of South Carolina, SC