Location: Fond du Lac, Wis.
Type of company: Hospital/health system
Meet the organization: Agnesian HealthCare is an integrated, nonprofit system with more than 3,200 associates. The system has a relationship-based culture that emphasizes the ties between employees, patients, families and volunteers. The system's annual review process involves self-reflection for employees, and Agnesian saw its associate engagement survey results increase in every dimension in 2013, including coworker cooperation, career advancement and management.
Added benefits: The system hosts regular, optional wellness workshops and challenges, along with discounted memberships to Agnesian's Zone fitness center. Associates have flexible scheduling options available to them, including telecommuting. The system lets employees sell back unused PTO for extra pay, and its Lending a Helping Hand Program offers financial assistance — through employees' donated PTO — to associates in need.
