Qualee Partners with Leading Workplace: Validating Culture and Engagement

We’re thrilled to announce that Qualee is partnering with Leading Workplace! This collaboration marks an exciting step forward in our shared mission: helping organizations put people first, strengthen culture, and unlock the full potential of their teams.

At Qualee, we’ve always believed that engagement and recognition are essential to building workplaces where people thrive. Leading Workplace shares this vision, bringing a trusted framework for measuring and validating workplace culture and employee engagement. Together, we are creating a powerful ecosystem where organizations can both measure and act on what matters most to their people.

Why Qualee and Leading Workplace Align

Our founder, Charley Zuidinga, has long championed a people-first approach to work. “Culture and engagement are not just HR metrics, they're business imperatives,” Charley says. “When employees feel valued, recognized, and empowered, they not only stay - they perform, innovate, and advocate for the organization.”

Leading Workplace provides a robust certification program that recognizes organizations prioritizing engagement, recognition, and inclusion. This aligns perfectly with Qualee’s tools, which enable organizations to turn engagement into a daily experience through continuous recognition, feedback, and actionable insights.

External Validation Matters

In today’s competitive talent market, being an employer of choice goes beyond perks or compensation. External validation, such as Leading Workplace certification, signals to candidates and employees alike that an organization truly values its people.

By combining our platforms:

• Organizations can measure engagement continuously, not just through annual surveys. Qualee captures employee feedback in real-time, providing actionable insights to drive meaningful change.
• Recognition flows seamlessly across teams and geographies, ensuring employees feel seen and appreciated.
• Culture is strengthened and validated, with Leading Workplace certification offering a third party objective validation that employees, leaders, and the market can trust.

This partnership underscores the importance of alignment between tools and standards. It’s one thing to engage employees internally, but when recognition and culture are externally validated, it reinforces trust, credibility, and employer brand, which are critical elements for attracting and retaining top talent.

Why This Partnership Matters for Organizations

Organizations today face unprecedented challenges: remote work, hybrid models, and shifting expectations from a multigenerational workforce. Employees seek workplaces that offer purpose, growth, and recognition.

Qualee and Leading Workplace together help organizations:

1. Understand engagement drivers – Identify what matters most to employees and track it continuously.
2. Act on insights – Use real-time feedback and recognition tools to address gaps and celebrate wins.
3. Validate culture externally – Gain certification that demonstrates a commitment to people-first principles.
4. Attract and retain top talent – Employees want to join and stay at companies where culture, recognition, and development are living values.

By integrating recognition, engagement measurement, improvement suggestions and external validation, organizations can create a culture that is sustainable, inclusive, and high performing.

A Shared Commitment to People-First Workplaces

Both Qualee and Leading Workplace understand that people-first organizations are a lot more than just metrics, they’re movements. They invest in employees not because it’s trendy, but because it directly impacts organizational performance.

This partnership allows organizations to transform engagement from a one-time initiative into an everyday experience. Employees can provide feedback, receive recognition, and see their voices reflected in measurable improvements. Leaders gain data-driven insights and external validation to guide strategic decisions and showcase commitment to culture.

Our goal has always been to help organizations create workplaces where people feel empowered, appreciated, and motivated to do their best work. Partnering with Leading Workplace allows us to combine our engagement platform with an industry-recognized standard for workplace excellence.

Looking Ahead

This partnership is more than a collaboration but a movement toward elevating employee experience. Together, Qualee and Leading Workplace will empower organizations to:

• Build trust and credibility with employees and candidates.
• Celebrate successes and recognize contributions continuously.
• Align policies, culture, and engagement strategies with what matters most to people.
• Gain external validation that reinforces their people-first ethos.

We’re excited about the possibilities ahead and what this means for organizations striving to be employers of choice. 

This partnership represents our commitment to helping organizations create workplaces where employees feel valued, motivated, and inspired every day. Because when recognition flows and engagement is measured, people perform, and organizations succeed.

Here’s to building better workplaces, together.

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Charley Zuidinga

Founder & CEO,

Qualee Technology.