Strategic HR
Your Engagement Survey Is Only Telling You Half the Story
Every year, companies spend real money asking their employees what they want. Engagement surveys. Pulse checks. Quarterly feedback forms. Annual “state of the company” town...
How Compt’s LSA Funding Cadence Works — and Why It Determines Utilization
Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSAs) give employees a flexible, reimbursement-based budget to spend across approved categories such as wellness, food, professional development, family care, and more....
Top 4 Espresa Alternatives for Employee Stipends and LSAs (2026)
Espresa is a hybrid employee benefits platform that combines a zero-markup rewards and recognition marketplace with card-based spending, reimbursement workflows, and engagement features like ERG...
Top 4 ThrivePass Alternatives for Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSAs) in 2026
If you’re considering ThrivePass and ThrivePass alternatives, you’re likely looking for the best way to run flexible employee lifestyle benefits like stipends and Lifestyle Spending...
How Compt Works With Rippling for Stipends and LSAs
In many HR tech stacks, Rippling acts as the system of record for payroll and employee data, while a platform like Compt manages the administration...
Top 4 Benepass Alternatives for Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSAs) in 2026
If you’re considering Benepass, you’re likely working to solve a very real problem: how to give employees access to flexible lifestyle benefits like stipends and...
Budget-Friendly Employee Benefits: What to Keep and What to Consolidate
Maybe you’ve already had the conversation. You know … the one where Finance slides a spreadsheet across the table and asks what you can cut....
Alternatives to Cash Stipends: How to Make $100 in Benefits Go Further
Health benefit costs rose 6% in 2025 and are projected to rise another 6.7% in 2026, and that’s only what Mercer is reporting; in reality,...
The Future of Employee Experience: How AI Is Quietly Rewriting What Workers Expect
Written by Theresa Fesinstine Theresa Fesinstine is a 25-year HR executive and founder of peoplepower.ai, a leading education platform helping HR leaders confidently adopt and apply...