Thresholds Wins 2025 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards
Thresholds is proud to announce that it is a 2025 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence winner by Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces.
“Culture is at the heart of our work,” said Thresholds President and CEO Mark Ishaug. “We’re committed to creating safe, supportive spaces for the people we serve and for our staff. When we’re intentional about our culture, we’re able to do better work and support more people across Illinois.”
Thresholds is one of the oldest and largest providers of recovery services for people with mental health and substance use conditions in Illinois, employing more than 1,300 people in a range of social service roles.
The Top Workplaces program has a 17-year history of surveying and celebrating people-first organizations nationally and across 60 regional markets.
Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards recognize organizations that excel in specific areas of workplace culture:
Innovation
This award will celebrate organizations who have embedded innovation into their culture and create an environment where new ideas come from all employees.
Work-Life Flexibility
This award celebrates the organizations or provide options to their employees in how and where they work, as well as having managers who care for their employees’ concerns.
Compensation & Benefits
This award celebrates organizations who provide employees not only with material rewards but also with appreciation for their work.
Leadership
This award will celebrate organizations whose leaders inspire confidence in their employees and in the direction of the company. These leaders understand the needs of customers that front-line employees hear every day.
Purpose & Values
This award celebrates organizations who have both embedded their mission and values into their culture and are efficient in their work to bring it into reality.
Top Workplaces awards are based on feedback from a research-backed employee engagement survey. Details about how Thresholds builds a great workplace culture are available on Top Workplaces.
“Earning a Top Workplaces award is a badge of honor for companies, especially because it comes authentically from their employees,” said Eric Rubino, Energage CEO. “That’s something to be proud of. In today’s market, leaders must ensure they’re allowing employees to have a voice and be heard. That’s paramount. Top Workplaces do this, and it pays dividends.”
Interested in joining our award-winning team? Visit www.thresholds.org/careers to take the first step toward a rewarding career that you love!
ABOUT THRESHOLDS
Established in 1959, Thresholds provides healthcare, housing, and hope for thousands of persons with mental illnesses in Illinois each year. Through care, employment, advocacy, and housing, Thresholds assists and inspires people with mental illnesses to reclaim their lives. Thresholds is one of the oldest and largest providers of recovery services for persons with mental illnesses in Illinois. We reject the notion that anyone is a lost cause, utilizing evidence-based practices and a wide range of supports to treat the whole person, rather than just the disease. We offer 25 innovative programs at more than 70 locations throughout Chicago, the adjacent suburbs, and McHenry and Kankakee Counties. Services include assertive outreach, case management, housing, employment, education, psychiatry, primary care, substance abuse treatment, and research. Last year, Thresholds served more than 7,000 adults and youth, with 75% of services delivered out in the community, representing more than 400,000 hours of care.
ABOUT ENERGAGE
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Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 18 years of culture research and the results from 27 million employees surveyed across more than 70,000 organizations, Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit energage.com or topworkplaces.com.