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Fourth Quarter Thrive – October, 2025

Thrive Newsletter Readership Survey Do you enjoy Thrive? We want to hear from you. Please take a moment to complete our survey and let us know what you enjoy most and what we could improve to make it more engaging and [...] Read More

Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2025

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Larissa Whitaker! Excellence Personified  By Doug Beebe, Benchmark CEO Recently, I had two experiences [...] Read More

Second Quarter Thrive – April, 2025

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Larissa Whitaker! Thriving at 65 By Doug Beebe, Benchmark CEO Many people look at [...] Read More

First Quarter Thrive – January, 2025

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Larissa Whitaker! Message from the CEO By Doug Beebe, Benchmark CEO The other day, [...] Read More

Fourth Quarter Thrive – October, 2024

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Larissa Whitaker! Message from the CEO By Doug Beebe, Benchmark CEO We have three [...] Read More

Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2024

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Larissa Whitaker! Shaping the Future By Doug Beebe, Benchmark CEO “Prediction depends on events [...] Read More

Second Quarter Thrive – April, 2024

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Larissa Whitaker! Empathy: The Ability to Understand and Share the Feelings of Another By [...] Read More

First Quarter Thrive – January, 2024

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Some Thoughts on Thriving By Doug Beebe, Benchmark CEO I recently had [...] Read More

Fourth Quarter Thrive – October, 2023

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Thoughts on the Pursuit of Excellence By Doug Beebe, Benchmark CEO “Our [...] Read More

Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2023

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! In Search of Excellence By Doug Beebe, Benchmark CEO “Our goal is [...] Read More

Second Quarter Thrive – April, 2023

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Where Are We Going? By Doug Beebe, Benchmark President “Think about what [...] Read More

First Quarter Thrive – January, 2023

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! The Power of Integration By Doug Beebe, Benchmark President Poet and naturalist [...] Read More

Fourth Quarter Thrive – October, 2022

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Why D.E.I. Matters at Benchmark By Doug Beebe, Benchmark President “Go and [...] Read More

Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2022

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Leaving a Legacy – A Farewell to Bill Swiss By Doug Beebe, [...] Read More

Second Quarter Thrive – April, 2022

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! COVID Isn’t Over Yet By Doug Beebe, Benchmark President As spring arrives [...] Read More

First Quarter Thrive – January, 2022

Welcome to Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Raising Awareness of Abuse and Protecting those we Serve By Doug Beebe, [...] Read More

Fourth Quarter Thrive – October, 2021

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Thoughts on National Disability Employment Awareness Month By [...] Read More

Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2021

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Motion vs. Action Next Steps for Ensuring Diversity, [...] Read More

Second Quarter Thrive – April, 2021

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Benchmark My Portal App is Here! By Doug [...] Read More

First Quarter Thrive – January, 2021

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! From the Front Lines – Advice from Long-Term [...] Read More

Fourth Quarter Thrive – October, 2020

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! A Note from CEO, Doug Beebe As [...] Read More

Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2020

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Benchmark Forms Diversity Committee As the Black Lives [...] Read More

Second Quarter Thrive – April, 2020

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Try to Be a Filter, Not a Sponge [...] Read More

First Quarter Thrive – January, 2020

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! Benchmark Celebrates 60 Years! By: Doug Beebe, [...] Read More

Fourth Quarter Thrive – October, 2019

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! From the Front Lines Debbie Fischer, [...] Read More

Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2019

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share with Courtney Heiser or Simon May any stories you would like to include in a future issue! Seeking Potential By Doug Beebe, Benchmark President [...] Read More

Second Quarter Thrive – April, 2019

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share with Courtney Heiser or Simon May any stories you would like to include in a future issue! From the Front Lines Darlene Johnson, [...] Read More

First Quarter Thrive – January, 2019

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! From the Front Lines Melissa Martinez, [...] Read More

Fourth Quarter Thrive – October, 2018

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share any stories you would like to include in a future issue with Courtney Heiser or Simon May! From the Front Lines Teona Sewell, [...] Read More

Third Quarter Thrive – July, 2018

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share with Courtney Heiser or Simon May any stories you would like to include in a future issue! From the Front Lines Donald Miller, [...] Read More

Second Quarter Thrive – April, 2018

Welcome to the electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Enjoy, and please share with Courtney Heiser or Simon May any stories you would like to include in a future issue! From the Front Lines Helen Cluff, Occupational [...] Read More

First Quarter Thrive – January, 2018

Welcome to the first electronic edition of Thrive, the Benchmark employee newsletter. Moving forward, expect all of the inspiring content you used to receive quarterly in your paycheck to come your way via email. Enjoy, and please share with Courtney [...] Read More