Press Release · October 6, 2026

LifeatWork Launches to Help Companies Increase Revenue and Profitability

Backed by proven workplace research, the new Tulsa consultancy delivers four core services: Culture, Compensation, Benefits, and Communication

TULSA, Okla., Oct. 6, 2026 — LifeatWork, a consultancy founded by longtime HR executive Kevin Kennemer, today announced its launch with one purpose: helping companies increase revenue and profitability. The firm delivers those results through four core services: Culture, Compensation, Benefits, and Communication. Each is grounded in independent research showing that companies with great workplaces outperform their competitors financially.

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With more than two decades of senior HR leadership experience, Kennemer has served as Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of large organizations, including one that Forbes ranked as the fifth-largest privately held company in the United States. He brings that executive-level expertise to companies seeking strategic guidance without the cost of a full-time HR executive.

“Culture is the most powerful and most overlooked driver of profit in business today,” said Kevin Kennemer, founder and principal consultant of LifeatWork. “Build a workplace people trust, and they will build you a more profitable company.”

The Business Case for Great Workplaces

Independent research consistently links the quality of the workplace to financial results:

• 3.5 times the stock market return. Companies on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list returned 3,174% over 27 years, compared with 907% for the Russell 1000 Index, and generate 8.5 times the revenue per employee of the U.S. public market average. Source: Great Place to Work, 2025
• 23% higher profitability. In Gallup’s study of 276 organizations, the most engaged teams were 23% more profitable, sold 18% more, and missed 81% fewer days of work than the least engaged. For a LifeatWork client, that means more profit from the workforce it already has. Source: Gallup Q12 meta-analysis of 2.7 million employees, 2020
• Only 1 in 5 employees is engaged. Just 21% of employees worldwide were engaged at work in 2024, and the latest drop alone cost an estimated $438 billion in lost productivity. LifeatWork helps clients measure that gap in their own organization and close it. Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace, 2025
• 10.4 times more predictive than pay. A toxic corporate culture is 10.4 times more powerful than compensation in predicting a company’s attrition rate relative to its industry. Source: MIT Sloan Management Review, 2022

Four Core Services That Drive Profitability

• Culture: Helping CEOs and executive teams build culture as a measurable business strategy that raises engagement, reduces turnover, and drives profitability.
• Compensation: Designing competitive, market-based pay structures that employees see as fair, reducing costly turnover and motivating the performance that drives profit.
• Benefits: Building benefits programs that support employee well-being and retain the people who produce results, while keeping cost and complexity under control.
• Communication: Helping leaders communicate clearly and consistently so employees understand priorities, rewards, and culture, building the trust and alignment that move the organization toward its financial goals.

A Human-Centered Approach to Business Performance

LifeatWork’s approach rests on evidence, not opinion. Decades of independent research show that when workplaces are healthy, people flourish, and when people flourish, organizations perform. It is also the right thing to do: employees deserve to be treated with dignity, trust, and respect. Kennemer’s work has been recognized through multiple workplace awards evaluated by independent judges.

LifeatWork serves CEOs, founders, HR leaders, and private-equity portfolio companies seeking practical, senior-level guidance. The firm also offers speaking engagements on workplace culture, leadership effectiveness, employee well-being, and the financial impact of great workplaces.

For human resources departments, Kennemer is a valued partner, providing hands-on help with compensation, benefits, and communication work that internal teams often lack the time or specialized expertise to complete.