This blog was posted on Indianapolis Business Journal's website here. Late in 2019, the city of Indianapolis conducted a study to look at how city contracts were awarded. The study—the first in nearly 20 years—found women- and minority-owned businesses were frequently overlooked in the bidding process and severely underused. The most recent U.S. [...]
This blog was posted on The Enterprisers Project's website here. Are you biased in your view of others? If you’re like most people, you’ll probably say, “Of course not!” But the truth is, bias exists in all of us, at least to some degree. The term “unconscious bias” describes our tendency to judge [...]
This blog was posted on Inside INdiana Business's website here. There likely isn’t a single business leader who could have foreseen that in 2020 a global pandemic would force large parts of their organization to work remotely for weeks on end. Across the globe, businesses are weighing difficult, unprecedented decisions while complying with [...]
This video was posted on RTV6's segment here. netlogx has a robust parental leave policy that could serve as an example for other companies in Central Indiana that wish to make their workplace culture more welcoming to families. Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, netlogx operations director Stephanie Sponsel will share [...]
This blog was posted on The Enterprisers Project's website here. Work-life balance – at least as media and corporate culture typically view it – is a myth: A perfect alignment of the two is just about impossible. Just ask any working parent. That doesn’t mean that you can't have both a prosperous career and [...]
Whether it’s the beginning of the year or somewhere in the middle, it’s always a good idea to reflect on your accomplishments. Perhaps you headed up a massive project and saw great success, or maybe you received a kind note from a happy client. No matter how big or small your accomplishments this year, [...]
Kindness. The definition of Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. A kind of act. When I think of kindness, it's typically how I treat others; I raise my children to be kind to others and to remember that while people can forgive, they never forget. So it's essential to be [...]
This blog was posted on Inside INdiana Business's website here. Last year I gave birth to my fourth child and thanks to my company’s generous maternity leave, I was able to take paid leave in order to help my family adjust to our new bundle of joy. It was during my time out [...]
This blog was posted on Inside INdiana Business's website here. For many groups of co-workers, the holiday season is when they think about giving back to the community and supporting local nonprofits in the neighborhoods where they do business. However, corporations are integral parts of their community year-round and the volunteer experience and [...]
If you know the Sponsel kids you know that they love the beach and pretty much have grown up around the water. Our summers are filled with pool days at my parents, vacations throughout the year to the Carolinas, Florida or Alabama. Something about being at the beach, literally the only worry in the [...]
