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Sunday, April 23rd, 2017

37 Workplaces That Stand Out From the Rest

Author:     Ed O'Boyle and Jim Harter
Source:     The Gallup Organization
Publication Date:     April 18, 2017
 Link: 37 Workplaces That Stand Out From the Rest
Stephan:   I hope everyone who reads SR knows about the Quotidian Choice; in many ways the most powerful act a private individual can do. Only people like Thoreau, Gandhi, and Dr King in the political world have really understood it.  I have written about it at length in The 8 Laws of Change, but the principle is simple. Quotidian means mundane, daily, ordinary; the little choices we make by the dozens all day long. First, be aware you are making a choice. Second, of the options available to you, always choose the one that is the most compassionate and life-affirming, as you understand that, at that moment. The challenge of course in buying a product or a service, which is what many decisions entail, is that it can be hard to know which is the better option. One way of taking the measure is how the business which created the product treats its employees. Not an easy task. However, the Gallup Organization, an institution with real integrity, whose data can be relied upon, has done some of the work for us. Here it is:

What separates great workplace cultures from the rest? Gallup has studied millions of employees around the world to answer this very question.

We’ve found that regardless of company size, location, culture or industry, the very best organizations all share one undeniable trait: They have an intense and intentional focus on engaging their employees.

That focus means more than administering a survey once or twice a year. While measurement is important and necessary, great workplaces know that engaging employees requires real strategy and commitment. They don’t simply promise a culture of engagement; they deliver on it.

Great workplaces have leaders who make engagement a priority — as a competitive point of differentiation — and who communicate openly and consistently. They hold their managers accountable — not just for their team’s measured engagement level, but also for how it relates to their team’s overall performance. They have well-defined and comprehensive development programs for leaders and managers, and they emphasize the development of individuals and teams.

Great workplace cultures treat employees as stakeholders of their future. They put their attention on concrete performance management activities, such as clarifying […]

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1 Comment

  1. Mark R on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 8:06 am

    Glad for the positive article and glad google wasn’t on the list.