Great Place To Work® will host its global workplace culture conference in New Orleans.
Oakland, Calif., Apr 23, 2024 -- Top executives from award-winning companies like Hilton, Marriott International, Synchrony, Thrive Global and UKG will be sharing their wisdom and perspective at the Great Place To Work® For All Summit™ May 7- 9 in New Orleans.
This annual event, now in its 19th season, brings together 1,500+ senior executives, thought leaders, industry analysts, and passionate workplace culture advocates from over 500 companies. Participants learn strategies and solutions for creating equitable and empowering experiences for employees that lead to stronger business performance.
Unmatched access to new research
This year’s event will highlight the findings from The Great Transformation, a three-year research initiative to build a blueprint for the future of work that Great Place To Work has been leading together with Accenture, Cadence, Cisco, DHL Express, Dow, Encore, Hilton, KPMG, Synchrony, UKG, and World Wide Technology.
These companies have worked on a range of transformative ideas and pilot initiatives, including how to unlock advocacy throughout organizations by utilizing employee resource groups (ERGs) so they become engines for innovation, talent development, and revenue growth.
Attendees will hear from CEOs and HR leaders at these award-winning companies about their experimental efforts to improve the workplace, including lessons learned and opportunities for future growth.
Headliners & Keynotes
Here are some of the speakers joining the mainstage:
- Mindy Kaling, award-winning writer, actor, and producer will speak about her career and breaking down barriers as a trailblazer in Hollywood.
- Angela Duckworth, bestselling author and speaker, will discuss her research into “grit” and how workplace leaders can help employees find resilience.
- Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global, will explain why well-being is the ultimate productivity multiplier and share how a focus on employee health across five key daily behaviors — sleep, food, movement, stress management, and connection –— can help companies achieve better business outcomes.
- Allie K. Miller, AI entrepreneur, advisor, and investor will explore the impact of generative AI on business growth and the implications for talent and equity across industries.
- John O’Leary, bestselling author and speaker, will share his extraordinary story of survival, resilience and the power of leadership in service of others.
- Daniel Wendler, speaker, bestselling author, and co-author of the newly released, “Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal,” will show us how executives can effectively lead neurodiverse organizations, and how AI can help neurodivergent employees (and leaders) unlock their full potential.
Top executives from the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® List will also share insights on the mainstage and in focus sessions over two days of programming:
- Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief technology and innovation officer, and Ellyn Shook, chief leadership and human resources officer at Accenture, join our mainstage to discuss how to create a workplace for all, specifically how to harness diverse perspectives and ensure that all people have the opportunity to thrive and unlock their full potential in the age of generative AI.
- Ben Erwin, president and CEO of Encore, will share the story of a first-time CEO’s commitment to workplace culture at an existential moment for an events company bruised by the pandemic. Learn how investing in people can serve as a rally cry to innovate around talent and propel a company forward.
- Chris Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton, joins our mainstage to explore how the global hotel brand bounced back from pandemic lows to become the No. 1 workplace in the world. Laura Fuentes, CHRO of Hilton, will share insights from Hilton’s efforts to cultivate trust, resilience, and inclusivity in its hotels around the world.
- Anthony Capuano, president and CEO of Marriott International, will join Ty Breland, CHRO of Marriott International, to share how the world’s largest hospitality company’s historic investments in frontline associates, lessons learned, and insights for companies with a large frontline workforce.
- DJ Casto, CHRO at Synchrony, will share how the financial services company asks leaders to prioritize well-being, and the efforts that are moving the needle for its workforce in conversation with Arianna Huffington moderated by Ellen McGirt.
- Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work, will share how leaders at the Best Workplaces™ are transforming, and the behaviors and strategies that create real value for businesses.
The first-ever ERGX experience
This year’s summit will also host the first-ever ERGX experience, a gathering of leaders and members of employee resource groups (ERGs) from companies that participated in The Great Transformation research initiative.
ERGX sessions are not open to the public, but press passes are available for the opening session, which will explore new research and insights on how ERGs can be catalysts for change and crucial engines of innovation.
Hear from industry experts
Attendees won’t want to miss these focus sessions with tactical expertise from operational leaders at the 100 Best Companies:
- How To Get Leaders To Adopt New Mindsets. Claudine Hoverson, chief talent officer of Synchrony, and George Anderson, chief learning officer of Synchrony, will share how the finance leader enrolled 300 of its executives in a program to align expectations and behaviors across the business to meet the needs of a changing, hybrid workforce.
- How To Engage Frontline Workers With Employee Resource Groups. Gretchen Stroud, SVP human resources consulting and DEI at Hilton, and DeShaun N. Wise Porter, global head of diversity, equity, inclusion, and recognition at Hilton, will share how the hotel chain adapted its ERGs for its frontline workforce.
- How To Build a Better Workplace for Women. Tina Jones, SVP of global human resources, and Nita Espinosa, VP of global strategic sourcing at Cadence, will share how the tech firm has innovated and created programs to help women thrive in the traditionally male-dominated tech industry.
Summit sponsors include Accenture, Cadence, Cisco, DHL, Dow, Encore, Hilton, KPMG, Marriott International, Synchrony, UKG, World Wide Technology, Abbvie, Camden, Edward Jones, Nationwide, PwC, CarMax, Comcast NBCUniversal, Delta, Penn Mutual, Thrive Global, Plante Moran, Braindate, Custom Ink, Four Moon Productions, hiro, Loma Marketing Agency, and Mosaic Consulting Group.
Purchase tickets here: For All Summit 2024 | Great Place To Work®
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About Great Place To Work®
As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and For All™ Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified™ or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces List.
Companies made the list based on responses from nearly 630,000 employees.
April 4, 2024, Oakland, Calif. — When employees experience a high level of trust in the workplace, the whole business benefits.
Great Place To Work® has been producing the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® List since 1998. When FTSE Russell analyzed the historic returns of companies that made the list, it found the stock performance beat the market average by a factor of 3.68, or 1,896 percentage points.
“What this analysis shows is that looking at different criteria on evaluating companies like the 100 Best — based on employee experience and culture — can make a difference in stock performance,” says Ryan Giannotto, manager of equity index research at the London Stock Exchange Group, which produces the Russell 1000, an index of the biggest U.S. stocks.
The 2024 100 Best achieved total returns of 41.6%, outperforming the Russell 1000 by a 15.6% margin.
“Generally, if you can beat your benchmark target by several points, that’s considered very impressive, but this is staggering,” Giannotto says.
Even more remarkable is that each company gets the same amount of representation in the portfolio.
“A lot of the stock market action over the past year has been dominated by a group of very large tech companies we call the Magnificent Seven,” he says. “What’s fascinating is the 100 Best achieved better — not just equal — but better results than the market without drawing from this pool of ultra performers. Without these stocks, it would be impressive, but to actually beat it to quite a transcendent level, that is striking.”
AI ready
Building trust over the years has positioned 100 Best companies to have a competitive edge in a new age of innovation.
At the 100 Best:
- 86% of employees say people give extra effort on the job
- 83% of employees say people adapt quickly to change
- 84% of employees say they can participate in innovation opportunities
This ensures these companies will be best prepared for the many groundbreaking changes disrupting the business environment in the years ahead — in particular, navigating the future of artificial intelligence at work.
AI will enable a new era of equity and inclusion for companies that have built a high-trust culture.
“Great companies will understand how to optimize their talent in a more equitable way than anything we’ve seen before,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO at Great Place To Work. “This is good news for leaders committed to culture work. It will help us create a great place to work for all, abundance for all, and opportunities for all — and you need all to succeed.”
Here are the top 10 on this year’s list:
- Hilton
- Cisco
- NVIDIA
- American Express
- Synchrony
- Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
- Accenture
- Marriott International
- Cadence
- Comcast NBCUniversal
“Fortune is happy to have collaborated with Great Place To Work for the 27th year to recognize the 100 Best Companies to Work For,” says Alyson Shontell, editor-in-chief at Fortune. “In a difficult macro environment with unprecedented challenges, these companies seemed to navigate their organizations toward steady and positive working environments for employees. Congratulations to all who were recognized.”
Images available: 100 Best Companies to Work For
Learn more about how the 100 Best are leading the AI revolution
About the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For
Great Place To Work selected the 100 Best list by gathering and analyzing more than 1.3 million confidential survey responses representing the experiences of 8.2 million U.S. employees. Of those responses, nearly 630,000 were from companies eligible for this list. Companies must be Great Place To Work Certified™ with 1,000 or more employees in the U.S. and cannot be a government agency. Organizations are assessed on their efforts to create generous, supportive, high-performance work experiences for every employee in the organization. Read the full methodology.
To be considered, all companies use the Great Place To Work Trust Index™ Survey. To get on this list next year, start here.
About Great Place To Work®
As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and For All™ Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.
Follow Great Place To Work on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram or visit greatplacetowork.com and sign up for the newsletter to learn more.
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Dec. 1, 2023 (Oakland, Calif.) – Employers can fixate on benefits like paid leave when trying to evaluate efforts to support working parents.
When Great place To Work® surveyed more than 612,000 employees with parenting duties about their experience in the workplace, benefits like paid leave were only one piece of the puzzle. To make the Best Workplaces for Parents™ List in 2023, employers had to match generous benefits with another key ingredient: compassionate and helpful management.
For companies on the list, 87% of working parents said management delivers on its promises, compared to just 56% of parents at a typical U.S. workplace.
Here are the top five companies in the large category (1,000+ employees) on this year’s list:
Here are the top five companies in the small and medium-sized category (10-999 employees):
At winning companies, extra support for employees was rewarded with elevated care for the customer.
“It’s hard to give your all for a company when you struggle to care for your family,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. “These companies know that caring for the needs of workers leads to increased productivity, performance, and innovation velocity — must-haves for businesses today.”
What benefits help employers stand out for working parents?
To understand how great workplaces compete, Great Place To Work identified the top 100 companies and the bottom 100 companies from the organizations eligible for this year’s list, ranked according to how many days of paid leave was offered to new parents.
For the top 100, companies average 78 paid days of maternity leave and 60 paid days of paternity leave. At the bottom 100 companies, employers offered half that average: 40 days paid for moms and 30 days paid for dads.
Other competitive benefits include childcare subsidies (49% of top 100 vs. 23% at bottom 100) and flextime (90% at top 100 vs. 69% at bottom 100).
However, companies were more likely to make the 2023 list when best-in-class benefits were matched with high levels of trust in management.
List winners offer lessons in how to support managers to ensure every employee with parenting duties has a caring and engaged people leader:
- Don’t ignore the importance of weekly one-on-one meetings.
- Extend support to the whole family unit.
- Hold managers accountable for how they support parents.
Here’s what it looks like in practice: At Best Workplaces for Parents, Support From Managers Unlocks Generous Benefits
Visuals available: Best Workplaces for Parents
About the Best Workplaces for Parents List
Great Place To Work selected the 2023 Best Workplaces for Parents by analyzing survey responses of over 612,000 employees with parenting responsibilities at Great Place To Work Certified™ companies that also met the criteria for this list. To be eligible, a company must submit at least 50 responses from U.S. employees with parenting responsibilities. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place To Work Trust Index™ survey as well as data around parental leave, adoption, flexible schedule, childcare, and dependent health care benefits. Read the full methodology.
To get on this list next year, start here.
About Great Place To Work
As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and For All™ Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.
Follow Great Place To Work on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram or visit greatplacetowork.com and sign up for the newsletter to learn more.
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Jan. 30, 2024 (Oakland, Calif.) – What experiences predict whether your employees are going to quit or stay?
New data from Great Place To Work® reveals three experiences that are highly correlated with employees wanting to stay with their company long-term. In a survey of more than 1.3 million U.S. employees, workers were:
- 2.7x more likely to stay when they say their work is meaningful
- 2.2x more likely to stay when they report being proud of where they work
- 1.7x more likely to stay when they say their workplace is fun
These three experiences came out on top in Great Place To Work’s proprietary Trust Index™ survey where workers were asked to agree with 60 statements about their workplace.
Great Place To Work, the global authority on workplace culture, has released a seminal report titled “Unlocking the Secrets of Employee Retention: Transform Your Workplace with Proven Strategies and Practical Insights.” Authored by Claire Hastwell, content program manager at Great Place To Work, this extensive report offers valuable strategies and insights for companies aiming to improve employee retention.
“Although workplace culture that prioritizes meaningful work, pride in one's job, and a fun working environment may seem like a “nice-to-have,” this report shows that all three priorities bolster a culture that aids retention and ultimately, the business,” says Seth Willis, implementation consultant at Great Place To Work.
The report highlights and provides examples of the essential role leadership plays in nurturing these experiences.
What experiences predict whether your employees are going to quit or stay?
New data from Great Place To Work® reveals three experiences that are highly correlated with employees wanting to stay with their company long-term. In a survey of more than 1.3 million U.S. employees, workers were:
- 2.7x more likely to stay when they say their work is meaningful
- 2.2x more likely to stay when they report being proud of where they work
- 1.7x more likely to stay when they say their workplace is fun
These three experiences came out on top in Great Place To Work’s proprietary Trust Index™ survey where workers were asked to agree with 60 statements about their workplace.
Great Place To Work, the global authority on workplace culture, has released a seminal report titled “Unlocking the Secrets of Employee Retention: Transform Your Workplace with Proven Strategies and Practical Insights.” Authored by Claire Hastwell, content program manager at Great Place To Work, this extensive report offers valuable strategies and insights for companies aiming to improve employee retention.
“Although workplace culture that prioritizes meaningful work, pride in one's job, and a fun working environment may seem like a “nice-to-have,” this report shows that all three priorities bolster a culture that aids retention and ultimately, the business,” says Seth Willis, implementation consultant at Great Place To Work.
The report highlights and provides examples of the essential role leadership plays in nurturing these experiences.
Highlights from the report:
Understanding the cost of employee turnover: The report delves into the significant financial implications of employee turnover, emphasizing the costs involved in recruitment and training, and highlighting the economic advantages of retaining employees.
Robust methodology: This comprehensive report is based on data from an impressive 1.3 million employees at Great Place To Work Certified™ companies in the U.S. The research spans a range of industries, job roles, and demographics, offering a diverse and inclusive analysis of the workforce.
Key drivers for employee retention: The study identifies “purpose,” “pride,” and “fun” as the primary elements influencing employee retention, challenging traditional beliefs about what makes a satisfying workplace and emphasizing the importance of meaningful and enjoyable work.
Leadership behaviors that impact retention: The research identifies specific leadership behaviors that are critical in retaining talent, including effective onboarding strategies and leadership that inspires and aligns with company values.
“Leadership is not just about guiding a team towards its goals; it’s about fostering an environment where every team member feels valued, heard, and motivated,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. “Our research highlights that effective leaders are selfless, modest, humble, and willful lifelong learners that are a critical component in retaining talent and building a workplace where employees thrive.”
Company case studies: The report highlights the successful practices of companies like Altar’d State, Atlassian, and Nugget Markets, each exemplifying effective strategies related to key retention drivers.
Generational engagement and retention: Focusing on multigenerational workforce dynamics, the report offers insights into the motivations, values, and needs of Gen Z in the workplace.
Role of work location flexibility in employee retention: The report provides a detailed examination of how flexibility in work location impacts employee commitment, comparing the relationship between employer mandates versus employee autonomy in work location decisions.
About Great Place To Work
Great Place To Work is a globally recognized authority in assessing and improving workplace culture. The organization assists businesses in evaluating and enhancing their work environment through comprehensive research, certification program, and culture coaching services, offering strategies for developing trust-based, high-performance workplace cultures. Its proprietary platform and Great Place To Work Model™ help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.
Contact: Claire Hastwell: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Nov. 16, 2023 (Oakland, Calif.) – All around the world, employees need the same things from their workplace in order to thrive: trust in leaders, pride in their work, and connection to co-workers.
For the Fortune World’s Best Workplaces™ List, Great Place To Work® identified the 25 companies that, according to their employees, offer the best experience for workers of all backgrounds, job types, and geographic locations. More than 6.2 million survey responses were analyzed, representing the experiences of 18 million workers around the world.
At winning companies, 90% of employees reported having a great workplace, compared to a little more than half of employees at typical workplaces, according to a global market survey from Great Place To Work.
“It doesn’t matter what country or continent you call home,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work. “What matters is the trust companies build with their employees. High-trust workplaces listen to all their people, innovate, adapt, measure, and repeat.”
“This global list followed a rigorous process, one that assures that employees have spoken about what they think are exceptional workplaces where they feel trusted, empowered, and energized to do their best work," says Alyson Shontel, editor-in-chief of Fortune.
To be eligible, companies have to be listed on at least five our Best Workplaces™ country lists around the world, employ at least 5,000 workers globally, with 40% or 5,000 of employees outside their headquarters country.
This year’s list was more competitive than ever, with a 28% increase in companies participating in the global survey from 2022, and a 40% increase in the number of employee surveys received.
Here are the top 5 companies:
The 25 winning companies had a larger percentage of workers reporting fair pay (75%), healthy work-life balance support (84%), and a voice in decisions that affected their lives (81%), compared to a typical global workplace.
At winning companies, 88% of employees would recommend their employer to friends and family — 34 percentage points higher than the global average of 54%.
Great Place To Work identified four ways the top companies build a better workplace:
- Involve employees in decisions that affect them
- Ensure every employee has a fair, engaged manager
- Encourage every employee to find a healthy work-life balance
- Connect every employee to meaningful work
See examples of how the best companies stand out here.
Visuals available: World’s Best Workplaces 2023
About the Fortune World’s Best Workplaces
Great Place To Work selected the World’s Best Workplaces by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses representing 6.2 million employees worldwide at Great Place To Work Certified™ organizations. Organizations are assessed on their efforts to create great workplaces and positively impact people and communities across multiple countries around the world. Companies must have appeared on at least five Best Workplaces lists in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, North America, or Australia during 2022 or early 2023, and have at least 5,000 employees worldwide, with 40% outside of their headquartered country. Read the full methodology.
To be considered, companies must use the Great Place To Work Trust Index™ Survey. To earn a place on this list next year, start here.
About Great Place To Work
As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Their proprietary platform and For All™ Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces List.
Follow Great Place To Work on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram, or visit greatplacetowork.com. Sign up for the newsletter to learn more.
Contact: Kim Peters: (415) 844-2574, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.