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The 8 Cultural Characteristics that make Google a Great Innovator

New Study Reveals that a Great Workplace Culture Propels Innovation at Google A recent study published by Annika Steiber of Chalmers University of Technology, outlines the elements of Google’s organizational design that contribute to their success at...

Stagnating Minds Kill Employee Engagement

Q & A: How Data Insights & HR Analytics Create a Great Workplace Culture

Amy Edmondson on How Failing Well Can Help Companies Thrive

good failures are the ones that bring us new information in new territory. They're the necessary failures that lead to innovation. If you can be clear about the fact that we know and expect, and even value what I call intelligent failures, then you make...

Does Your Organization Have an Innovative Culture?

culture.” 9 Indicators of an Innovative Company Culture Yomtoubian also cautioned attendees about the trappings of “faux innovation” in the business world. If your organization is looking to infuse the qualities of real innovation into your culture,...

What Every Employer Should Know About Hiring and Engaging People With Disabilities

However, many companies struggle to ensure that their workplace includes employees with disabilities. A Center for Talent Innovation study found that only 39% of disabled employees disclose their disability status to their managers. Of those employees...

Support Black Employees With These 3 Actions

To support Black employees, leaders must lead with trust, involve all employees in innovation opportunities and connect with both the past and present. Black History Month is a time to celebrate the achievements of Black Americans and an opportunity to...

Running Too Lean is Dangerous to Employee Experience

What We Learned: Our 2019 Workplace Research Highlights - Part 1

How an Inclusive Workforce Powers a Company’s Ability to Thrive

on DEIB, especially as the world around us becomes more polarized,” says Marcus Erb, vice president of data science and innovation at Great Place To Work®. “By not tackling the topic, you’re just letting it fester. Companies need to address it by being...

Conversation with a Workplace

How do we create a sustainable resource for innovation? It is strange how a workplace can take on the characteristics of an individual. It develops a personality, an unique style, a circle of friends, acquaintances, and even adversaries. Often, it can...

How to Create a Culture of Collaboration in the Workplace

Why This Researcher Says Hiring for Diversity Doesn’t Improve Business Results

Unity Wins over Diversity at Marriott

Meet 5 of the Most Innovative Leaders of 2019

Fairness, Pride and Employee Well-being Stand Out Among the 2021 Best Workplaces in Asia™

Design Thinking and the Transformation of Hyatt’s Culture

That in a nutshell is what’s happened at Hyatt in recent years. Jonathan Frolich, Hyatt’s Vice President of Global Innovation, shared the company’s story at the recent Great Place To Work Conference — which took place at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in...

Why Shared Values Triumph Over Rules and Policies in the Workplace

How top firms are shaking things up, favoring shared values over rules to boost trust and spark innovation in the workplace. In our ongoing study of Best Workplaces, we've noticed a prevailing trend among leading companies: they're shifting from a...

Great Place to Work Interview with SVP, Chief Innovation & Diversity Officer, Tony Bond with Ellen McGirt, Senior Editor, Fortune

this episode Tony Bond, SVP, Chief Diversity & Innovation Officer at Great Place to Work and Ellen McGirt, Senior Editor at Fortune magazine, share how important it is to stop fearing conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion. They share ways...

CEO Insights: The Bumpy Road to ALWAYS ON

to do so. PWC states that, in part, “Technology” is a watchword for 2014 because CEOs use it when talking about both core innovation and information technology (IT). Technology has become an essential part of strategy in all areas – for organizations...

Born to Innovate

Leadership Matters with Gale King, Nationwide

leadership in driving a positive workplace culture. The value of diversity and inclusion in driving both engagement and innovation. Ways to engage leadership to inspire associates to create new opportunities to innovate and improve to exceed business...

How Management Is Making a Difference at the Best Workplaces in Latin America™

South America and the Caribbean). Ranking is based on confidential survey data assessing employee experiences of trust, innovation, company values and leadership. Companies are also evaluated on how well they are creating a For All™ workplace...

5 Ways Workplace Culture Drives Business Profitability

to stay with the organization. They experience less burnout, give higher levels of effort, and drive faster rates of innovation. The cumulative result: Companies with high-trust cultures are more profitable and have higher stock market returns....

The 8 Elements of Great Company Culture

the same time period. Strong organizational culture is also closely correlated with employee engagement, retention, innovation, and even customer service. For example, our research has found that employees at Great Place To Work Certified™ workplaces...

How To Prepare Your Company for a Recession or Economic Downturn

experience isn’t the same across groups, leadership needs to take action to address those gaps immediately. 2. Support innovation by all A company’s ability to innovate, adapt and pivot is critical for it to survive a recession. And yet, too often,...

How to be a Profitable Company and a Great Place To Work: A Conversation with Jim Kavanaugh, CEO & CO-Founder of World Wide Technology

Jim Kavanaugh is the CEO and Co-Founder of World Wide Technology (WWT), a technology solutions provider with more than $11.3 billion in annual revenue and more than 6,000 employees globally. It serves the technology needs of large public and private...

As AI Accelerates, 100 Best Companies Prove the Rising Value of Employee Trust

said they’re making meaningful progress. To start, I suggest leaders practice these nine high-trust behaviors. Agility, innovation fuel AI success High-trust cultures are more likely to excel in areas essential to AI success: agility, innovation, and...

Don’t Hire for Culture Fit, Hire for Culture Add

“culture fits” move faster when executing familiar tasks, when it comes to exploring new and unknown territory and innovation, diverse teams with “culture adds” come up with better ideas, execute them faster and need fewer resources to do so. Early in...