Claire Hastwell
As the Content Program Manager at Great Place To Work, Claire helps decode the psychology behind high-trust workplaces using Great Place To Work's extensive data repository on employee experience. Claire has co-authored noted reports such as "Women in the Workplace" and “The Power of Purpose at Work,” and contributed to Fortune with her profiles of the Best Workplaces™. Her latest white paper draws on three decades of employee survey data to give HR leaders strategic guidance on nurturing trust, inclusivity, and growth within their organizations.
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How to Preserve Employee Trust During Times of Disruption
When employers take the time to check in on staff during times of disruption, it ensures employee trust is not broken. They say timing is everything, and any leader who has ever had to manage people during layoffs, mergers, or other company changes...
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5 Expert Tips to Navigate HR Challenges and Forge a Thriving Company Culture
Feeling disenchanted about improving your workplace culture? Turn obstacles into an opportunity to foster a better company culture and more successful business. Creating a positive company culture can seem like a daunting task. Lack of buy-in, budget...
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Employee Listening Strategies: Employee Resource Groups & Committees
To foster a harmonious workplace culture, companies must align management's perception with employees' actual experiences through active listening strategies, like engaging groups and committees. At many companies, there’s a huge disconnect...
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4 Ways To Improve Company Culture That Your Manager Doesn’t Have To Approve
Improving your company’s culture doesn’t need to take as much time as you may think. Small daily changes can pay off in employee productivity and loyalty. “I’m swamped, and I just don’t have the time right now.” Sounds familiar, right? Just about...
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Overcome Common HR Challenges to Cultivate a Thriving Company Culture
Great Place To Work®’s insights into company culture and how to overcome common HR challenges have been shaped by thousands of hours of conversations, interviews, and focus groups with employees from various industries. With 30 years of research under...
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21 Ideas To Celebrate and Promote Your Company Culture Award
Brilliant ideas for promoting your company culture award inspired by how Certified™ great workplaces celebrate their workplace recognition. You’ve put in the work and now you have the kudos to show for it. Whether you’ve recently become Great Place To...
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How to Build and Support Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Building a neurodiverse workforce is advantageous because neurodiverse people possess the skills particularly needed right now as businesses adopt more advanced technology. For example, artificial intelligence and robotics, and the demand for STEM...
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The Difference Between Debate, Discussion and Dialogue
Navigate the nuances of workplace communication and understand the subtle yet profound differences between dialogue, debate, and discussion. Is it dialogue, discussion, or is it debate? There is a difference, and each has its value. Do you know the...
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In Their Own Words: LGBTQ+ Employees Share Their Experiences
At Great Place To Work®, we're especially excited about the month of June, a time that holds great significance for the LGBTQ+ community. This year, our Pride theme, 'Proudly Visible, Powerfully Innovative' reflects on the indispensable role of...
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The 8 Elements of Great Company Culture
The secret to attracting and holding onto the world’s best talent isn’t about the work perks — it’s about relationships. It can be hard to define, but you know it when you see it: a great company culture. One where employees feel seen and heard, where...
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6 Strategies for Building a Thriving Culture of Innovation
Employers who prioritize a culture of innovation see more diversity and inclusion, increased revenue, and higher employee engagement. What does it take to be innovative today? A massive budget? A high-tech team in Silicon Valley? A dedicated R&D...
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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...
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Employee Training and Development: The Benefits of Upskilling or Reskilling Your Team
Employee training and development isn’t just about teaching employees to do their jobs. It’s about showing employees they are valued and that upward movement in the organization is possible. When employees don’t see opportunity, they don’t bring their...
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How Toxic Company Culture Is Driving Employee Turnover
Research into toxic workplace culture reveals how a lack of inclusion, fairness, and purpose at work is causing employees to leave their jobs in droves. Toxic company culture is a lot like catching a nasty bug. It can spread quickly, and before you...
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What Is Psychological Safety in the Workplace? How Leaders Can Build Psychologically Safe Workplaces
Psychological safety is often misunderstood and undervalued in the workplace. When leaders cultivate a psychologically safe workplace, employees are more engaged and far more likely to bring forward game-changing ideas. I once was in charge of running...
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It’s Time To Address Menopause at Work
Supporting women with menopausal symptoms can have a positive impact on both employee well-being, retention and the bottom line of your business. If you’re not a woman approaching your 50s, you may be wondering why you need to read further. But here’s...
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11 Recruiting Strategies for Hiring — And Keeping — Top Talent
Recruiting strategies that reflect the changes facing hiring managers today are critical to any talent management strategy. From rethinking culture fit to checking for bias, here’s how to ensure top talent will want to come to you. Long gone are the...
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What Is Talent Management? Definition, Strategy, Processes and Models
Talent management is a strategic and organized approach to attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. A successful talent management strategy aligns employee engagement and growth with organizational results. A talent management strategy is...
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Creating a Culture of Recognition
Employee recognition is a method of support that helps employees know their contributions are recognized and appreciated. Employees want to know how they are doing and recognizing employees demonstrates what success looks like. Companies recognize...
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How Competitive Is Your Company’s Paid Parental Leave?
When it comes to your company’s parental leave policy, how does your company compare to the Best Workplaces for Parents? Becoming a parent is a time of great excitement and great planning. There are plenty of things to organize before welcoming a new...
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Use the 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
Employee recognition is not a one-size-fits-all. The five languages of appreciation in the workplace help managers inspire great performance and retain top talent. The first step to forging a valuable working relationship between employees and creating...
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How to Lay Off Employees with Care and Compassion
In extraordinary times — no matter how great the workplace — layoffs can be hard to avoid at organizations large and small. Here’s how to do layoffs in a way that preserves employee trust. If you were to ask managers around the world what part of their...
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Engaging and Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
Managing a multigenerational workforce involves viewing everyone as an individual, developing mentoring relationships and checking your communication methods. It’s a long-standing joke that every generation is suspicious of the one coming after it,...
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What Are Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)?
Innovation can only flourish when employees feel safe bringing their whole selves to work. ERGs build high-trust relationships that help companies flourish.
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What Is Allyship in the Workplace?
An ally is a partner, a person who has your back. Whether on the playing field or in a courtroom, an ally works alongside you to reach shared goals. They won’t leave or let you down. They’re committed. What does it mean to be an ally in the...
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Did You Read Our Most Popular Company Culture Articles of 2022?
What a year of workplace paradoxes. “Quiet Quitters” rejected hustle culture while (alarmingly) employee productivity tracking software was trending. A lasting tidal wave of quitting, kicked off by “The Great Resignation” of 2021, crashed into a...
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How To Plan an Inclusive Office Party
Your company holiday party is an opportunity to show employees that you appreciate them and to strengthen your culture— but only if all employees feel included in the celebration. Planning an inclusive holiday party can be trickier than it might seem....
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What Is Employee Experience? Definition & Proven Strategies
An exceptional employee experience can help differentiate your company from your competitors. Here’s how to improve your strategy. The employee experience (also known as EX) starts with the hiring and onboarding process and continues until a person...
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What Is Workplace Flexibility? Definitions & Examples from Top Workplaces
Workplace flexibility is about providing the conditions for employees to thrive. And it’s only successful in great high-trust company cultures. Unlimited time off. Flex hours. The ability to work whenever and wherever. Not too long ago, these were...