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February 18, 2021

Remote Work Productivity Study Finds Surprising Reality: 2-Year Analysis

By Chandni Kazi and Claire Hastwell. Pre-pandemic, only 5% of American employees worked from home. In May 2020, that number shot up to over 60%. Our own survey of Fortune 500 executives shows a similar increase, from...

September 30, 2020

For the first time in GCC, Great Place To Work reveals 2020 Best Workplaces for Women

Westford University College tops the list followed by AlKhabeer Capital in second place and Century Financial taking third place The list’s launch is to support closing the gender gap in the region All certified organizations...

August 30, 2020

Great Place To Work reveals 2020 Middle East Best Workplaces

Logistic giant DHL tops the list followed by Fischer FZE and Century Financial taking third place All certified organizations were considered for the list, – The Best Workplaces were selected by focusing on the Trust...

June 25, 2020

For the first time in GCC, Great Place to Work® Announces the 30 Best Workplaces for Millennials for 2020

Tech giant Cisco tops the list followed by Dubai-based furniture retail company THE One and global hospitality giant Hilton taking third place All certified organizations were considered for the list, – The Best Workplaces were...

June 14, 2020

Returning to Work – 4 Principles for Reopening Safely

Leaders across the country and globe are trying to figure out how to return employees to work. They are restarting operations or ramping up business. In many cases, they are asking employees to return to...

June 14, 2020

Why Diverse and Inclusive Teams Are the Engines of Innovation

In today’s unpredictable business environment, organizations that harness the differences of their people are the ones that will excel. In the weeks after my keynote at the Great Place to Work For All Summit™, I’ve spoken...

June 14, 2020

How to Take PTO Under Lockdown (And Avoid WFH Burnout)

Most years, the arrival of June marks the start of vacation season. We look forward to soaking up the sun – lounging on the beach, exploring park trails and supporting local artists at outdoor events...

June 14, 2020

How to Fix a Major Cause of Employee Burnout

Burnout can have significant negative impacts on employee health, productivity and company culture. In order for your people and your organization to thrive, it’s important to keep a close watch on potential indicators of burnout....

June 14, 2020

Are You Tracking This Key Indicator of Employee Health and Productivity?

There’s a syndrome affecting over 20% of employees around the world (and even more at companies with low-trust cultures). According to the World Health Organization, its cause is “chronic workplace stress that has not been...

June 14, 2020

The Right Way To Survey Employees During A Crisis

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues into May, many employees are entering up to their third month working remotely under quarantine. Some of your employees may be adapting to the change well, creating a healthy work-life balance, while...

June 14, 2020

Leading Under COVID-19: 4 Ways to Strengthen Your Sales Team

Working in sales is like no other career. More than colleagues, a good sales team is like family — one that sometimes knows more about you than your own family! My own sales team is...

June 14, 2020

How the Best Workplaces in Health Care & Biopharma are Responding to COVID-19

As the COVID-19 crisis unfolds, health care and biopharmaceutical companies are on the front lines of treating victims, advising the public and pursuing effective medicines. Employees at these organizations are putting their bodies on the...

April 21, 2020

How You Handle Restructuring and Layoffs Will Shape Your Story—and Success—Beyond the Pandemic

Many workplaces these days have little choice but to lay off workers. But organizations have many options in terms of how they let people go. And the way leaders make these decisions is crucial for determining how...

April 21, 2020

Worried About Your Employees’ Productivity? So Are They

In this challenging time, the question of productivity is not whether or not leaders can trust their people to continue to work hard from home, but whether leaders can give their people the clarity, resources,...

April 21, 2020

3 Ideas To Engage Remote Teams: Lessons from Experienced Best Workplaces

As we become more comfortable working from home, the next question on the minds of many companies is: How can we keep people inspired and motivated through social distancing times? In a post-COVID-19 world, companies...

April 21, 2020

3 Strategies for Better Mental Health in the Workplace During a Crisis

COVID-19 has taken a toll on Holly Petroff’s wellbeing. One that took a while for her to realize. Petroff, executive vice president at Great Place to Work®, told attendees of our weekly “Together” webinar that...

April 21, 2020

4 Ways Your Company Can Support Working Parents During COVID-19

In recent weeks, many companies have had to embrace telecommuting and remote work in order to continue to operate during the quarantines that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. These changes challenge all employees, but they may be...

April 12, 2020

COVID-19: 5 Reasons We Need to Tune in to Our Employees Even More Right Now

While COVID-19 forces us to be socially distant, it’s crucial to be emotionally close. People are social creatures. Organizations are social institutions. Our research shows the best and most successful ones have the highest levels of...

April 12, 2020

6 Tips For Better Communication With Remote Teams

How do you keep remote employees engaged? It’s a question on the minds of many leaders as COVID-19 forces companies to adapt to new ways of working. While it’s absolutely possible for companies to learn how...

April 12, 2020

How to Lay Off Employees with Care and Compassion

If you were to ask managers around the world what part of their jobs they disliked the most, there’s a good chance you’d find laying off employees at the top of the list. Unfortunately, the...

April 12, 2020

Worried About Your Employees’ Productivity? So Are They

In this challenging time, the question of productivity is not whether or not leaders can trust their people to continue to work hard from home, but whether leaders can give their people the clarity, resources,...

April 8, 2020

Great Place to Work® reveals UAE’s ‘Best Workplaces’ Within the Public and Private Sectors

Logistic giant DHL tops the private sector list for the 6th time and for a second year in a row This year’s ranking included multiple new entries from diverse sectors and verticals, including the UAE...

April 8, 2020

Great Place to Work® reveals Saudi Arabia’s ‘Best Workplaces’ Within the Public and Private Sectors

Global hospitality giant IHG named ‘Best Workplace in Saudi Arabia’ for the first time Capital Market Authority named ‘Best Workplace in Saudi Arabia’ within the public sector Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7th April 2020: This year’s...

April 8, 2020

Great Place to Work® reveals Qatar’s ‘Best Workplaces’ Within the Public and Private Sectors

Logistic giant DHL named ‘Best Workplace in Qatar’ Doha, Qatar, 7th April 2020: This year’s ranking of the Qatar’s Best Workplaces has been published by leading global workplace culture authority Great Place to Work® Middle...

March 12, 2020

Havelock One Interiors receives Great Place to Work® Certification for UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait

The history of Havelock One Interiors’ formation goes back 23 years when British retailer Debenhams appointed Havelock Europa Plc for their first department store in the Middle East at Souk Al Sharq, Kuwait. The success...

September 1, 2019

Transforming Work-Life Balance: Everyday Fear to Everyday Care

Most executives know employees won’t be at their best if they are constantly yelled at or live in continual fear of being fired or laid off. The importance of psychological safety has started to permeate...

September 1, 2019

Soaring Over Purpose Gaps with Incredible Company Culture

Over the last several years, researchers and companies have proved that a sense of purpose affects performance. It feeds peoples’ desire to be part of something bigger than themselves, and inspires new inventions and better...

September 1, 2019

Running Too Lean is Dangerous to Employee Experience

‘Lean’ has been business gospel for some years now. While there is wisdom in running a company efficiently and launching new initiatives based on the lean startup approach, lean can go too far. It can...

September 1, 2019

Healthy Employees are Vital to Workplace Culture

Our research has proven that having a physically safe and emotionally and psychologically healthy experience at work is key to creating a great place to work for all. Above and beyond those basics, Best Workplaces...

September 1, 2019

Avoiding Hidden Barriers to Innovation By All

In past blog posts, we discussed the five hidden barriers that slow down a company’s agility and inventiveness. If your organization has just two of the five barriers, your innovation capacity can drop by 50 percent. The...

September 1, 2019

Why Belonging Is So Important

At the 2019 Great Place to Work for All Summit in San Francisco, Christopher Tkaczyk, Chief Content Officer at Great Place to Work, sat down with Gale King from Nationwide Insurance for a chat about organizational culture and why...

September 1, 2019

Frans Johansson: Why Diversity Matters for Innovation

How do you convince executives that culture should be a focus in your workplace? Frans Johansson is the CEO of The Medici Group. He is the author of global innovations bestsellers The Medici Effect and The...

April 16, 2019

Process Improvement

Does your culture enable continuous improvement, quality and efficiency? At every stage of value creation in your organization, there is an opportunity for people to improve quality and efficiency—and a variety of tools exist to...

April 16, 2019

Professional Excellence

Does your organization depend on the knowledge and talent of your professionals? In knowledge-dependent organizations, value comes in the form of information and insights. Your clients rely on your professionals to provide industry¬-leading expertise, excellent...

April 16, 2019

Patient Satisfaction & Loyalty

Does your healthcare organization promote a culture of caring? In the healthcare industry, many employees find very special meaning in caring for people’s well-being and saving lives. It is a noble calling—and in many cases,...

April 16, 2019

Customer Centricity

Do your customers love your organization? In a culture of customer centricity, the customer experience is vital and directly related to the employee experience. These organizations have loyal customers who enthusiastically promote the organization’s products...

April 16, 2019

Agility & Speed

Are your employees adapting at the pace of change? The one constant is change. Growth, mergers and acquisitions, strategic shifts, leadership transitions, regulatory compliance, technology adoption, market disruption, budget cuts…the truth is, your organization is...

April 16, 2019

Attract & Retain Talent

Does your culture make you an employer of choice? As any manager knows, high voluntary turnover is an issue you just don’t want to have. Many people cycling in and out of a company not...

April 16, 2019

Innovation

Is your business innovating to create new value? A culture of innovation provides the foundation for organizations to emerge into new markets, conceptualize and create new products and services, anticipate opportunities, and make rapid adjustments....

April 7, 2019

Financial Performance

Placing stock in a high-trust culture Our 30 years of research, in over 40 countries around the world, has shown us time and again that investing in a high-trust workplace culture yields distinct, tangible business...

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