The world's top-performing companies help lead the global economy by engaging their workforces. These companies understand that employee engagement is a force that drives real business outcomes. The Gallup Great Workplace Award was created to recognize these excellent companies for their extraordinary ability to create an engaged workplace culture. Organizations can apply each year for this award.
"Studying more than 15 million employees worldwide allows us to set an extraordinarily high bar for this award," said Tom Rath, who leads Gallup's Workplace and Leadership Consulting practice. "The winners have gone far beyond just offering nice perks and benefits. They have created an environment that truly engages people every day, throughout the organization."
The 2009 Gallup Great Workplace Award recipients are:
- ABC Supply Co., Inc. (three-time winner)
- Alexian Brothers Hospital Network
- ASB Bank (two-time winner)
- Atlantica Hotels International
- Banner Health
- Baptist Health
- Bharti Airtel Limited (two-time winner)
- B&Q (three-time winner)
- Cable & Wireless Panama
- Campbell Soup Company (three-time winner)
- CarMax, Inc. (two-time winner)
- Hendrick Health System (three-time winner)
- Mars, Incorporated
- Marriott Vacation Club International (three-time winner)
- Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd.
- PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Retail Banking
- Robinson Club GmbH
- Self Regional Healthcare (two-time winner)
- Siam Commercial Bank (two-time winner)
- St. Joseph Health System (three-time winner)
- Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong Limited (two-time winner)
- Stryker (three-time winner)
- Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. (three-time winner)
Previous Winners
Award Criteria
The awards recognize the organizations that best engage their employees based on the following criteria:
- a census survey of at least 1,000 respondents
- a Q12 response rate of 80% or higher
- a Q12 GrandMean score of 4.15 or higher in at least half of the organization's workgroups
- a best practices portfolio that includes:
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- a one-page description that explains how the organization has linked engagement to business outcomes
- a strategic plan that highlights building engagement within the organization
- two or three organization-wide best practice initiatives
- 20 workgroup-level best practice action plans
- one example of a tool, program, or process that has been created or used to increase or promote employee engagement within the organization
In the past, companies have not applied rigor and precision to measuring and managing the "softer," human side of business. That is about to change.