Great Place To Work

2 weeks ago | greatplacetowork.com | Roula Amire

Best Workplaces, Innovation, Leadership & Management Imagine working with an ocean view or the New York City skyline as your backdrop. Would it inspire you to be more innovative? It might, but not if your company shuts down your ideas. There’s no denying that location matters when it comes to innovation. Some regions have advantages that make them hubs for creativity and development. Politics, infrastructure, and culture help a city grow and attract top talent.

2 weeks ago | greatplacetowork.com | Claire Hastwell

Too often, remote employees are forgotten in the onboarding experience — killing their engagement before they’ve begun. But with the right welcome, new hires can thrive no matter where they’re located. Your first day at a new job is a lot like your first day of school. You’re excited, nervous, and hoping you’ll click with a new friend. But when half your team is working from their kitchen table and the other half is in conference rooms across three time zones, a warm welcome gets a lot trickier.

3 weeks ago | greatplacetowork.com | Claire Hastwell

Leadership & Management, Managers Knowing how to lead and manage your people through upheaval is vital to the success of an organization. It’s also one of the biggest challenges facing leaders in a rapidly evolving workplace. Over the past five years, leaders have had to steer their people through many challenges — from COVID to hybrid work to the introduction of generative AI. If teams don’t learn how to do things differently, morale and the business could suffer.

3 weeks ago | greatplacetowork.com | Roula Amire

High-trust leadership, Leadership & Management, Listening The power of active listening and co-creating the employee experience. Great workplaces understand that the employee experience drives business success.  Synchrony is one of those companies. Its leaders are laser-focused on creating a high-performing, people-first culture. They’re on a mission to help all employees succeed personally and professionally.

4 weeks ago | greatplacetowork.com | Claire Hastwell

Employee Engagement, Employee Experience, Employee Surveys You can’t respond to employee needs if you don’t know what they are. A powerful way to elicit feedback is a pulse survey. Building a strong culture means listening to your people. Listening is also one of the nine high-trust behaviors that define business success. Pulse surveys are a powerful tool for listening to your people and gathering real-time employee feedback.