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Advice from Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award Winners

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Glassdoor Team | Author & Career Expert at Glassdoor | Dec 9, 2015

Each year, Glassdoor announces our Best Places to Work list, honoring companies which truly excel in the eyes of their employees. This year, we have announced six lists, congratulating employers across North America and Europe, including:

Advice from winning companies This year, we asked the Best Places to Work winning companies their strategies for success and their advice for employers fell into three categories -- company culture, prioritizing people and mission statements. Check out what our winning companies had to say about these three aspects of their business: 1. Company culture defines you “We believe that the key ingredients to building and retaining a talented workforce are to promote and foster a culture and work environment that provides our employees with challenging work, fulfilling rewards, promotional opportunities and ready access to our leadership team.” - Joe Tarantino, President & CEO at Protiviti "A lot of companies rattle off cliches about innovation and collaboration or whatever current buzzword is popular. For us, the real key to creating a great work environment is trusting and empowering the team to excel and constantly push what's possible, both in their career and in their passions." - Bernd Leger, VP of Marketing at CloudLock "You need to build a strong culture for employees, one that not only fosters collaboration, career growth and flexibility but also one that brings teams together beyond their day-to-day jobs. Companies can do this by all-employee charity events and sponsored activities that promote personal wellness and team bonding." - Elisa Greene, Director of Corporate Communications at Demandbase 2. Prioritize people "Focus on people and put yourselves in their shoes before making any changes, decisions or communication and you will get it right." - Suzannah Rowland, Senior Media Communications Manager at Kantar Worldpanel “Even as we’ve grown into a global company, people still feel like part of a cohesive team pursuing the same goal thanks to our emphasis on collaboration, entrepreneurial innovation, and shared investment and rewards." - Joe Zawadski, CEO at MediaMath “I'm humbled by the contributions employees have made to win this award. Since the company’s inception, our goal has always been to put employees first, and to create a place where they can grow, develop and have fun.” - Tom Gimbel, CEO at LaSalle Network “Be open and transparent in communications with employees on company matters, and be sure to listen to their feedback and questions.” - Tom Kemp, CEO at Centrify “Don’t assume you know what employees value in the workplace, and don’t rush out to copy what every other company is doing. Make it a place people look forward to being at every day, where they can contribute towards the company achieving its goals and have fun while doing so.” - Tom Kemp, CEO at Centrify 3. Mission matters "We're honored to receive this award based on the feedback of our amazing employees. At Airbnb, our mission is to create a world where everyone can belong - and we are thrilled that our team members feel welcome, respected and inspired by this work." - Mark Levy, Global Head of Employee Experience for Airbnb "Broadies choose to join this team because they believe in our mission, which is to make breakthrough discoveries that will transform human health for the better, all through collaboration and teamwork. Our focus on building community and supporting our people's career aspirations has helped us create a stimulating, creative, and rewarding environment that is constantly evolving, just like our science." - Andy Porter, Chief People Officer at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Learn more about Best Places to Work To learn more about the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards and to see the 2016 awards full methodology, visit https://www.glassdoor.com/Awards-and-Trends/about-employees-choice-awards.htm.

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