Dive Brief:
- Gallup named Levi Strauss & Co. and Mars Incorporated, along with 38 other healthcare providers, banks, credit unions and other nationally recognized companies among the 40 winners of its 2019 Gallup Great Workplace Award.
- Gallup measured employee engagement at these organizations with a survey and required employers to provide detailed evidence of their culture and performance, it said in an announcement of the award. Winners will celebrate at an awards event in June and Gallup will showcase winning organizations on its podcasts, it said.
- According to Gallup, "winners are different because they look for what people really want from their careers and their lives — belonging, learning and growth, recognition, a great manager, and the opportunity to do what they do best every day — and then they find a way to give their employees just that."
Dive Insight:
Gallup's focus on employee engagement reminds employers that there's value in allowing employees to feel they have ownership over their work. Engagement begins even before the first day on the job, with talent professionals setting the tone for new hires who enter the workplace hoping that their new employer will value their contributions at every stage. When employers show workers how their values are reflected in the culture and mission of the organization, they are more likely to feel satisfied at work, experts have said. Studies have shown that employees can find professional and personal fulfillment for themselves, but employers can make their search easier by offering employee programs such as innovation labs, rotational opportunities and reverse mentorship experiences.
A sense of belonging is high on worker's must-have lists, though few achieve it in the workplace. When it comes to recruiting a diverse workforce, talent professionals might remember that it is not enough to simply hire a diverse workforce. Workers might feel they belong if inclusion initiatives go hand-in-hand with diverse hiring — creating a welcoming culture that every new hire can step into easily.