Corporate Giving Is Top Driver of Employee Experience at the Best Companies to Work For – Especially Now
Image: During the pandemic, nurses at Texas Health Resources have been the link between patients and the loved ones that can’t be with them. Our Best Workplaces make a point of giving back to the communities in which they work and live. Providing opportunities to volunteer and work in the community can build camaraderie and […]
5 Key Elements of Highly Effective Executive Teams
Insights from our conversations with some of Singapore’s Best Workplaces™ last year show that for a high-trust culture that drives a culture of performance, the decision to return to work should not be a mandate from the top. Instead, it should be down to the line managers and supervisors to make that recommendation from their […]
Death by a Thousand Cuts: How Positive Stereotypes Conceal Racial Violence
It is obvious that negative stereotypes are damaging, but do you know the implications of positive stereotypes aren’t any better? They are pernicious which sometimes makes it more difficult to revoke. The dangers of this stereotype is not in how we perceive others. It may be benevolent in the surface, but no matter how legitimate […]
Health Care Workers & Burnout: 3 Strategies From the Best Health Care Workplaces
At the back of Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s auditorium is a plaque where the names of their SARS fallen comrades are posted on its walls. A stark reminder for their leadership team, that their first order of duty is to keep their staff safe so that they can fight the pandemic for the community. Other […]
Key Insights & Advice from Our Study of Women at Work
The last decade has seen a wide range of research studies that demonstrate the positive contribution of increased gender diversity in the workplace. Catalyst (2018) reported that in well-managed diverse and inclusive workplaces, the presence of women in the workforce, leadership and board positions makes for better business results, including a positive connection on KPIs […]
How Women Experience Innovation & Inclusion at Work
Capitalising on Diversity can be a challenge, as diversity is not enough by itself. For over 30 years, Great Place to Work® has been measuring culture and the factors that contribute to creating a high-trust, high-performance work culture. In our 2019 Insights report we turn our focus to diversity to better understand what organisations are […]
#HumansofGreatWorkplaces – PAP Community Foundation (PCF)
Professionalism. Commitment. Fortitude. Integrity. These core values guided PCF like shining stars in their holistic approach to safely manage the pandemic. PAP Community Foundation (PCF) employs over 8,000 staff who provide preschool education to more than 40,000 children at 360 facilities and senior care at 7 Senior Care centres across Singapore. Let’s hear from two of their employees […]
12 Benefits of Getting Great Place to Work-Certified™
For HR leaders, there are few milestones that hold so much pride as becoming Great Place to Work-Certified™. It signals to the world that they have created a company culture that employees love. And when you become Certified, you earn more than just a shiny badge. Does your manager need some convincing? We’re here to help […]
#HumansofGreatWorkplaces – Amgen
As an essential business and key manufacturing facility, Covid-19 presented many challenges to Amgen Singapore Manufacturing (ASM). It had to keep operations running, ensure that its 650 staff and external workers are safe, healthy, empowered and engaged, and quickly establish a robust business continuity plan to ensure reliable, uninterrupted supply of medicines to their patients. Keeping […]