Monday, July 24, 2006

The Great Place to Work Model

Seeing that I'm still in the middle of Swiss Nowhere, my wifi keeps going in and out. Better make this quick...

A fascinating study from Ohio State proved that customers whose clothes were rated as more fashionable and attractive, and who showed better grooming and make-up skills, received better service than those whose appearance was not rated as highly.

Also, I read a great piece in the Canadian Business Online about "The Great Place to Work Model. It was developed more than two decades ago in the U.S. and now used to survey some 750 companies in that country each year, has since been exported to 28 nations in Europe, Latin America and Asia. In 2005, 3,000 organizations around the globe completed the institute's 57-question culture survey.

The employee surveys have revealed a remarkable consistency in what makes a great workplace, despite a wide mix of industries represented and the size of companies eligible to participate. For example, employees at a company in the Top 10 in any given country agreed 85% of the time, on average, with the statement: "Management is approachable, easy to talk with."

Good stuff. Enjoy it. I'm off to the chocolate factory!

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On a scale from 1-10, how approachable is your management?

LET ME SUGGEST THIS...
Ask five people you work with how approachable your management is. Submit your results here!

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3 comments:

I'm no good at quantifying things, but I'm going to guess my style of management is pretty approachable based on how others interact with me.

Even when I'm not in a managerial role, people come to me for management-related situations and questions. When I'm working with another person at the same level of management, people tend to come to me rather than the other manager. When people who have worked with me in the past find out I'm supervising a project, they ask to be on my team.

Chocolate, eh? You better be bringing me some back. If you think I'm kidding... :)

Watch out or that European and especially Swiss chocolate will get you sick... its 100 times better and also 100 times richer than the stuff we have here in the states. Just a warning...