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WSJ’s Top Small Companies- Commonalities

March 27, 2008

Yesterday, the HR Daily Advisor wrote about a partnership between The Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces to select 15 top small workplaces.

The list of commonalities is worth noting:

 

  • Clear values and a sense of mission and vision that permeates the culture
  • Values that extend beyond the workplace and impact the larger society
  • Honest and transparent communication that creates trust, enhances commitment, and encourages innovation
  • Extraordinary focus on the customer and on building long-term relationships
  • Strong sense of community
  • Long view with a focus on sustainability
  • An understanding that their competitiveness is tied to the talents and commitment of their workforce
  • Belief that most of their future leaders are already working for the company
  • Constant hunt for new ways to improve employee experience
  • Structure around teamwork, minimizing hierarchy, and maximizing goal achievement
  • Does your company have a mission statement? Values statement? Does everyone know the focus and goals? And, does everyone know how the work they do contributes to those goals?

    Noting that none of the items on the lists requires a financial investment, only time and commitment, what can you do today to make move your company closer to being a “top small company”?

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    Geneca- They Do it RIGHT!

    February 26, 2008

    Whenever I look at a company’s website, I always click to their “career” page. I want to see how they portray themselves to potential new hires, how they reflect their culture. It is rare that I have the reaction I did when I clicked on Geneca’s link.

    They have it right! The message, the culture, the values, it is all there. Just take a look at the links below to see what I mean.

    Click here for the Culture page

    Click here for the Values page

    My favorite comment:

    At Geneca, no one will tell you it is impossible … so long as you have a reasonable dream and unreasonable passion.”

    Geneca is an Illinois-based custom software development company.  

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