People and Management October 2018 | Page 30

[FOCUS] HOW ARE THE BEST WORKPLACES SELECTED GLOBALLY? Bhavishya Sharma Senior Project Manager - Brand & Campaign G reat Place to Work® Institute is the global authority on workplace culture assessment. Our proprietary and globally validated framework is considered the Gold Standard in workplace culture assessment and is endorsed by over 10,000 organisations in more than 58 countries across the globe. These organisations trust the Great Place to Work model© to enable them to build and sustain a High-Trust, High-Performance Culture TM . In India, we study more than 700 organisations every year and identify the best as Great Place to Work – Certifi ed Organisations. in building a better workplace. Great Place to Work® precisely measures the underlying level of trust within an organisation, while making targeted recommendations on how to improve the workplace. We help tie Trust Index© metrics to the organisation’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) so as to understand the relationship between your organisation’s business goals and the employees’ workplace experiences. It helps increase management accountability towards these goals. What it does? Business leaders and researchers rely on the Great Place to Work Model© — the Trust Index© Employee Survey and the Culture Audit© People Practices Assessment to establish the standard that defi nes a great workplace. • • Trust Index © Great Place to Work® Institute’s Trust Index© assessment and employee survey is the starting line for organisations invested 30 • Benchmarks employees’ response for the organisation with the ‘Best Companies to Work For’ list. It provides more than 40 types of benchmarks to suit the organisation’s individual needs. Collects qualitative and quantitative data essential for understanding how to improve workplace environment. Provides single as well a dual perspective options. Employees can respond considering | Vol. 9 Issue 6 • Sep-Oct 2018, Noida / Pre-Event Edition