Cultural Practices of the Best Workplaces

The organizations whose practices are presented here have inspired us in our work at the Institute, and we hope that they will do the same for you. Every two weeks a new set of practices will appear in this space.

Each practice will be linked to its dimension and sub-dimension within the Great Place to Work® Model©.

We hope that you will be inspired by these examples to discover the best practices currently in use in your own workplace, and be lead to develop new practices that will help your workplace to become great.

  • CREDIBILITY - Communication

    Health Care / Hospital
    Griffin Hospital

    1129 employees -
    HQ: Connecticut, USA

    Leaders at Griffin Hospital practice two-way communication all the time - because they know that effective communication is critical to building and maintaining trust between employees and management - and because employees have come to ask for and expect straight answers to their questions.

  • FAIRNESS - Equity

    Health Care /
    East Alabama Medical Center

    1455 employees -
    HQ: Opeleika, AL, USA

    At this non-profit federally supported county hospital and medical center employees know that each employee is considered a full member regardless of his or her position. The CEO, Terry Andrus, starts his day by walking through the hospital and greeting everyone he meets, from the person who cleans the floors to the person who handles the most critical medical crisis.