Great companies come from great leadership. A great company's leadership NEVER forgets what it's like to be an employee. After all, in the circle of life, whether we're Company Presidents, CEO's, Owners, Secretaries, Managers, Clerks, etc (you get the picture)...we all WORK to please someone else.
A President/CEO of a company - big or small - works to gain the business of another. That could be as vast as providing a service for another business or consumer, obtaining funding from an investor or lender, or striving to attain or keep key employees to make the company function. All employees of a company work to keep the company viable, and feed their families and/or maintain their lifestyle.
The difference in a GREAT company is that its leadership is more altruistic and benevolent. I read an article in the Daily News on Russell Simmon's new book, "Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All"* Russell Simmons states: "The true self already knows it is a servant. Look inside for results and not out. Look inside for inspiration and not outside. Accept that happiness is up to you and every choice that you make has to come from inside you. You have to be comfortable with it. Don't let your teachers tell you what to do. Note for yourself. If you sit still, you — as one individual — have the power to change your world. Take stock in the self. Operate from abundance, the number of people's lives you inspire by being a good giver." Unfortunately for Russell - NONE of his companies made the "TOP 100 Companies to Work for" list. Russell should get back to the drawing board and spread some of his love and giving virtues to his employees.
Enterprenuers should emmulate the businesses from the 100 Best Companies to Work For -2010. The top 5 are:
Being an Entrepreneur myself, I certainly plan to have my company encompass all the best traits of these companies - and even better surpass them!
*(http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2011/01/01/2011-01-01_russell_simmons_def_jam_records_cofounder_discusses_super_rich_a_guide_to_having.html)
A President/CEO of a company - big or small - works to gain the business of another. That could be as vast as providing a service for another business or consumer, obtaining funding from an investor or lender, or striving to attain or keep key employees to make the company function. All employees of a company work to keep the company viable, and feed their families and/or maintain their lifestyle.
The difference in a GREAT company is that its leadership is more altruistic and benevolent. I read an article in the Daily News on Russell Simmon's new book, "Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All"* Russell Simmons states: "The true self already knows it is a servant. Look inside for results and not out. Look inside for inspiration and not outside. Accept that happiness is up to you and every choice that you make has to come from inside you. You have to be comfortable with it. Don't let your teachers tell you what to do. Note for yourself. If you sit still, you — as one individual — have the power to change your world. Take stock in the self. Operate from abundance, the number of people's lives you inspire by being a good giver." Unfortunately for Russell - NONE of his companies made the "TOP 100 Companies to Work for" list. Russell should get back to the drawing board and spread some of his love and giving virtues to his employees.
Enterprenuers should emmulate the businesses from the 100 Best Companies to Work For -2010. The top 5 are:
- SAS. One of the Best Companies for over 13 years, has a laundry list of benefits: high quality child care at $410 a month, 90% coverage of the health insurance premium, unlimited sick days, a ), a free 66,000 square foot fitness center and natatorium, a lending library, and a summer camp for children, medical center staffed by four physicians and 10 nurse practitioners (at no cost to employees
Jim Goodnight, SAS's Co-founder founded a culture based on "trust between our employees and the company" is the only CEO that SAS has had in its 34-year history. Although SAS gave away loads of perks, SAS is highly profitable and ranks as the world’s largest privately owned software company. Turnover is the industry’s lowest at 2%. - Edward Jones.The investment adviser weathered the recession without closing one of its 12,615 offices or laying off a single employee (the British division was sold in October). Salaries were frozen, but profit sharing continued.
Employee Perks: Telecommuting, 90% health coverage, Job Sharing program, Compressed work week, On site fitness center, subsidized gym membership, On site childcare, Paid Sabbaticals - Wegmans Food Markets. Rated one of the best groceries in the nation, and a former No. on the list, Wegmans has never had a layoff in its 94 year history. More than 4,000 employees, 11% of the workforce has been here for more than 15 years.
Employee Perks: Job Sharing Program, Compressed work week, Telecommuting - Google. The search engine king plans to add thousands of employees to its payroll in 2010. Though a few perks have been cut in recent years, Google last year increased 401(k) matching and added a stock-option exchange program to help employees with underwater options. Engineers still get to devote 20% of their time to projects of their choosing.
Employee Perks: On site Childcare, Job Sharing Program, Telecommuting, On site Gym
Being an Entrepreneur myself, I certainly plan to have my company encompass all the best traits of these companies - and even better surpass them!
*(http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2011/01/01/2011-01-01_russell_simmons_def_jam_records_cofounder_discusses_super_rich_a_guide_to_having.html)
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