A continuous improvement programme to inspire workplace excellence, cultivate innovation, encourage best practice, and galvanise business performance.
Better Together: The BPTW Story
Our Mission: Float all the boats higher.
Best Place to Work helps Kiwi businesses thrive by collectively inspiring creative spirit, entrepreneurial vision, and nurturing talent through our programme of continuous improvement initiatives.
For the past 20 years, we’ve been telling the stories and celebrating the success of great Kiwi workplaces, and the spirit of connection and celebration sits at the heart of everything we do. Floating all the boats higher is about showcasing the incredible leadership, teams, cultures, and innovation within Kiwi businesses. Our ultimate goal is to put Aotearoa New Zealand on the map as a global leader in workplace excellence.
As colleagues, partners, and industry peers, we are all better together.
Enabling Better Business Outcomes
Best Places to Work has been designed to support Kiwi businesses with a programme of continuous improvement across three core offerings:
Employee Engagement Surveys
Measure the quality of your workplace experience against the BPTW nine pillars of excellence, and benchmark against other similar sized organisations.
BPTW Awards
The prestigious BPTW Awards recognise and celebrate Kiwi organisations that nurture talent, invest in culture, build sustainable futures, and forge the way in workplace excellence.
Masterclasses
Connect with and learn from some of the world’s most brilliant minds right here in New Zealand.
Timeline
Helping Kiwi Businesses Thrive
Organisational leaders who are empowered to create extraordinary workplaces drive higher performance, profitability and innovation.
Employees who feel cared for, inspired, included, and have a sense of progress and agency are vastly more motivated, creative and productive.
Best Places to Work helps organisations measure, benchmark, and improve their employee experiences to create workplaces where people thrive.
Meet the Team
Foundation Partner
The EMA proudly joins Best Places to Work as the Foundation Partner to support Kiwi businesses to build and celebrate positive and resilient workplaces
Diamond Partners
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Smartly makes it simple for New Zealand SMEs to look after their people. With easy payroll and people admin software, their staff are paid on time, accurately, and in line with legislation, making them one of the best places to work. That’s why we’ve chosen to partner with Best Places to Work
Futureful is an online platform that connects skilled people to organisations based on shared values, needs and expectations. Quite simply, we help people find the BEST places to work, offering a double benefit for BPTW businesses!
Advocate Partners
By providing business support you can count on, our members get access to expert employment advice, high quality training, and more. We’re proudly partnering with BPTW to offer another way of creating the best places to work in Aotearoa.
Cordis, Auckland is an award-winning 5-star hotel by Langham Hospitality Group providing a luxury experience across class-leading accommodation, unique dining experiences and a commitment to sustainability making it one of the best places to work in the hospitality industry.
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Extraordinary was founded to meet the evolving needs of businesses and eliminate the admin associated with employee payments.
Humankind is Aotearoa's largest EX design agency. We exist to bring humanity to work while helping organisations drive sustainable performance. When BPTW approached us to partner on celebrating Aotearoa's best workplaces, we couldn't resist
Unstoppable Force is dedicated to empowering businesses by unlocking your teams' full potential through the transformative Living Beyond Your Limits programme. By focusing on mental wellness, personal growth, and overcoming barriers, they help organisations create an environment where every team member thrives.
Media Partners
Caffeine is the daily content & community platform for New Zealand’s startup ecosystem, created with founders for founders.
Stuff's vision is to be the most trusted media organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand, and our mission is to help make Aotearoa a better place and help showcase NZ’s best places to work in partnership with the BPTW programme.
Delivery Partners
Survey Conductor Partner
Ecosystm is the growth enabler for all stakeholders to navigate innovation in the digital economy through the power of data, insights, and expertise.
Programme Delivery Partner
The New Zealand Tech Alliance is a group of independent technology associations from across New Zealand that work together to ensure a strong voice for technology.
Programme Delivery Partner
We are difficult to tightly define. We’re part innovation consultancy, part brand agency, part design firm, part venture studio. We’re a unique business, bringing together an uncommon range of disciplines. That’s where the magic is.
Awards & Masterclass Delivery Partner
We are a seasoned team of marketing leaders and execution specialists. We partner with B2B companies to help them retain, grow, and acquire new customers by embracing marketing as a strategic business mindset, rather than a standalone function.