New Zealand’s most popular employee engagement programme; Best Places to Work, is back with a refreshed survey and awards format that reflects the new business landscape and evolving values of today’s workforce.
Best Places to Work’s three core offerings – the survey, awards, and a masterclass series enables New Zealand businesses to measure employee experience and engagement, be recognised as outstanding employers, benchmark themselves against their peers, and utilise the survey data to improve culture and boost productivity.
Investing in employee experience is central to attracting and retaining the best talent. In recognising, celebrating, and cultivating excellence, Best Places to Work inspires businesses across Aotearoa to create workplaces that unleash innovation, drive economic growth, and build sustainable futures.
This year, Best Places to Work has partnered with the country’s largest digital news site, stuff.co.nz to drive the national survey, awards, and programme. A dedicated content hub features stories, videos, survey results and winners.
Julie Gill, CEO of Best Places to Work, emphasises the critical role of employee engagement. "In these challenging times, engaged employees are the cornerstone of business success. Your people are the embodiment of your brand, and when they feel cared for, inspired, included, and have a sense of progress and agency, they are vastly more motivated, creative, and productive. Optimising your employee experience impacts business results. It helps retain top talent, improve your customer service, and reduce your costs, but it also encourages innovation, lowers staff turnover and ultimately contributes to profitability."
Being part of the Best Places to Work programme offers tangible benefits. Gill highlights the programme's role as a platform for building employer brands and reputations. "Participating in Best Places to Work not only showcases your commitment to employee satisfaction but can also serve as a powerful recruitment tool as it helps attract and retain top talent."
The Best Places to Work survey was designed in collaboration with Humankind, New Zealand’s largest HR and employee experience design agency, TRA, market research agency and the EMA (Employers and Manufacturers Association), the organisation that advocates for employers and arms them with training, advice, and connections to secure their future.
Brett O'Riley, CEO of EMA states “Your people are vital to the success of your business, which is why it is important business leaders take their employee experience seriously. We know that an engaged workforce is a more productive workforce and can help deliver improvements in all facets of your organisation. That is why focusing on lifting employee engagement needs to be a key part of any business strategy. Not only can it help improve customer service, but also reduces costs and lowers turnover.”
Through the Survey results, New Zealand’s best-performing workplaces are identified and recognised by the coveted Best Places to Work Awards that span a range of categories including wellness, diversity and inclusion, innovation, tools and tech, and work/life balance.
Are you New Zealand’s best workplace? Enrol for the survey at: www.bestplacestowork.nz/enter
Survey closes - 17 May.
The synergy between talent, technology, and trust is transformative. By nurturing talent, investing in technology, and fostering trust, organisations can unleash innovation, drive economic growth, address societal challenges, and build a sustainable future.
It is through the Best Places to Work programme that we can truly support the transformation by making NZ the Best Place to Work for all.
Best Places to Work is proudly supported by:
Foundation Partner: The EMA
Diamond Partners: HainesAttract, nib and Smartly
Supporting Partner: Humankind
Media Partners: Stuff and Caffeine Daily
For more information visit: www.bestplacestowork.nz/enter
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About Best Places to Work:
Best Places to Work recognises, celebrates and cultivates excellence in employee experience, establishing Aotearoa New Zealand businesses as global leaders in workplace culture.
Our three core offerings — the survey, awards, and masterclass series — work to identify the best in employee experience and share innovative best practices with all organisations so that, together, our business community is supported on the journey to achieve employee experience excellence.
It enables New Zealand businesses to measure employee experience and engagement, be recognised as outstanding employers, benchmark themselves against their peers, and utilise the survey data to improve culture and boost productivity.