The Great Place to Work® Institute

The Great Place to Work® Institute, Inc. is a research and management consultancy based in the U.S. with International Affiliate offices throughout the world. The Institute recognizes the best workplaces in 40 countries around the world, provides consulting services aimed at workplace transformation, and provides networking and research based on best practice.  The Institute conducts the largest annual global study of workplace environments representing over ten million employees in 4500 companies.

The Great Place to Work® Institute Japan provides consulting services to  organizations in the Middle East to make decisive improvements in their workplaces by providing focused assessment and benchmarking, sparking breakthrough ideas and best practices, and ultimately enabling client organizations to leverage the potential of their people.  Great Place to Work® Japan also conducts the annual “Top Companies to Work for in the Japan” benchmark study and competition.

At the Great Place to Work® Institute, we have been listening to employees and evaluating employers since 1980, to understand what makes a workplace great. We know that the foundation of every great workplace is trust between employees and management. Our ongoing research, measurement tools, and educational services have made us leaders in helping build high-trust workplaces.

We're Trust Specialists

In a great workplace, trust manifests itself in every relationship. Managers believe that employees want to be productive, encouraging them to participate in the business. Employees are enthusiastic and passionate about their work and the company's mission. In a high-trust environment, people cooperate and collaborate, leading to positive workplace interactions, higher profits, and greater productivity.

At the Great Place to Work® Institute, our employee-centered model has been recognized for more than 20 years as a clear, comprehensive representation of the importance of trust in creating great workplace relationships.

Our approach, research on workplace practices, extensive database of Best People Practices©, and underlying Great Place to Work® Model©, all serve as the basis for our services aimed at optimizing your workplace environment through a focus on trust.

We support your efforts to build trust

The Great Place to Work® Institute brings together the expertise, methodological rigor, and proprietary tools that can help you turn your workplace environment into a powerful source of competitive strength - while creating collaborative, successful relationships among people at all levels of your organisation.

Building trust in relationships between employees and management helps your workplace to operate more effectively, serving as a source of enduring advantage for your organisation.