Top 20 Best Companies for Leadership

Hay Group, a global management consulting firm, and BusinessWeek.com have released the Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20 list.

General Electric ranked as the top company for leadership, followed by Southwest Airlines, 3M Company, Procter & Gamble and Accenture.

 

			2009 Top 20 Best Companies
			1. General Electric
			2. Southwest Airlines
			3. 3M Company
			4. Procter & Gamble
			5. Accenture
			6. Wal-Mart Stores
			7. Nestlé
			8. Coca-Cola
			9. McDonald`s Corporation
			10. Infosys Technologies
			11. IBM
			12. Cisco
			13. United Parcel Service
			14. IKEA
			15. ABB
			16. Zappos.com
			17. Hewlett-Packard
			18. Goldman Sachs
			19. Unilever
			20. General Mills, Inc.

 

Significantly, Top 20 companies continued to make leadership development a priority over the past year, in spite of the economy. Employees at these companies were asked to what degree in the last 12 months the urgency to develop leaders in the organization had increased -- the Top 20 indicated an 8.8 percent decrease, compared to a 13.8 percent decrease for all respondents. General Electric ranked as the top company for leadership,

 

 

Among other study findings:

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  94 percent of respondents in the Top 20 actively manage a pool of successors for mission critical roles, compared with 69 percent of all respondents
  
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  80 percent of respondents in the Top 20 noted that people stay at the organization primarily for growth opportunities, compared with 61 percent of all respondents
  
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  95 percent of respondents in the Top 20 use corporate social responsibility to recruit employees, compared with 60 percent of all respondents
  
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  66 percent of respondents in the Top 20 have a high proportion of women in senior leadership, compared with 37 percent of all respondents
  
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  91 percent of respondents in the Top 20 make it easy for people to work from home, compared with 46 percent of all respondents
  
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  87 percent of respondents in the Top 20 have a sufficient number of internal candidates ready to assume open leadership positions, compared with 54 percent of all respondents
  

 

 

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