Best Leadership Teams 2025
This is the 8th annual list of companies with the Best Executive Leadership Teams, according to employees who anonymously rated their CEOs, executive management, and direct managers over the past year.
Best Leadership Teams 2024
According to Millions of Employee Ratings What makes a great leader? More than one third of employees surveyed on Comparably.com said they’d have a better vision/strategy if they were the boss and nearly half of employees surveyed say their direct manager needs to improve upon communication the most. The 7th annual Best Leadership Teams list … Read full-story
Ratings Deadline: Best Companies for Career Growth & Best Leadership Teams
Working for inspiring and empowering leaders who consistently give meaningful feedback on how you can improve in your job is important. Equally important is working for a company that can provide the tools and professional development opportunities to excel in your career. If you believe you work for this kind of company and these kinds … Read full-story
Deadline for Comparably’s 2023 Best Places to Work Awards
Comparably’s deadline to qualify for its big end-of-year Best Places to Work Awards are coming up soon! From Best CEOs and Best Company Cultures to Best Companies for Women and Best Companies for Diversity, the top-rated winners of the year will be unveiled in mid-December. Unlike other award programs, there is no submission process or fee … Read full-story
A Conversation with Ancestry CEO Deb Liu
It’s always exciting to talk to female CEOs who have been as successful as the guest for the next episode of the Leadership Lessons series, because their life lessons will always include wisdom they’ve had to pick up from the extra hurdles placed in their way. Comparably Co-founder & CEO Jason Nazar had a talk like … Read full-story
A Conversation with GoodRX Co-founder & Co-CEO Doug Hirsch
It’s no secret that in the United States, our healthcare system is a source of endless aggravation and unnecessary pain and suffering for many members of our society. For the next episode of the Leadership Lessons series, Comparably Co-founder & CEO Jason Nazar had a talk with Doug Hirsch, Co-founder & Co-CEO of GoodRx, a wellness … Read full-story
A Conversation with Niraj Shah, Co-founder & CEO of Wayfair
During the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, e-commerce businesses soared as lockdowns kept shoppers indoors and focused on sprucing up their homes. Although a fundamental sea change was already happening from traditional big-box shopping retailers to online venues for home furnishings, the pandemic sped up the transition at lightning speed. For the latest Leadership Lessons episode, Comparably Co-founder & … Read full-story
Best Companies for Professional Development 2020
Career growth is an important factor that job seekers tend to prioritize when making their next move. Entry-level workers are looking to build a solid foundation while those in their mid-career look to find jobs where they can gain expertise or add more skills to their resume. When employees believe their employers care about their … Read full-story
Best Leadership Teams 2020
Workplace culture is bred from the top down, from the CEO to the executive team to the managers. As the culture influencers of companies, they have the ability to lead by example and through influence rather than authority. True leadership is about inspiring people to do what they never thought they could. Our data indicates … Read full-story
Best CEOs For Diversity 2020
Who are the best CEOs to work for, according to employees of color? For the third year in a row, Comparably has compiled its annual Best CEOs for Diversity to shine a spotlight on leaders who create inclusive cultures for all. This year the topic of diversity and inclusion has gained even greater significance, and … Read full-story
Women’s History Month Series: Leadership Lessons from HopSkipDrive Co-Founder & CEO Joanna McFarland
In Comparably’s weekly series commemorating Women’s History Month, we recognize female executives from our most recent Best CEOs of 2019 list. Highlighted this week is CEO Joanna McFarland from Los Angeles-based Hop Skip Drive, a mobile app that allows parents to hire transportation service for their children. The company pairs drivers with both families and school … Read full-story
8 Sure Signs of a Healthy Company Culture
A healthy workplace culture is an exceedingly enviable thing for any company to brag about. Resources like Comparably have given a clear voice to employees for airing any grievances and singing any praises about the companies they work for, so it’s harder than ever for a business to get away with a toxic workplace environment. … Read full-story
8 Soft Skills Every Manager Needs
According to Wikipedia, soft skills are a set of skills that “enable people to navigate their environment, work well with others, perform well, and achieve their goals.” Almost none are taught in school, and almost all are taught by simply living life and noting how others prefer to be treated. Much is said about the … Read full-story
Best Companies for Professional Development 2019
Comparably’s annual Best Companies for Professional Development 2019 represents the highest ranked companies for professional development from employees who anonymously rated their professional advancement and career growth opportunites. The award winners are segmented into two ranked lists: Top 25 large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 25 small/mid-size companies (less than 500 employees). See below … Read full-story
Best Leadership Teams 2019
Comparably’s annual Best Leadership Teams 2019 represents the best management teams as rated by their employees. The award winners are segmented into two ranked lists: Top 50 management teams from large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 50 management teams from small/mid-size companies (less than 500 employees). See below the lists for methodology. Top-Rated Leadership … Read full-story
Best CEOs for Diversity 2019
Comparably’s annual Best CEOs for Diversity 2019 represents the top-ranked CEOs, as rated on solely by diverse employees. The award winners are segmented into two ranked lists: Top 50 CEOs of large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 50 CEOs of small/mid-size companies (less than 500 employees). See below the lists for methodology. For 2018 … Read full-story
Best CEOs for Women 2019
Comparably’s annual Best CEOs for Women 2019 represents the top-ranked CEOs as rated on by their female employees. The award winners are segmented into two ranked lists: Top 50 CEOs from Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 50 CEOs from Small/Mid-Size companies (less than 500 employees). See below the lists for methodology. For 2018 … Read full-story
Participate in Comparably’s Upcoming Q2 CEO and Leadership Awards
In late June Comparably will unveil our next set of awards, highlighting the top-rated leaders in these categories: Best CEOs for Women (highest rated by female employees), Best CEOs for Diversity (highest rated by minority employees), Best Leadership Teams (companies with the highest rated executives), and Best Professional Development (companies with the highest ratings for growth opportunties). There is no … Read full-story
Five Ways To Be Emotionally Intelligent in The Workplace
We as human beings have always prized our intellect over all else, mostly because we’re the species that got the gold ribbon for accumulation of smarts. As a result of this, however, old-fashioned emotion began to be treated in human society as a sort of outdated user system that intelligence long ago replaced and rendered … Read full-story
6 Ways to Improve Work Meetings
Everyone knows the feeling when a work meeting has gone off the rails and turned into chaos or drifted off into nervous silence. Legs under the tables start shaking. Idle fingers start twirling pens or – worse – tapping them on tables. And when the smartphones start coming out of hiding, you know the … Read full-story
Survey: Execs & Entry-Level Employees Get More Valuable Feedback Than Anyone Else
Execs and Entry-Level Employees Get More Valuable Feedback Then Anyone Else Those at the top and bottom of the office ecosystem report receiving more practical and helpful advice regarding improving their work performance than the majority of workers currently between those two extremes. When asked how often they felt they received constructive feedback, the most … Read full-story
6 Ways to Improve the Happiness and Productivity of Your Team
It’s not that much of a stretch to compare a workplace to a biological organism. Feed a human being nothing but junk food and their health declines. Pour coffee on a plant every morning and see how it looks by 5 o’clock. And so it goes with groups of people: you want the best product, … Read full-story
Survey: 48% Say Their Managers Need to Brush Up On Their Communication Skills
When it comes to the most common manager flaws, weak communication takes the cake. Forty-eight percent of people say their managers need to improve their communication, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably of more than 10,000 people, predominantly in tech. The next most popular response was accountability (20%), positivity (16%), honesty (9%) and work ethic … Read full-story
Survey: Nearly 1 in 2 People Say Their Employers Aren’t Great at Retention
When asked whether their employers do what they should do to keep them as employees, 55% of respondents said yes and 45% of respondents said no, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. More than 10,000 workers, predominantly across the tech sector, responded to the query. By gender The results show that 53% of … Read full-story
Survey: The Most Beneficial Soft Skill for Your Career is Persistence
What soft skill has been most instrumental in helping your career? For 1 in 3 people, the answer is persistence. Indeed, 33% of respondents in an ongoing query by Comparably chose persistence more than any other soft skill. The other options were humility, likability, empathy and logic. Men vs. women From a gender perspective, both … Read full-story
7 Things the Best CEOs and Managers Do
It’s the dream of so many people in their careers to ascend the ranks and enter a position of authority. But with authority comes great responsibility: for top-ranking managers and CEOs, the company’s successes and failures ultimately rest on their shoulders. As a leader, it’s important to keep the company’s needs first and foremost on … Read full-story
Making the Case: Why Diversity Matters
You may find yourself scrambling when it comes to persuading your boss or team to put more resources into diversity initiatives. In an ideal world, they wouldn’t need to be persuaded, but since we all know our world is far from perfect, it’s worth being ready to make the case. Several studies have linked diversity … Read full-story
How to Figure Out Whether It’s Time to Quit Your Job
There are any number of reasons why you might consider leaving your job. Maybe your beloved boss left; maybe your coworkers aren’t being nice; maybe you were overlooked for that awesome promotion. Whatever the case, it’s normal to evaluate why you’re not happy at your job and whether it’s time to leave. Job hopping is … Read full-story
Survey: Working on Vacation Is a Bigger Problem for Gen Z Than Any Other Age Group
While a significant percentage of all people feel that their boss expects them to work on vacation, the rate was highest among 18- to 25-year-olds. Thirty-five percent of people 18 to 25 say their bosses expect them to work while they’re on vacation, according to the latest reading of an ongoing survey by Comparably. The rate fell … Read full-story
How to Boost Culture if You’re Not the Boss
Company culture comes from the top. In cases where the leadership is focused on building a positive culture, that’s a great thing. People are productive, engaged, collaborative and generally jazzed about what they do. But in cases where the leadership is lacking, or culture is considered something that “happens” instead of something actively managed, companies … Read full-story