Steelcase Claimed Company

Work, at its best, is the wonder of what human beings can make possible. At Steelcase, we help people do their best work by creating places that work better. For over a century, we have designed, manufactured and partnered with the world’s leading organizations to create an expansive range of furnishings and solutions for all the places where work happens — including learning, health and working from home. We are driven to deeply understand the changing realities of work that our customers face. Through human-centered research and critical design-thinking, we uncover insights that lead us to innovation and breakthrough design. Our solutions come to life through talented design professionals and our Steelcase dealer community, who provide local expertise and tailored experiences with the global power of Steelcase. And because we recognize that we must do our best work for the places we all share, we stand together for people and the planet — using our business as a force for good. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 239

TOTAL RATINGS: 2089

CEO: Sara Armbruster

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Sara Armbruster Steelcase CEO Rating

Steelcase's CEO, Sara Armbruster, has 187 employee ratings and a score of 79/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that females at Steelcase rate Sara Armbruster higher than males, giving the CEO a score of 75/100.

Last updated 15 days ago.

Where This Score Ranks Steelcase's CEO Rating

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Steelcase CEO Sara Armbruster Bio

Sara Armbruster is the President and CEO of Steelcase Inc., the company trusted by organizations around the world to create inspiring, productive, adaptable, and safe workplaces.

In addition to her role on the company’s board of directors, Sara brings executive experience from several positions to the office of CEO, which she assumed in October 2021. Most recently, she served as executive vice president of Steelcase and, before that, as vice president, strategy, research and digital transformation. As leader of this group, Sara was responsible for advancing digital technologies and digital transformation at Steelcase. This included leadership of the Steelcase Smart and Connected business, which focuses on augmenting performance through offerings that integrate intelligence into the workplace, as well as leadership of the IT organization.

Sara also has had responsibility for a range of innovation activities including global design research, the design and implementation of new business models, and the development of external growth opportunities, including acquisitions and partnerships. ln addition, in past roles Sara has had oversight for the company’s Applied Research + Consulting practice, Steelcase Health, Steelcase Education and the PolyVision subsidiary, which Steelcase divested in 2019.

Before joining Steelcase, Sara served as vice president of business development at Banta Corporation, a publicly traded global printing and supply chain services company based in Menasha, Wisconsin. ln that role, she led strategy development and managed all merger and acquisition activity. Sara also worked for McKinsey & Company in Boston, Massachusetts and Andersen Consulting in New York, New York. Her consulting experience spanned industries and included work in North America, Europe and Asia.

Sara currently serves on the board of directors of Winnebago Industries. She also sits on the board of overseers of the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as the boards of Fifth Third West Michigan, Blandford Nature Center, the National Charity League of Grand Rapids and the West Michigan Youth Ballet.

Sara holds a bachelor’s degree in Slavic languages and literatures from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut; a master’s degree in international relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.; and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Who Ranks Steelcase's CEO Rating the Highest?

Experience - 1 to 3 Years 80/100

Experience - Over 10 Years 79/100

Ethnicity - Caucasian 77/100

Who Ranks Steelcase's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Experience - 6 to 10 Years 43/100

Ethnicity - African American/Black 53/100

Department - Engineering 67/100

Steelcase CEO Sara Armbruster At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Steelcase.

Based on 187 ratings, Sara Armbruster ranks right above Haworth's CEO, Franco Bianchi.

Steelcase's CEO is highly regarded by employees with 1 to 3 Years experience, employees with Over 10 Years experience, and Caucasian employees. However, employees with 6 to 10 Years experience, African American/Black employees, and the Engineering department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.