We’ve crunched the numbers and the results are in! These are the top bosses in America employees love working for most. The top three winners of Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards for the Highest Rated CEOs in 2016 (among employers with more than 1,000 employees) are Bain & Company’s Bob Bechek (99% approval), Ultimate Software’s Scott Scherr (99% approval) and McKinsey & Company’s Dominic Barton (99% approval).
Check out the full results here:
We also compiled results for the Highest Rated CEOs in several other countries, including:
- 25 Highest Rated CEOs – Canada
- 25 Highest Rated CEOs – UK
- 10 Highest Rated CEOs – France
- 10 Highest Rated CEOs – Germany
- 10 Highest Rated CEOs – The Netherlands
The winners were determined based on employee feedback shared on Glassdoor over the past year. When employees complete a company review, they’re asked to rate several aspects of their experience working for their company, including how they feel about their CEO. Employees can choose from three options when rating their CEO: approve, disapprove or no opinion. Glassdoor requires a minimum number of approval ratings of the CEO by category and region as baseline criteria for this award. See the full methodology for complete details on how we compiled the Employees’ Choice Awards.
These CEOs hail from different backgrounds and companies, but there are a few common traits among them. These leaders are revered for dedication to their company mission, investment in company culture, transparency in leadership and approachability.
If your CEO made this list, be sure to congratulate him or her! You should be very proud.
What to do if your CEO didn’t make the list
If your CEO didn’t make the list, 2017 is on the horizon. Make getting your CEO on the Highest Rated CEOs list 2017 a goal for the coming year. It may seem like luck, but these CEOs and companies have worked hard to get to this point.
Something you can do right away to start working toward this goal is making sure your CEO is eligible for consideration for this award. For the U.S. large companies (more than 1,000 employees) list, this year’s methodology required companies to have a minimum of 100 Glassdoor-approved company reviews. This includes at least 100 CEO approval ratings and at least 100 senior management ratings from employees.
For U.S. small and medium companies, this year’s methodology required companies with fewer than 1,000 employees to have a minimum of 35 Glassdoor-approved company reviews, including 35 CEO approval ratings and 35 senior management ratings from current and former employees.
If you don’t have enough Glassdoor content on your page, we recommend running an employee engagement campaign. Ask for reviews from new hires after 90 days of employment. Ask for reviews during employee anniversaries or promotions. Ask for reviews during exit interviews. Employees can leave one review per year, so any yearly benchmarks you recognize at your company can be used as opportunities to ask for Glassdoor reviews.
Meeting the required number of reviews is the first step, but for more advice on how to work your way up to making the list, be sure to check out all of our Highest Rated CEOs resources.
