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6 THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019 THE MORNING CALL

AWARDS
THESE WORKPLACES AND INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED
THE HIGHEST RANKINGS IN SPECIFIC CATEGORIES
AMONG THOSE SURVEYED.

Leadership, Large company: Values:
Caroll Neubauer, B. Braun Medical Inc. Uline Shipping Supplies

Leadership, Midsize company: Clued in Senior Management:
Brett Bacho, Kitchen Magic Inc. Paxos Restaurants

Leadership, Small company: Communication:
How Top Workplaces Senior Care – Lehigh Valley Appreciation:
Ed Duborg, Amanda
Brown & Brown of LV, LP

in the Lehigh Valley Direction: Jerdon Construction Services
Dream Live Prosper
Work/Life Flexibility:
make the winners list Managers: ADP LLC
Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
Training:
New Ideas: Lehigh Valley Health Network
By Bob Helbig Robbins Rehabilitation
Of Energage Benefits:
Doers: King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul LLC
ow does a company make the Top
Workplaces list? By inspiring Penn Treaty Network America
employees. CONGRATULATIONS
“Top Workplaces put the em- Meaningfulness:
Hployee at the center of things, and Parkland School District TO THIS YEAR’S WINNERS!
focus on creating the right environment to
unleash potential and inspire performance,” said
Doug Claffey, CEO of Energage, The Morning
Call’s research partner for Top Workplaces.
This is the seventh year the The Morning Call
partnered with Philadelphia-based Energage to
determine the Lehigh Valley’s Top Workplaces.
The results are based solely on a scientific
employee survey process.
Starting in July, The Morning Call welcomed
anyone to nominate companies as Top Work- CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
places. Energage also reached out to companies. Doug Claffey is the CEO of
In all,962 employers in the region were invitedto Energage, the Philadelphia
take part in the process. Any employer was company that partnered
eligible, as long as it had at least 35 employees in with The Morning Call
the Lehigh Valley. Employers could be public, to determine 2019's
private, nonprofit or governmental. There is no Top Workplaces.
cost to enter the Top Workplaces program.
For this year, 69 organizations agreed to take the survey. Combined, they
employ 28,844 people in the Lehigh Valley. Of those employees who received
questionnaires, 12,463 responded, either on paper or online. For this year’s
winners list, 45 Lehigh Valey employers earned recognition as Top Workplaces
based on the employee feedback.
The employee engagement survey of 24 questions gathers responses
regarding issues relating to workplace culture:
■ Alignment: where the company is headed, its values, cooperation
■ Connection: employees feel appreciated, their work is meaningful
■ Effectiveness: doing things efficiently and well, sharing different
viewpoints, encouraging new ideas
■ Manager: cares about concerns, helps employees develop
■ Engagement: motivation, retention and recruiting
■ Leadership: confidence in company leaders
■ The basics: pay, benefits, flexibility, training, expectations
Employees consistently rate alignment and connection as most important to
them, while statements related to pay and benefits rate less importantly.
Employers are ranked among groups of similar size to most accurately
compare results. Within those groupings, companies are ranked, and those that
score high enough are recognized as Top Workplaces. Energage also
determines special award winners based on standout scores on specific survey
topics.
Ifyouwonderwhyaparticularcompanyisnotonthelist,itmightbebecause
it chose not to participate in the survey, or because it did not score well enough
in the survey process. Sometimes, Energage disqualifies employers based on
questionable results detected through statistical tests it runs to ensure
organizations are accurately administering the survey.
To participate in the 2020 program, go to www.themorningcall.com/
nominate.