Hyatt Selected For 2012 Gallup Great Workplace Award

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) proudly announced today that it has been named a recipient of the 2012 Gallup Great Workplace Award. The annual award recognizes the best-performing workforces in the world, and Hyatt was chosen for its ability to create an engaged workplace culture.

“The winners of this award have established a new global standard for engaging people,” said Tom Rath, who leads Gallup’s Workplace and Leadership Consulting practice. “When compared to the millions of workgroups we have studied around the world, the awardees have worked tirelessly to create an environment that values people. They go far beyond trivial perks to ensure that each employee has an emotional connection to the company’s mission and growth.”

The Gallup Great Workplace Award is based on rigorous workplace research. To be eligible for nomination, an organization has to have at least 80 percent of their global workgroup respond to the annual Gallup survey, and at least 50 percent of the collective workgroup results need a grand mean score of 4.15 or higher (out of five).

In 2011, more than 70,000 individuals who work at Hyatt hotels around the world participated in the survey, with results showing that they enjoy their workplace, appreciate Hyatt’s professional development training programs, and take pride in providing authentic hospitality to guests.

Once Gallup identifies the leading organizations, they look at the following judging criteria:

• Analysis demonstrating how the organization links engagement to business outcomes.
• A strategic plan that highlights building engagement in the organization.
• Concrete examples of two or three best practices or organization-wide initiatives created or used to increase or promote employee engagement.
• Evidence of dedication on a workgroup level of driving engagement of associates.
• An example of how engaged employees have made a difference with the organization’s customers.

A panel of workplace experts evaluated the award-winning organizations, and Hyatt was chosen as one of the top 27 organizations because its results demonstrate one of the most productive and engaged workforces in the world.

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