KALAMAZOO, Mich., June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stryker Corporation announced that it received the Gallup Great Workplace Award during a gala on June 11, 2007, in Washington, DC.
The 12 award-winning organizations were evaluated by a panel of workplace experts and announced at The Gallup Great Workplace Summit on June 12, 2007. Stryker is among the winners because its results demonstrate it has one of the most productive and engaged workforces in the world. During the Summit, Great Workplace Award winners presented the improved business results they achieved through building an engaged workforce.
“The Gallup Great Workplace Awards are based on the most rigorous workplace research ever conducted,” said Tom Rath, who leads Gallup’s Workplace and Leadership Consulting practice. “Studying more than 10 million employees worldwide allowed us to set an extraordinarily high bar for this award. The winners have gone far beyond just offering nice perks and benefits. They have created an environment that truly engages people every day, throughout the organization.”
“Stryker is extremely proud to be recognized with the Great Workplace Award,” said Stephen P. MacMillan, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We take employee engagement very seriously because we have seen the direct link between a highly engaged workforce and our long track record for delivering exceptional growth and profitability. These great results in turn fuel ongoing opportunities for our people to build outstanding careers, and for continued personal growth and learning aligned to individual talents and passions. To be honored as one of the 12 great workplaces in the world is a testament to the outstanding managers and leaders we have in the company, who are truly the front line in building and sustaining this culture.”
Stryker Corporation is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies with the most broadly based range of products in orthopaedics and a significant presence in other medical specialties. Stryker works with respected medical professionals to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. The Company’s products include implants used in joint replacement, trauma, craniomaxillofacial and spinal surgeries; biologics; surgical, neurologic, ear, nose & throat and interventional pain equipment; and endoscopic, surgical navigation, communications and digital imaging systems; as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment. For more information about Stryker, please visit the company web site at http://www.stryker.com.
About the Gallup Great Workplace Awards
The Gallup Great Workplace Awards recognize the best-performing workforces in the world. Applicants’ results are compared across a workplace research database comprised of millions of work teams in more than 100 countries. A panel of workplace experts assesses the applicants’ results to select the winners.
Stryker Corporation
CONTACT: Katherine A. Owen, Vice President, Strategy and InvestorRelations of Stryker Corporation, +1-269-385-2600
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