40 Best Companies For Leaders

2014 Rank	Company/CEO	2013 Rank	Company/CEO
1	P&G / A.G. Lafley	1	P&G / Robert McDonald
2	IBM / Virginia Rometty	3	General Electric / Jeffrey Immelt
3	General Electric / Jeffrey Immelt	2	IBM / Virginia Rometty
4	Accenture / Pierre Nanterme		Dow Chemical / Andrew Liveris
5	Unilever / Paul Polman		Verizon Communications / Lowell McAdam
6	Dow Chemical / Andrew Liveris	4	Caterpillar / Douglas Oberhelman
7	McDonald’s / Donald Thompson	18	Hitachi Data Systems / Jack Domme
8	Monsanto / Hugh Grant	11	Arthur J. Gallagher / J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr.
9	Hormel Foods / Jeffrey M. Ettinger		Boeing / W. James McNerney, Jr.
10	General Mills / Kendall Powell	15	3M / Inge Thulin
11	VF Corporation / Eric C. Wiseman		Monsanto / Hugh Grant
12	W.W. Grainger / James T. Ryan		PepsiCo / Indra Nooyi
13	Caterpillar / Douglas Oberhelman	6	Royal Caribbean Cruises / Richard Fain
14	Verizon Communications / Lowell McAdam	5	The Cooper Companies / Robert Weiss
15	TJX Companies / Carol Meyrowitz		General Mills / Kendall Powell
16	Sprint / Daniel Hesse	16	Sprint Nextel / Daniel Hesse
17	Maxim Integrated / Tunc Doluca	37	Bridgestone Americas / Gary Garfield
18	Southwest Airlines / Gary Kelly		McDonald’s / Donald Thompson
19	DENTSPLY International / Bret Wise		ADP / Carlos Rodriguez
20	ADP / Carlos Rodriguez	19	Shoppers Drug Mart / Domenic Pilla
21	HNI / Stan A. Askren		Bayer MaterialScience / Patrick Thomas
22	McKesson / John Hammergren		Barnes Group / Gregory Milzcik
23	3M / Inge Thulin	10	NOVA Chemicals / Randy Woelfel
24	Konecranes / Pekka Lundmark	30	Bristow Group / William Chiles
25	Ecolab / Douglas M. Baker, Jr.	28	Cardinal Health / George Barrett
26	EMC Insurance / Bruce Kelley	35	BP China / Robert Dudley
27	Cardinal Health / George Barrett	25	Dimension Data / Brett Dawson
28	Green Mountain Coffee Roasters / Brian P. Kelley		Ecolab / Douglas M. Baker, Jr.
29	RPM International / Frank C. Sullivan		Johnson Matthey / Neil Carson
30	Emerson Electric / David Farr		Konecranes / Pekka Lundmark
31	Comcast / Brian Roberts		Olympic Steel / Michael Siegal
32	Shoppers Drug Mart / Domenic Pilla	20	Phillips NV / Frans van Houten
33	Barnes Group / Patrick Dempsey	22	Autoliv / Jan Carlson
34	Cash America Int’l / Daniel R. Feehan		Hyatt / Mark Hoplamazian
35	Dangote Cement / Aliko Dangote		EMC Insurance / Bruce Kelley
36	The Cooper Companies / Robert Weiss	14	Harman International / Dinesh Paliwal
37	Huntington Bancshares / Stephen Steinour		Maxim Integrated / Tunc Doluca
38	Citigroup / Michael Corbat		Libbey / Stephanie Streeter
39	Paychex / Martin Mucci		ResMed / Peter Farrell
40	Esterline / Curtis Reusser		Kelly Services / Carl Camden

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40 Best Companies For Leaders – 2014

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