Chief Executive Magazine Reveals 2014′s Best Companies for Leaders
P&G, IBM and General Electric Top the List of Organizations Most Invested in Nurturing Talent Development
GREENWICH, Conn., Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Chief Executive magazine announced that P&G, IBM and General Electric earned the top spots in its 2014 Best Companies for Leaders ranking.
P&G retained its #1 rank from 2013, while IBM and General Electric switched at #2 and #3. New to the Top 10 rankings are Accenture (#4), Unilever (#5) and Hormel Foods (#9).
Top 10 Best Companies for Leaders 2014
| Rank | Company | CEO |
| 1 | P&G | A.G. Lafley |
| 2 | IBM | Virginia Rometty |
| 3 | General Electric | Jeffrey Immelt |
| 4 | Accenture | Pierre Nanterme |
| 5 | Unilever | Paul Polman |
| 6 | Dow Chemical | Andrew Liveris |
| 7 | McDonald’s | Donald Thompson |
| 8 | Monsanto | Hugh Grant |
| 9 | Hormel Foods | Jeffrey M. Ettinger |
| 10 | General Mills | Kendall Powell |
Source: Chief Executive magazine/For full list of 40 Best Companies for Leaders, click here.
“These are the companies that truly make people a priority by investing the most time and effort into talent development,” said J.P. Donlon, editor-in-chief of Chief Executive magazine. “While most companies say they value their people, these are the organizations that make it happen on a daily basis—in good times and bad.”
The ultimate question for corporate leaders is whether leadership development pays off? Yes, says the data, which shows that the top 15% of companies surveyed for the ranking generated average market capitalization growth of 200% over a 10-year period (2003 to 2013) versus 85% average market capitalization growth for companies that ranked in the bottom 15%.
Created in collaboration with Chally Group Worldwide and the Human Capital Institute, the ranking is based on five factors:
The 40 Best Companies for Leaders were chosen from among public companies with minimum revenue of $1 billion. Chief Executivemagazine also ranked the 10 best private companies, which were led by Deloitte, PwC and Transplace. The list of the 10 Best Private Companies for Leaders can be found here.
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