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The Sunday Times of London reported on its survey of best small companies to work for. The winner was a nonprofit called Christians Against Poverty.

I like the idea of looking at for-profit and nonprofit organizations together. And the Times had a nice comprehensive list of factors to measure when comparing the small companies they considered for the title of best place to work.

"The full list of factors by which SMEs are judged includes: Leadership: how employees feel about the head of the company and senior managers. Wellbeing: how staff feel about stress, pressure and the balance between their work and home life. My Manager: people’s feelings towards their immediate boss and their day-to-day managers. My Team: people’s feelings about their immediate colleagues. Fair Deal: how happy the workforce is with pay and benefits. Giving Something Back: how much companies are thought by their staff to put back into society, and into environmental protection. My Company: feelings about the company people work for as opposed to the people they work with. Personal Growth: whether staff feel challenged by their job, their skills are being used, and if there is scope for advancement."

This is a very thorough list. It only leaves out the one thing that almost all these surveys seem to miss: performance.

You can have all the things that are listed above, but if the organization doesn't perform, they're a waste. Without performance there are no resources to help people grow and develop or open up new positions.

It's good for leaders to be concerned with their people, but if they're not also able to marshal the available resources to accomplish a worthwhile mission, there won't be an organization that makes people happy for long.

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