Effectively leading through change defines excellence for Aon’s 2018 Best Employers in Canada
November 09 2017 - 9:00AM
Aon, a leading global professional services firm providing a broad
range of risk, retirement and health solutions, released its 2018
Aon Best Employers in Canada – the country’s premier benchmark for
the quality and performance of excellent workplaces –– recognizing
63 companies, including 31 organizations with more than 400
employees and 32 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Now in
its 19th year, the Aon Best Employers in Canada Study is based on
the opinions of almost 734,000 employees across approximately 500
Canadian organizations.
This year’s results highlight management factors that
characterize organizations with highly engaged employees. Overall
employee engagement in the survey group remained largely unchanged
from last year. However, Platinum-level Best Employers, which
scored in the top quartile of the Study, clearly differentiated
themselves in engagement measures that relate to managing through
change – a sign, says Aon, that Best Employers are much more
effective at attracting, retaining and engaging high performers
through disruptive times.
Quotes: “Almost every organization we
surveyed is facing some kind of disruption, and a lot of it is
being generated by technology, directly or indirectly,” said Todd
Mathers, Partner, Talent, Rewards and Performance Consulting, Aon
Hewitt. “The pressure that we’ve been seeing is that the
advancement of technology – and related changes in how work is done
in organizations – are creating an environment of increasing
uncertainty for employees, many of whom need to work in different
ways while at the same time delivering expected results. This
year’s survey data highlight how Best Employers are helping and
leading employees through those challenges.”
“One key indicator is in the survey dimension Enabling Work,
which measures how effectively organizations are equipping
employees to perform their work tasks through effective work
processes, people resources, information, and tools and
technology,” Mathers added. “Platinum-level Best Employers are far
better at this than non-Best Employers, by a margin of 18
percentage points – the biggest differential of any engagement
dimension in the Study. Not only do Best Employers do a better job
enabling their employees, but they are also more effective in
supporting employees through technology and work process
changes.”
“Strong leadership is also vital to effectively managing
disruption, because good leaders are able to articulate the need
for change and motivate employees to support it,” he continued.
“Again, we can see this in the data: Platinum-level Best Employers
score 17 percentage points higher than non-Best Employers in the
Senior Leadership dimension. Platinum Best Employers are also
better, by similar margins, in Recognition and in Managing
Performance – helping employees feel valued by providing them with
appropriate feedback and rewards, and helping them connect the work
they do with higher-level organization objectives.”
Key Facts:
- Average engagement for Platinum-level Best Employers (top 25%
of all organizations) stood at 79%, down slightly from 80% last
year. Average engagement among Gold-level Best Employers (top 33%of
all organizations) was 73%, unchanged.
- Among sectors, Banking and Financial Services represented the
greatest number of Best Employers, followed by Software and IT,
Insurance, and Construction and Engineering.
- Among the scoring categories with the largest differentials
between Platinum-level Best Employers and non-Best Employers, those
related to an organization’s ability to effectively lead through
change stood out, especially Enabling Work (74% versus 56%), Senior
Leadership (77% versus 60%), Managing Performance (74% versus 57%),
and Recognition (68% versus 53%).
- Platinum-level Best Employers were also significantly more
effective in the areas of supporting employee Learning &
Development (+16% over non-Best Employers) and future Career
Opportunities (+17%).
About the Aon Best Employers in Canada Study
The Aon Best Employers in Canada Study is the country’s premier
benchmark for assessing the quality and performance of workplace
excellence using global standards based on more than 20 years of
learnings and best practices from Aon studies conducted all over
the world, relying on data collected in more than 150 markets from
over 9,000 organizations in 68 industries, including over 734,000
employees and more than 500 companies of all sizes in Canada.
Recognized organizations have achieved outstanding results among
their Canadian counterparts for engaging employees, demonstrating
effective leadership, building a performance culture and leveraging
the strength of their employer brand.
Aon’s Best Employers in Canada (>400 employees) and Aon’s
Best Small and Medium-sized Employers in Canada award recipients
(<400 employees) for 2018 appear in the print edition of
Maclean’s, the online edition of Canadian Business magazine on
November 9, and in the November 10 edition of La Presse (see list
on next page).
To learn more about the Aon Best Employers studies and register
online to participate, please visit the Aon Best Employers
website.
About Aon Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading
global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk,
retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120
countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and
analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve
performance.
Media contactFor further information please
contact: Alexandre Daudelin (+1.514.982.4910)
Aon’s Best Employers in Canada for 2018
(>400 employees) |
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Platinum Award
Recipients |
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada |
Equitable Bank |
ATB Financial |
Farm Credit Canada |
BBA |
Federal Express Canada Corporation |
Bennett Jones LLP |
Intact Financial Corporation |
Birchwood Automotive Group |
Keg Restaurants Ltd. |
Canadian Apartment Property Real Estate Investment
Trust |
Libro Credit Union |
CIMA+ |
Maritime Travel Inc. |
Cintas Canada Limited |
Meridian Credit Union |
Clark Builders Group of Companies |
Purdys Chocolatier |
Colliers International |
SAP Canada |
Davis Auto Group |
Stikeman Elliott LLP |
Dilawri's Crown Auto Group |
The Co-operators |
Edward Jones |
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Gold Award
Recipients |
Alterna Savings |
MNP LLP |
British Columbia Automobile Association |
OpenRoad Auto Group Ltd. |
La Capitale Groupe financier |
PCL Constructors Inc. |
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Aon’s Best Small and Medium-sized Employers in Canada
for 2018 (<400 employees) |
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Platinum Award
Recipients |
Addenda Capital Inc. |
Lakeside Process Controls Ltd. |
Axonify |
Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Inc. |
BlueShore Financial |
NorWest Co-op Community Health |
Bosa Properties |
OPTIMUS | SBR |
Celero Solutions |
Ryan ULC |
Cority Software Inc. (formerly Medgate) |
Solutions 2 GO Inc. |
DLGL Technologies Corporation |
Solvera Solutions |
Fusion Homes |
The Berkeley Retirement Residences |
GEF Seniors Housing |
Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company |
Grantek Systems Integration Ltd. |
Vigilant - a DRW company |
Kawartha Credit Union |
You.i TV |
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Gold Award
Recipients |
Arrow Engineering |
LGM Financial Services Inc. |
CAAT Pension Plan |
Miele Limited |
Canadian Canola Growers Association |
Naylor Building Partnerships |
Jayman BUILT Group of Companies |
Professionals financial |
Kindred Credit Union |
Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology Inc. |
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