LAVAL,
QC, March 31, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Inspired by
a "One Team" culture focused on putting its people and customers
first, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. ("ACT"), a global leader in
convenience and mobility, has received the 2022 Gallup Exceptional
Workplace Award (GEWA). This is the first time ACT has been honored
as a winner of the GEWA, which recognizes the world's most engaged
workplace cultures, and ACT is the only convenience retailer among
this year's honorees.
As workplaces worldwide faced continuing historic upheaval, ACT
stood out in its ability to engage and develop its people amid the
disruption, Gallup found.
"Gallup's 2022 GEWA winners have steered their organizations
through another unprecedented and challenging year. They didn't
slow down or hit 'pause' during times of uncertainty. They
stayed true to their organizational values. Gallup commends all of
the 2022 GEWA winners for their resiliency, determination, and
commitment to making their people a priority," said Jim Harter, Gallup's Chief Scientist of
Workplace Management and Wellbeing.
The GEWA winners' ratio of engaged employees to actively
disengaged employees is 13 times higher than the global average.
Worldwide, only 20 percent of employees are engaged — that is,
committed to their work and connected to their workplace — and just
34 percent of employees in the U.S. workforce are engaged.
The most recently completed Gallup employee engagement survey
found 60 percent engagement among ACT employees.
"At Couche-Tard, we strive to foster an environment in which our
team members feel valued, heard and respected, seize opportunities
for their personal and professional growth and embrace their vital
role in the growth and success of our business," said Ina Strand, Chief People Officer for ACT. "The
Gallup employee engagement survey – that we call myVOICE – has
become a tremendous tool for listening to the needs and concerns of
our people and setting annual action plans to address them, and we
are delighted to see our efforts recognized this year by our
first-ever GEWA."
"To be recognized as a Gallup exceptional workplace among such
prestigious global honorees is a proud moment for ACT," said
Brian Hannasch, President and CEO of
ACT. "Protecting and promoting ACT's winning culture is a top
priority for us, and we have worked hard, together as One Team, to
create a highly engaged workforce and company that has only become
better and stronger through the challenges of recent years."
Gallup's meta-analysis on team engagement and performance is the
most comprehensive workplace study ever conducted, with data on
more than 2 million employees in 276 organizations across 54
industries and 96 countries. According to Gallup, highly engaged
organizations significantly outperform their peers in important
business outcomes, including customer ratings, profitability,
productivity, turnover, safety incidents, shrinkage, absenteeism,
quality, wellbeing and organizational citizenship.
For a complete list of GEWA winners and more about the selection
process, visit the winners' page.
About Alimentation Couche-Tard
Inc.
Couche-Tard is a global leader in convenience and fuel retail,
operating in 26 countries and territories, with more than 14,100
stores, of which approximately 10,800 offer road transportation
fuel. With its well-known Couche-Tard and Circle K banners, it is
one of the largest independent convenience store operators in
the United States and it is a
leader in the convenience store industry and road transportation
fuel retail in Canada,
Scandinavia, the Baltics, as well as in Ireland. It also has an important presence in
Poland and Hong Kong SAR.
Approximately 124,000 people are employed throughout its
network.
For more information on Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. or to
consult its quarterly Consolidated Financial Statements and
Management Discussion and Analysis, please visit:
https://corpo.couche-tard.com.
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