What It Takes to Be Among the 'Best'

13.07.2009
I did a quick analysis comparing the 2003 vs. 2009 rankings of [June 8/June 15]. Here's what I found:

Bottom line: The "Best Places" distinction appears to be largely cultural: Either you have it or you don't. And it appears quite easy for employers to lose their bearings, i.e., stop doing what they were doing, and plummet in the rankings or fall off altogether. Or worse, fail to even apply to be considered year after year. A sign of corporate fatigue or even depression, perhaps?

The "best" seem to try harder than the rest to preserve their cultures and fortify their roots, no matter what. That's why they are the best.

Bill ReynoldsAnalyst Foote Partners LLC Vero Beach, Fla. billr@footepartners.com