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The world’s best workplaces 2019

Date

February 2020

Research sample
  • 40,000 Employees
  • 32 Workplaces
  • 22 Leesman+ organisations
  • 19 Industry sectors
Key words
  • Leesman+
  • Leadership
  • Workplace experience
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In 2019, 22 organisations obtained the Leesman+ certification across 32 workplaces across 19 industry sectors. The outstanding workplaces, analysed and celebrated in this publication, accommodate nearly 40,000 employees across 17 countries.

The world’s best workplaces 2019

The Leesman+ environments outperform their non-certified counterparts in the global Leesman database in nearly every way. These workplaces not only support individual productivity better than most other workplaces, but they are also places that workers are prouder of, and that foster a greater sense of community among their employees.

This publication explores how the workplaces that were Leesman+ certified in 2019 managed to do that. Our independent analysis sought to extract the essence of these buildings’ success, and communicate it so that others can achieve similar results. We aimed to understand what these exceptional buildings have in common, and what they do differently.

Key takeaways
  • High-performing workplaces are found across all industry sectors, geographical areas and building types.
  • The fully or predominantly flexible workplaces have, on average, less space per person, compared to those with a designated seating concept. However, they have managed to do so without compromising the variety of different types of work settings.
  • An emerging theme visible in the 2019 Leesman+ workplaces is an increase in the number of organisations who have pursued a wellbeing certification. Although still outnumbered, these workplaces deliver consistently higher scores on nearly all lines of enquiry.
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