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40 Best Companies
40 Best Companies for Leaders 2012 Listing
2012 |
2011 |
|
| 1 |
Procter & Gamble (2) |
JPMorgan Chase |
| 2 |
IBM (4) |
Proctor & Gamble |
| 3 |
General Electric (14) |
Wipro Technologies |
| 4 |
3M (24) |
IBM |
| 5 |
Southwest Airlines |
Bharat Petroleum |
| 6 |
ADP |
Verizon |
| 7 |
PepsiCo (17) |
Caterpillar |
| 8 |
Cardinal Health |
Hewlett Packard |
| 9 |
Caterpillar (7) |
National Australia Bank |
| 10 |
Discovery Communications |
Wells Fargo |
| 11 |
Dow Chemical |
Graybar Electric |
| 12 |
Boeing |
IBM |
| 13 |
Verizon (6) |
General Mills |
| 14 |
CRH plc. |
General Electric |
| 15 |
General Mills (13) |
PwC |
| 16 |
Hitachi Data Systems (36) |
Tata Steel |
| 17 |
International Paper |
PepsiCo |
| 18 |
Manpower Group |
American Express |
| 19 |
McDonald’s (31) |
HCL Technologies |
| 20 |
Stanley Black & Decker (20) |
Stanley Black & Decker |
| 21 |
The Cooper Companies (37) |
FedEx |
| 22 |
Sealed Air Corporationy |
Steris |
| 23 |
El Paso |
Aditya Birla |
| 24 |
National Australia Bank (9) |
3M |
| 25 |
David Jones Ltd |
Harris |
| 26 |
Stryker |
Medtronic |
| 27 |
Wolverine World Wide |
Acxiom |
| 28 |
Konecranes |
AVX |
| 29 |
Unilever Plc. |
JCPenny |
| 30 |
Barnes Group |
LG Electronics |
| 31 |
Aggreko plc. |
McDonald’s |
| 32 |
PwC (15) |
Saputo Dairy Products Canada |
| 33 |
Dominion |
Tupperware Brands |
| 34 |
DuPont Canada |
Avery Dennison |
| 35 |
Philips N.V. |
LG Electronics |
| 36 |
Saudi Basic Industries |
Hitachi Data Systems |
| 37 |
AAM |
The Cooper Companies |
| 38 |
DuPont (39) |
Sprint Nextel |
| 39 |
Faurecia Holdings |
DuPont |
| 40 |
Monsanto |
Michelin Malaysia |
The Best Private Companies for Leaders 2012
The Best Private Companies for Leaders 2012
Private companies operate in a much different business environment than public companies. Nevertheless, private companies that commit to leadership development deserve to be recognized in their own right. They may not be as large, but with fewer external distractions, many are actually more focused on developing their people—if on a reduced scale and with fewer resources. Here are 10 that stand out among this year’s respondents.
| Company | CEO | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Business Publications |
Connie Wimer |
| 2 |
JFE Shoji Service |
Mikio Fukushima |
| 3 |
Westfield Insurance |
Robert Joyce |
| 4 |
American Infrastructure |
A. Ross Meyers |
| 5 |
Eagle Manufacturing |
Joe Eddy |
| 6 |
Golder Associates |
Brian Conlin |
| 7 |
IT Authorities |
Jason Caras |
| 8 |
Genesis HealthCare |
George Hager |
| 9 |
Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd. |
Jianwei Zhang, President and Chief Country Representative Bombardier China |
| 10 |
Harwood International |
Gabriel Barbier-Mueller |