{"id":11145,"date":"2017-05-05T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gibbonswhistler.com\/?p=11145"},"modified":"2017-05-05T07:38:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T14:38:38","slug":"can-we-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gibbonswhistler.com\/can-we-do-better\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Mean to Be the Best and Can We Do Better?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last week we learned that our head office \u2014 Gibbons Whistler<\/a> \u2014 was named one of the \u201cBest Workplaces in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n Recognized by the Great Place to Work Institute Canada<\/a>, Gibbons was one of the top 15 small businesses<\/a> in Canada. The award is specifically for our head office, the 28 employees in charge of marketing, finance and human resources. Among other things, the award highlighted our long-standing weekly family dinners<\/a> at Gibbons as one of the factors that set us apart.<\/p>\n Well done team!<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think we were really expecting to win anything. We\u2019ve never really entered awards in the past so this was an exercise designed to see where we stand, a way for us to learn from others and ultimately become better. To be perfectly candid, I\u2019ve never put much stock in outside awards and labels. We don\u2019t need a logo at the top of our letterhead to tell us we\u2019re a good employer; we\u2019re a good employer because we do the right thing.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve learned throughout this exercise, however, is that there is immense value in the process to get there.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s great to be recognized as one of the \u201cBest Workplaces in Canada.\u201d What a message that sends to our employees, our future employees, and to people we do business with. But I think the true value in the award has less to do with the label itself, and far more to do with what it takes to get recognized.<\/p>\n Applying for awards like these forces you to take a deep look inwards and give some serious evaluation to your business \u2014 What kind of business are we? How do we measure up against others? Are we on the right path?<\/p>\n It really has me thinking: Can we be better?<\/p>\n I think we can.<\/p>\n