RESTON, VA – April 28, 2020 – Collaborative Solutions announced today that it was ranked number one on the Best Workplace in Consulting and Professional Services list by FORTUNE Magazine and Great Place to Work® for small and medium companies. This is following the company earning a Great Place to Work-Certification™ for the sixth year in a row.
“It is a true honor to place on the top of this list as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company,” said Bob Maller, Collaborative’s President and Chief Culture Officer. “At Collaborative Solutions, we are driven by values to not only serve our customers well, but also our employees. This placement shows us that as we’ve grown and matured as a company, we’ve been able to achieve trust and satisfaction both in business and amongst our workforce, something difficult to accomplish in this demanding industry.”
This is a positive progression from the company’s ranking last year at #3. A summary of these ratings can be found here. The rankings considered feedback representing more than 357,000 US employees working in the consulting or professional services industry. The feedback assessed 60 elements of team members’ experience on the job including, trust in leadership, respect given to others, fairness in workplace decisions, and camaraderie within the organization.
Collaborative’s commitment to fostering a positive and supportive work environment has only been heightened during this unprecedented time navigating through a global pandemic. With remote practices already established, Collaborative nimbly adjusted to completely working from home, and since ‘shelter in place’ orders have been implemented, the level of collaboration throughout teams and across departments have far surpassed the outlined principles and standards set in the company’s core values. This teamwork, in turn, has been beneficial to customers who are delivered the same superior level of work, along with additional resources to excel in the current climate of the world.
“COVID-19 creates very unpredictable and rapidly changing markets for Consulting & Professional Services companies,” said Michael Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. “Companies on this list stand out for the high level of trust they have built with their entire workforce. High-trust, For All cultures enable these organizations today to quickly adjust to remote work arrangements and to successfully navigate through uncertain times.”
The Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work based on employee feedback from Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations.
Collaborative Solutions’ re-certification and placement on this list commence recognitions for 2020 after concluding 2019 with 12 awards, including:
- Fortune Best Workplaces for Women, #3
- Consulting Magazine Best Firm to Work For, #2
- Fortune Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services, #3
- Best Place to Work in Illinois, #5
- Top 100 Best Companies in Florida, #9
- Fortune Best Medium Workplace, #6
- Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, #13
- Great Place to Work Certification
- Great Place to Work for All Leadership Award
- Transformational CFO of the Year
- Best Place to Work in Atlanta, #10
- Best and Brightest in the Nation
About Collaborative Solutions
Collaborative Solutions is a leading global Finance and HR Transformation consultancy that leverages world-class cloud solutions to help deliver successful outcomes for its customers. As one of the longest-tenured consulting partners with Workday, Collaborative Solutions has a 98% customer satisfaction rate and has worked with 800 Workday Financial Management, Human Resources, Student and Payroll global Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses, and education and government institutions.
Collaborative Solutions has deployed in over 125 countries and has experience with organizations ranging from 200 to 200,000 employees. Collaborative Solutions is based in the Washington, D.C., metro area and has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Learn more here.
About the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services
Great Place to Work based its ranking on a data-driven methodology applied to anonymous Trust Index™ survey responses representing more than 357,000 employees working at Great Place to Work-Certified organizations in the consulting or professional services industry in the Unites States. This ranking was finalized prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and does not reflect companies’ roles or responses to their people or communities in addressing the impact of the coronavirus. To learn more about Great Place to Work Certification and recognition on Best Workplaces lists, visit Greatplacetowork.com.
About Great Place to Work
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. They help organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising®, their culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. They recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the US and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For® list published annually in Fortune.