INC Magazine and Winning Workplaces
LoadSpring Solutions is proud to announce being selected as a winner of Inc. magazine and Winning Workplaces 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces competition—an annual contest that recognizes the nation’s best small and mid-sized company work environments—in Inc.’s June issue.
Every year since 2003, Winning Workplaces, an Evanston, IL-based nonprofit organization, has recognized those firms that attribute much of their business success to their commitment to exemplary people practices and outstanding workplace cultures.
LoadSpring offers its employees an extra weeks vacation and up to $6000 to encourage travel outside of the United States. “Our program, called CultureSpring, enables employees to experience first-hand different cultures which creates the opportunity for employees to build a broader perspective and appreciation of the world.”, says Eric Leighton, President and CEO. Dyn, a 24-hour software support firm,acts as a single team; no task is too small for any employee to perform. The CEO works the support queue, the founder handles “on call” rotations, and managers still answer midnight phone calls. The 2011 Top Small Company Workplaces are, as represented by the organizations above, compelling examples of successful organizations with unique, exceptional cultures.
Winning Workplaces and Inc. received nearly 350 completed applications for the contest. A national panel of experts in leadership and small to mid-sized business judged the finalists. Selections were based on specific metrics and qualitative assessments of the finalists’ success in creating the kind of workplaces that engage employees and deliver bottom-line results.
“This year’s winning firms distinguish themselves in so many ways,” asserts Ken Lehman, chairman of Winning Workplaces. “They are steadily growing their revenues, often out performing their industries; have identified niches where they add unmatched value; and are guided by strong missions and values. And, they make no secret of the fact that a key driver behind their success is their engaged and committed workforces.”
“These firms represent some of the finest privately held companies in the world,” states Bob LaPointe, president of Inc. “Their stories, appearing in the June issue of Inc., clearly demonstrate that taking an innovative approach to creating the right culture—one in which human capital is embedded in a company’s value proposition—can create real competitive leadership. Each of these Top Small Company Workplaces offers an environment in which people flourish and, as a result, profit follows.”
2011 Top Small Company Workplaces Winners:
- Akraya, Inc., Sunnyvale, California
- Applications Software Technology Corporation, Naperville, Illinois
- Arc Aspicio, LLC, Arlington, Virginia
- Bersin &Associates, Oakland, California
- Box.net, PaloAlto, California
- Cal-Tex Protective Coatings, Inc., Schertz, Texas
- Dyn (formerlyDynamic Network Services), Manchester, New Hampshire
- Emma, Nashville, Tennessee
- Fire Engine RED, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Firespring, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Fitness Anywhere (dba TRX), San Francisco ,California
- G5, Bend, Oregon
- Galileo Learning, LLC, Oakland, California
- Gold Eagle Co., Chicago, Illinois
- Golden Artist Colors, Inc., New Berlin, New York
- Harrell Remodeling, Mountain View, California
- Hopkins Printing, Columbus, Ohio
- ImageSoft Inc., Southfield, Michigan
- ITAGroup,Inc., West Des Moines, Iowa
- Kitware, Inc., Clifton Park, New York
- KnightPoint Systems, Reston, Virginia
- Linhart Public Relations, Denver, Colorado
- LoadSpring Solutions Inc, Lawrence, Massachusetts
- M & E Painting, LLC, Loveland, Colorado
- McGraw Wentworth, Troy, Michigan
- Medical Present Value, Inc., Austin, Texas
- Menlo Innovations LLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Namasté Solar, Boulder, Colorado
- n-Link Corporation, Bend, Oregon
- Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C. (NFC), Short Hills, New Jersey
- One Call Now, Troy, Ohio
- Projectline Services, Inc., Seattle, Washington
- Quantum Health, Inc., Columbus, Ohio
- rbb Public Relations, Coral Gables, Florida
- ReadyTalk, Denver, Colorado
- Resource Technologies, Troy, Michigan
- Service Express, Inc. (SEI), Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Skullcandy Inc., Park City, Utah
- Sonoma Partners, LLC, Chicago, Illinois
- Southern Rewinding, Columbus, Georgia
- Submittal Exchange, Waukee, Iowa
- Symbiont Service Corp., Englewood, Florida
- Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Tastefully Simple, Inc., Alexandria, Minnesota
- Turner Consulting Group (TCG), Washington, DC
- The FruitGuys, South San Francisco, California
- The LaSalle Network, Chicago, Illinois
- The Squires Group, Inc., Annapolis, Maryland
- Torch Technologies, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama
- Veson Nautical, Boston, Massachusetts
About LoadSpring Solutions
Founded in 1999, LoadSpring Solutions delivers and supports secure application-hosting services for project teams through its intuitive, user-friendly SpringBoard Control Console™ interface. LoadSpring supports Fortune 100 companies and top Engineering News-Record (ENR) firms in construction, heavy equipment manufacturing, real estate services, financial institutions, engineering and energy/utilities. For more information, contact Stacey Witt at switt@connexiacommunications.com or visit www.loadspring.com.
About Inc.Magazine
Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures,Inc.magazine (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 708,450, Inc.provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing and technology.
About Winning Workplaces
Winning Workplaces (www.winningworkplaces.org) is an Evanston, IL-based not-for-profit, whose mission is to help the leaders of small and mid-sized organizations create great workplaces. Founded in 2001,Winning Workplaces serves as a clearinghouse of information on workplace best practices, provides seminars and workshops on workplace-related topics and inspires and awards top workplaces through its annual Top Small CompanyWorkplaces initiative.