WWT's Vice President of Human Resources, Ann Marr, Receives an Inaugural Great Place to Work For All Leadership Award
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Great Place to Work For All Leadership Awards honors leaders for their contributions to their company's business and culture
St. Louis, MO – March 8, 2018 – On the eve of the 107th International Women's Day, Great Place to Work announced at its inaugural Great Place to Work®For All™Leadership Awards at a gala dinner at the Four Seasons San Francisco. World Wide Technology's Vice President of Global Human Resources, Ann Marr, was one of the women leaders honored from companies on FORTUNE's annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For and Best Workplaces for Women. Ann was recognized as a leader at WWT who has consistently played a critical role in helping the organization deliver on strategic growth and business goals by creating a high-trust culture that is a great place to work for every employee. She is one of 77 award recipients recognized by Great Place to Work for their contributions to their company's business that fully lives its values in the service to customers, employees and stakeholders.
The awards dinner kicked off the 15th annual Great Place to Work® For All Summit™, March 7-9 in San Francisco.
In announcing the honorees, Great Place to Work CEO Michael C. Bush said, "We are excited to celebrate the achievements of some of the top women leaders at America's greatest companies. The companies on FORTUNE's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For and Best Workplaces for Women are leading the conversation in workplace equality and are demonstrating to corporate America on how to become more diverse, more innovative and great places to work for all."
View WWT's history of recognition from FORTUNE and Great Place to Work.
"The inaugural awards ceremony is part of Great Place to Work's challenge to inspire every employer and company to become a great workplace for every one of its employees. This maximizes revenue, profit and growth. We are committed to accelerating the maximization of all human potential that is currently underrepresented and disengaged across workplaces, with our first milestone of closing the work experience gap between women and men by 2020," Bush said.
About World Wide Technology
World Wide Technology (WWT) is a technology solution provider with more than $10 billion in annual revenue that provides innovative technology and supply chain solutions to large public and private organizations around the globe. While most companies talk about delivering business and technology outcomes, WWT does it. Based in St. Louis, WWT employs more than 4,600 people and operates over 2 million square feet of warehousing, distribution and integration space in more than 20 facilities throughout the world.
About Great Place to Work® For All SummitTM
The Great Place to Work® For All Summit TMassembles executive leaders from Best Workplaces, including the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®, Great Place to Work-Certified organizations, and those newly embarking on their workplace journey. Its mission is to share best practices for creating and championing high-trust cultures that are better for business, better for people, and better for the world.
About Great Place to Work
Great Place to Work is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through its certification programs, Great Place to Work recognizes outstanding workplace cultures and produces the annual FORTUNE "100 Best Companies to Work For®" and Great Place to Work Best Workplaces lists for Millennials, women, diversity, industries and, internationally, countries and regions. Through its culture consulting services, Great Place to Work helps its clients create great workplaces that outpace peers on key business metrics like revenue growth, profitability, retention and stock performance.
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