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www.peopleandmanagement.com • Profi tability and market value • Productivity and performance • Sales and company growth • Workforce morale 2. Growing Bottom Line A study of share-holder returns of the publicly listed great workplaces by RSM India reveals that best workplaces consistently outperform major stock indices such as BSE Sensex 30, Nifty 50 and CNX Nifty – Total The Reinvestment Model Illustrates that Great Workplaces consistently outperform major stock indices such as BSE Sensex 30, Nifty 50 & CNX Nifty - Total Return index over a period of time. – 2017’. We had conducted similar study from 2013 to 2017 and this is the sixth year of such research study. It has been proven yet again that the publicly listed great workplaces as identifi ed by Great Place to Work® Institute consistently out-perform major stock indices and yield a signifi cantly higher return on investment. Similar research studies were carried out by Russell Investment Group in US. They studied the stock market performance of publicly listed great workplaces in the Fortune List published by the Great Place to Work® Institute, USA, for well over 10 years. 720% 690% 630% 600% 570% Reinvestment Model 540% Hold Model 510% BSE Sensex 480% Nifty 50 (CNX Nifty) 450% CNX Nifty - Total Returns Index 420% 390% 360% Great Workplaces provide almost 7x times the return 330% 300% 270% 240% 210% 180% 175% 150% 147% 141% 120% 90% 60% 30% 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Returns Index. In the current study, best workplaces have outperformed major stock indices by a factor of at least 4 and have yielded almost 7x returns on initial investment! It is observed that benefi t of higher levels of trust in the workplace culminates into lower employee turnover, higher productivity, greater cost effectiveness and on top of all, distinct impact on shareholder’s return. RSM India has studied and analysed the stock performance of the publicly listed companies in 2018 that are identifi ed as great workplaces by Great Place to Work® Institute in their ‘India’s Best Companies to Work For Analysis and Conclusion During our study of share market performance of listed Great Workplaces, we observed that Reinvestment Model made a Year-on-Year (YOY %) Return on Investment of 27% in 2016-17 generating a cumulative return on the initial investment of 675% in past 9 years. At the same time, Hold Model made a Year-on- Year (YOY %) Return on Investment of 15% in 2016-17 generating a cumulative return on the initial investment of 629% in past 9 years. Download the complete report from http://www.greatplacetowork.in/best-work- places/ibctw-2018/ 675% Comparative Cumulative Stock Market Returns 660% Burnout Culture BEST 5% VS Rest 10% At Risk BEST 6% VS Rest 11% High Trust Effort BEST 80% VS Rest 67% Culture of Comfort BEST 9% VS Rest 12% Taking everything into account, I would say this is a great place to work. Vol. 9 Issue 6 • Sep-Oct 2018, Noida / Pre-Event Edition | 23