All across the state — and nation — businesses are struggling to attract and retain employees.
But those companies may be able to learn something from the companies that are spotlighted on the pages to follow. The 100 Best Places to Live and Work in Arizona earned the most support in voting for the 2022 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest business opinion poll.
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“We really do put people first,” says Cathy Graham, executive vice president at Desert Financial Credit Union, one of the 100 Best Places to Work and Live in Arizona for 2022. “The employment environment is really tough right now with the Great Resignation. It’s hard to find people. Every business you go to, they’re trying to manage around staffing shortages.”
So what can businesses struggling with staffing issues or with defining their workplace culture learn from the 100 Best Places to Live and Work in Arizona?
“It starts with experience,” says says Gabrielle Finley-Hazle, CEO of Dignity Health Arizona Central and West Valley Market, and CommonSpirit Health, one of the Best Places to Work in Arizona. “It’s not just patient experience and family experience, but it’s the human experience. I think as people pause — and instead of just focusing on employee experience or the patient experience — if you really focus on the entire human experience, it will shift the culture of your organization. You want to be able to know, ‘Hey, when I come and visit, it’s not just saying hello, but it might be saying, Hey, I know that you like to have a Kind bar, so I’m going to make sure there’s a Kind bar at your desk, and I’m going to say welcome, today.’ It’s the little things that create an impact on someone’s experience, but also the human experience.”
Coming out of the uncertainty of the pandemic and the workplace issues that accompanied it, those little things loom larger than ever. Also looming large, Graham says, is the necessity for employees to see leadership in action.
“I think so many times people just want to know, ‘Where are we going? What’s the vision?’” Graham says. “So we try to be really purposeful and clear about the organization: where we’re going, what we’re striving for, what success looks like and then connecting the dots — ‘Here’s how your job helps us get there and here’s how you can be part of that process.’ People want to feel like part of something bigger than just the role that they fill every day.”
Here are the 100 Best Places to Live and Work in Arizona
Here are the 100 Best Places to Live and Work in Arizona for 2022, based on public voting for the 2022 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Companies and cities are listed in alphabetical order.
ABI Multifamily
ANDERSON Advertising & Public Relations
Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Aker Ink PR & Marketing
Alliance Residential Company
Arizona Central Credit Union
Arizona Complete Health
Arizona Federal Credit Union
Aurora Behavioral Health System
Avison Young
BMO Harris Bank
Banner Health
Bel-Aire Mechanical
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona Properties
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Blue Signal Search
Burch & Cracchiolo
CBRE
CHASSE Building Team
CORE Construction
Cachet Homes
Canyon State Electric
Cawley Architects
City of Chandler
City of Flagstaff
City of Glendale
City of Mesa
City of Peoria
City of Phoenix
City of Scottsdale
City of Tempe
City to City Commercial
Corgan
DP Electric
dpa architects
DPR Construction
Delta Dental of Arizona
Desert Financial Credit Union
Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Dignity Health in Arizona
Great Impact
Gust Rosenfeld
HDA Architects
Haydon Building Corp
HomeSmart
Homeowners Financial Group
HonorHealth
IMPACT Technology Recruiting
Ideation Design Group
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon
Johansen Interiors
K2 Electric
Keap
Kidder Mathews
Kitchell
LAVIDGE
LGE Design Build
Land Advisors Organization
LaneTerralever
LevRose Commercial Real Estate/TCN Worldwide
Marcus & Millichap
Mark-Taylor Companies
Mark-Taylor Residential
Mayo Clinic
McCarthy Building Companies
Menlo Group Commercial Real Estate
Merestone
National Bank of Arizona
OneAZ Credit Union
P.B. Bell
Pacific Premier Bank
Precision Air & Plumbing
ReThinc Advertising
Republic Bank of Arizona
Rocket Mortgage (formerly Quicken Loans)
Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty
Ryan Companies US
SDB Contracting Services
Speedie & Associates
Sunstate Equipment
TBConsulting
Team Select Home Care
The Brokery
The CORE Institute
Town of Gilbert
Town of Queen Creek
Tri Pointe Homes
TruWest Credit Union
USAA
VIP Mortgage
VIP Mortgage Inc.
ViaWest Group
Wallace, Plese + Dreher
Walton Global
Weitz Company
Western Alliance Bank
Willmeng Construction
Wood, Patel & Associates
