Each year, Ranking Arizona magazine conducts the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: “With whom would you recommend doing business?” Each year, some of the categories that attract the most voters include categories focused on the best places to work in Arizona, the best places to live, and the companies with the best workplace culture.
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Workplace culture has never been more important than it is in 2021, so Az Business analyzed the results of the Ranking Arizona voting and compiled a list of the “100 Best Places to Live and Work in Arizona for 2021.” These are the 100 companies and cities that got the most votes. The companies and cities are listed in alphabetical order. Over the next several weeks, we will spotlight some of the best places to work in Arizona with video interviews featuring company leaders, starting today with Bob Mulhern, senior managing director at Colliers.
Colliers
What the company does: Colliers in Arizona is recognized as one of the leading full-service commercial real estate organizations in the state, providing integrated services to real estate occupiers, owners, investors, and business owners.
Inside the company culture: “Culture is all about clear direction and then following up on that,” says Bob Mulhern, senior managing director at Colliers. “When I went to Colliers, we created what we call a ‘vivid vision’ of what we were trying to do. The first part of establishing company culture is to treat each other respectfully, and appreciate each other’s work because there’s such a diverse group of people working there — everything from different skill sets to income levels. The second part is winning with honor. We’re not here to win at any cost. We’re not going to cut any corners. We’re going to just be dependable, virtuous in a certain way, and deliver our services no matter what the competition wants to throw at us. The last piece of that vivid vision is having the mindset that we’re in this together and that collaboration was going to be part of our culture. So that way, if there were issues, you knew that you could share it with other people and we can get together and talk about these things. So we provide this mindset that we’re here to accomplish great things together. If we’re all attracted by the same core values and intentions, it allows us to lean on each other, as opposed to just having a sheriff, so to speak, trying to keep everything in good order.”
100 Best Places to Live and Work in 2021
ABI Multifamily
ANDERSON Advertising & Public Relations
Ace Building Maintenance
Aker Ink PR & Marketing
Alliance Bank of Arizona
American Express
Arizona Central Credit Union
Arizona Federal Credit Union
Ashton Woods Homes
Aurora Behavioral Health System
Avison Young
azarchitecture/Jarson & Jarson
BMO Harris Bank
Banner Behavioral Health Hospital
Bar Napkin Productions
Bel-Aire Mechanical
Bivens & Associates
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
CBRE
CHASSE Building Team
CORE Construction
Cachet Homes
Canyon State Electric
City of Chandler
City of Glendale
City of Mesa
City of Peoria
City of Phoenix
City of Scottsdale
City of Surprise
City of Tempe
City of Tucson
Comitz Beethe
Corgan
DAVIS
DPR Construction
Davis Miles McGuire Gardner
Delta Dental of Arizona
Desert Financial Credit Union
dpa architects
Dignity Health
Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
FabCom
Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold
GCON
Geneva Financial
Gensler
Gust Rosenfeld
HDA Architects
Henry+Horne
Highnoon
HomeSmart International
Hospice of the Valley
Ideas Collide
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon
LAVIDGE
LGE Design Build
Land Advisors Organization
Landings Credit Union
LaneTerralever
Loud Rumor
Lovitt & Touché, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company
MSA Engineering Consultants
Mark-Taylor Residential
Menlo Group Commercial Real Estate
NAI Horizon
National Bank of Arizona
North & Co. Real Estate
ORION Investment Real Estate
OneAZ Credit Union
P.B. Bell Companies
Precision Air & Plumbing
ReThinc Advertising
Realty One Group
Resnick & Louis
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
SDB Contracting Services
SVN Desert Commercial Advisors
Snell & Wilmer
Speedie & Associates
StringCan Interactive
Sun Health Grandview Terrace Care Center
Taylor & Lihn
Team Select Home Care
The CORE Institute
The James Agency
Tiffany & Bosco
Town of Gilbert
USAA
VIP Mortgage
Vision Community Management
Weitz Company
Willmeng Construction
Wood, Patel & Associates
Zion & Zion
