Achieving Prestigious Leadership and Diversity Accolades from Comparably

Whether a small business or a multinational corporation, every company can face scrutiny for their workplace environment.

While catering to the workforce’s needs is becoming more challenging for executives, one billion-dollar company is winning prestigious awards for catering to their employees, similar to their excellent treatment of their customers.

This is none other than the leading MRO distributor – Global Industrial Port Washington.

But what awards did they win? Moreover, why is this significant?

Let’s explore why these awards are significant and what they say about Global Industrial’s workplace environment.

Two Comparably Awards

Last June, Global Industrial won Comparably awards in two different categories: one for Best Leadership Teams and the other for Best CEO for Diversity.

But what sets these awards apart from other workplace awards?
According to Comparably, they base their winners on employee feedback. Therefore, face value and brand popularity are not factors in deciding who receives the rewards. That said, Global Industrial’s two Comparably awards mean that their employees felt happy with:

Leadership

The company’s focus on developing innovations and solutions for their clients and employees.
Their genuineness in prioritizing their employees’ careers.
The company’s appreciation for the workforce’s contributions.

It’s also important for companies to lead employees from all walks of life – and Barry Litwin won the Best CEO for Diversity award for exactly that.

To employees, CEO Barry Litwin provides equal career opportunities to the following.

Diversity

Africans, African Americans, Hispanic people (or Americans with Latinx background), Asians, Asian-Americans, etc.
LGBTQIA+ individuals
Persons with disabilities

As crucial as it is for leaders to be non-discriminating and integrity, few ponder the true importance of these qualities – how do they provide for a better workplace environment?

Better Leadership Boosts Business Success

Anyone can claim to have strong leadership skills, but only a few will have their own employees confirm these claims. However, the most foolproof way of finding out if an employer is truly an excellent leader is by checking on the status of the business – and how successful it is.

For better visualization – and demonstration of Global Industrial’s much-deserved award – here’s their revenue from 2019 to 2022:

TTM Revenue	Year
$0.94 billion	2019
$1.02 billion	2020
$1.06 billion	2021
$1.16 billion	2022

One board member, executive, or manager may be skilled enough to provide input on how to boost a company’s growth, but it takes a team of individuals to implement these ideas – and these individuals must come from diverse backgrounds.

Diversity Allows More Company Contributions

CEOs like Barry Litwin see people beyond people’s color, identity, age, and disabilities. To leaders like him, it’s not who they are or what they look like – it’s what they can provide.

For instance, some can come from a culture that prioritizes work ethic, whereas others focus on customer satisfaction.

However, beyond being leaders and faces of the company, their morality still prevails – and these Comparably awards are a testament to that.

Summary

To the employees, Global Industrial is well-deserving of these recognitions. Furthermore, even with fewer awards, their company’s success still proves its positive workplace environment – one that every employee and manager must strive for.