H2O+ Beauty Wins Gold Stevie® Award for Great Employers

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- H2O+ Beauty has been named a Gold medal winner in the first annual Stevie® Awards for Great Employers' "Employer of the Year" category. The award recognizes the merits of H2O+ Beauty's newly evolved workplace culture, a major part of its comprehensive rebranding that launched earlier this year.

The company has reinforced innovation, transparency, and teamwork as core tenets of its culture, and developed a formal set of values and traditions to enact them. For example, the team enjoys a "Winedown" every Friday, in which everyone can enjoy a glass of wine in a casual discussion space that fosters brainstorming and creativity. Additionally, employees at all levels are now encouraged to voice concerns and share ideas freely, so that everyone understands how the business operates and how it stands up against its benchmarks. The company also makes sure to celebrate successes both big and small with a monthly award series for those that live the H2O+ Beauty values, as this ensures that all team members act within the spirit of the company's culture day in and day out.

"The team's wholehearted adoption of this new culture is helping the entire company realize its incredible potential," said Joy Chen, CEO of H2O+ Beauty. "Now that everyone knows their voice is heard and their thoughts are respected, we've been able to develop some of our best ideas yet."  

"The judges were extremely impressed with the quality of entries we received in the first Stevie Award for Great Employers. The dedication these Stevie-winning organizations have to making great workplaces for employees was evident in every nomination," commented Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning "crowned," the awards were presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Friday, September 30.

Over 250 nominations from organizations around the world were submitted for consideration, and more than 50 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year's winners.

About H2O+ Beauty
H2O+ Beauty creates skincare formulas that harness the hydrating power of pure water. The company was founded in 1989 with the goal of putting beauty back in the hands of all women by creating skin care products that encourage women to define beauty on their own terms. Continuing that legacy today, H2O+ Beauty combines the simplest, yet most powerful compound on the planet with advanced skincare technology to help women feel confident in their own skin. Our collections of water-based products are formulated with advanced ingredients, enabling them to nourish, smooth, brighten, and hydrate skin. H2O+ Beauty is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, please visit http://www.h2oplus.com/.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

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