How Great Workplace Cultures are Created: a Key Subject at Upcoming December Events

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work®, the leader in workplace culture assessment is hosting their Great Conversations event on December 8 at DreamWorks Animation in Glendale, California, and co-partnering with Ragan Communications for the Role of Communications in Creating Best Place to Work, December 7 - 9 at SAS in North Carolina.

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The events highlight collaboration, creativity and communication as essential components to creating great workplace cultures where productivity and innovation thrive.

The December 8th Great Conversations event will feature DreamWorks' very own Global Head of Human Resources, Dan Satterthwaite. Satterthwaite will be speaking alongside Great Place to Work's Senior Consultant Jan Cipoletti, about the eminent success of DreamWorks Animation through collaboration, open communication and DreamWorks unique culture.

The December 7-9 conference at SAS, the 2011 #1 ranked FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®, is an open forum bringing together large and small organizations to discuss how better communication can make a company a great workplace. 

"Leaders that communicate goals, issues, and accomplishments have better rapport with their employees and customers, thus greater long-term success," said Susan Lucas-Conwell, CEO of Great Place to Work®. "We look forward to hearing how DreamWorks Animation, SAS and other companies have steadily built great workplaces through their unique culture that leverages creativity, innovation and communication."

Who should attend: Senior leaders and managers who understand or want to learn about how a company that fosters open communication, creativity and innovation enables the artistic vision of its employees to work.

Times & Places:
Working the Dream: Collaboration and Creativity at DreamWorks Animation
Thursday December 8, at 7am – 9am
DreamWorks Animation
1000 Flower Street
Glendale, California
91201

Role of Communications in Creating Best Places to Work
Wednesday December 7 to Friday December 9
SAS World Headquarters
Building C
SAS Campus Drive
Cary, North Carolina 
27513

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