Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces Recognize Small Businesses with Great Workplaces LPK is one of the top 35 small workplaces in the U.S., per the Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces study.
		The Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces, a nonprofit whose mission is to help the leaders of small and midsize organizations create better workplaces, teamed up to create their first annual list of the best small workplaces in the U.S. in a report called Top Small Workplaces. The Wall Street Journal report spotlights small businesses that have built workplace environments that encourage collegiality and professional growth and that provide an atmosphere and benefits that make their employees want to stay. “Small businesses continue to be the engine of economic growth in the U.S.,” said Marcus W. Brauchli, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. “These small companies are leading innovators and tend to be role models for larger companies by creating an environment that encourages productive behavior.” The Journal and Winning Workplaces began soliciting nominations last fall, receiving 850 recommendations. The nominees were asked to fill out full-length applications—of which 437 were completed—and the batch was culled to 35 finalists. A national panel of small-business experts was chosen by The Wall Street Journal and Winning Workplaces to judge the finalists. The workplace winners were selected based on both metrics and qualitative assessment of their success in creating workplaces that nurture, challenge and reward employees.
		About LPK LPK is an international design agency where remarkable people Build Leadership Brands. By integrating strategy, design and innovation, LPK leverages relevant consumer, shopper and market insights to create value, sustain leadership and transform businesses. The agency’s portfolio of category-leading brands and long-term client relationships attracts some of the best and brightest creative minds in the world. LPK’s combination of strategic skills, creative disciplines and cross-cultural perspectives results in brand-building innovation across media, geography and time. With a presence in North America, Europe and Asia, LPK is the world’s largest employee-owned brand design agency. LPK has developed and managed brand design franchises for some of the world’s most successful businesses, including Gillette, Pampers, Olay, 3M, Jim Beam, IBM, Hershey, Coleman, U.S. Bank, AT&T, Kellogg, Novartis, Samsung, PepsiCo, and Kraft Foods. LPK’s independent spirit champions a vibrant creative culture, recognized by The Wall Street Journal as a “Winning Workplace” and described by HOW Magazine as “one of the largest and most influential branding agencies on the planet.” Contact: www.lpk.com.