BMO Financial, SAP Canada among top corporate cultures for 2017

BMO Financial, SAP Canada and Teck Resources are among 40 employers that make up Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, according to Waterstone Human Capital.

The program recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations and CEOs for embracing cultures that enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage.

“We believe corporate culture drives performance and that it’s an organization’s greatest asset,” says Marty Parker, president and CEO of Waterstone Human Capital and chair of the Canada’s Most Admired Awards Program. “Culture isn’t just about receiving additional work perks. It’s about a well-defined set of behaviours, or the values that govern them, that are reinforced, communicated and aligned throughout the organization.”

Ten organizations and four CEOs were recognized as national winners in the categories of: Growth, Mid-Market, Enterprise and the Broader Public Sector. A fifth CEO was recognized for Transformational Leadership.

Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2017

Growth

• ACL (Vancouver)
• Club Auto (Thornhill, Ont.)
• Cority (Toronto)
• Flight Centre Travel Group (Vancouver)
• North Strategic (Toronto)
• Nulogy (Toronto)
• The PUR Company (Toronto)
• Rockwood Custom Homes (Calgary)
• Traction On Demand (Burnaby, B.C.)
• Yardstick Testing & Training (Edmonton)

Mid-Market

• Coast Capital Savings (Surrey, B.C.)
• D2L (Kitchener, Ont.)
• Flipp (Toronto)
• Gore Mutual Insurance Company (Cambridge, Ont.)
• Killam Apartment REIT (Halifax)
• Meridian Credit Union (Toronto)
• O2E Brands (Vancouver)
• Odlum Brown (Vancouver)
• PointClickCare (Mississauga, Ont.)
• Quantum Automotive Group (Burlington, Ont.)

Enterprise

• BMO Financial Group (Toronto)
• Bruce Power (Tiverton, Ont.)
• Ledcor Group of Companies (Vancouver)
• Mattamy Homes (Toronto)
• Procter & Gamble Canada (North York, Ont.)
• SAP Canada (Vancouver)
• Sienna Senior Living (Markham, Ont.)
• Sleep Country Canada (Toronto)
• Teck Resources (Vancouver)
• West Fraser Timber Co. (Vancouver

Broader Public Sector

• Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario - Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre (Ottawa)
• Covenant Health (Edmonton)
• Ducks Unlimited Canada (Stonewall, Man.)
• Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (Edmonton)
• Egg Farmers of Canada (Ottawa)
• Energie NB Power (Fredericton)
• NorQuest College (Edmonton)
• Ontario Trillium Foundation – Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario (Toronto)
• Travel Alberta (Calgary)
• United Way Toronto & York Region (Toronto)

Five CEOs were recognized as national winners in each of the following categories for 2017:

Canada’s Most Admired CEOs of 2017

Growth: Debra Hewson, president and CEO, Odlum Brown

Mid-Market: Mike Wessinger, co-founder and CEO, PointClickCare

Enterprise: John Anderson, chai, president and CEO, The Oppenheimer Group

Broader Public Sector: Catherine Zahn, president and CEO, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Transformational Leadership: David Ossip, chair and CEO, Ceridian