This award recognises the most engaged workplace cultures in the world — organisations that achieve more by helping their employees focus on what they do best.

Gallup found that Allegion, through an emphasis on and investment in strengths, continued to engage and develop its people in innovative ways, setting new benchmarks for workplace excellence.

“Congratulations to this year’s Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winners for setting the standard for a thriving workplace. Your commitment to creating an environment where employees feel valued, heard and empowered to do their best work is truly remarkable. By prioritising both people and performance, you are shaping the future of work and proving that exceptional workplaces drive real results,” said Jon Clifton, Gallup CEO.

“At Allegion, we believe a strengths-based culture of engagement is an integral part of our company’s foundation,” said Jen Hawes, Allegion senior vice president and chief human resources officer. “When employees are empowered to leverage their unique talents and feel truly connected to our mission, we create an environment where innovation thrives, collaboration deepens and everyone can do their best work.”

"Our team of highly engaged experts are a key differentiator for our company. They solve complex problems and deliver exceptional results for our customers," added John H. Stone, Allegion president and CEO. “I’m proud of our people, our values and the commitments we hold to employee engagement and strengths development.”

Gallup’s meta-analysis on team engagement and performance is one of the most comprehensive workplace studies ever conducted, with data on more than 3.3 million employees in 347 organisations across 53 industries and 90 countries. Highly engaged organisations significantly outperform their peers on important business outcomes, including customer ratings, profitability, productivity, turnover, safety incidents, shrinkage, absenteeism, quality, wellbeing and organisational citizenship.