American Opportunity Index

In 2022, Chipotle Mexican Grill posted 22,000 internal promotions from restaurant manager to regional leadership positions. An example of their commitment to talent development and leadership training. It’s no wonder Chipotle landed in the 2023 American Opportunity Index’s Top 100.    Read additional insights from Chipotle and learn how other companies in the lodging, travel & restaurant industry create opportunity for their workers:

What’s the average tenure of a Liberty Mutual Insurance employee? 9 years. That’s more than double the national average.    There were 10 insurance firms in the 2023 American Opportunity Index’s Top 100. Curious about what they did right and how they could do better? Read our most recent newsletter:

“Equal opportunity for everybody is not only a duty, but a trillion-dollar market opportunity,” said ServiceNow’s CEO, Bill McDermott.    He’s right. By creating opportunity for workers, everyone benefits. Over 10% of the Top 100 companies in the 2023 American Opportunity Index were software firms, here are some reasons why:  

In the 2023 American Opportunity Index, nine companies in the banking sector ranked in the top 100 overall. Two of the companies PNC and Bank of America landed in the top 10. How are these firms creating opportunities for their workers?   Learn more in our most recent newsletter:

The 2023 American Opportunity Index is nominated for a Webby!   We created the Index as a tool to assess how well America’s largest companies are maximizing their internal talent to drive business performance and individual employee growth.    Thank you to the amazing team at infogr8 for the thoughtful design and data visualization work that brought the Index to life.   Our team encourages you to cast your vote for the American Opportunity Index website by April 18th: https://lnkd.in/gmd6BWVb

The top performing company in the 2023 American Opportunity Index, The Coca-Cola Company. How did Coca-Cola land in the #1 spot on the Index? They prioritize fostering upward mobility for their employees.   Learn more and see how other companies in the food & beverage industry create opportunity for their workers, and where there’s room for improvement: 

In the 2023 American Opportunity Index, we found that 12% of the Top 100 companies were Retail firms, making it one of the best industries in creating opportunity for their workers. Learn more about what makes Retail firms top performers in the Index:

How can CEOs, startup founders, hiring managers, and talent teams adjust and create a culture that fosters commitment and a desire to contribute? In Forbes, Ryan Stowers outlines five principles and highlights examples of these principles in action: 🤝 The employer-employee relationship should be mutually beneficial: The American Opportunity Index offers examples of how organizations respond to employees’ demands for a new culture of contribution and mutual benefit. 💪 Hire and develop talent based on strengths, not degrees: Organizations like Opportunity@Work have made it clear that people can build valuable skills almost anywhere. 📈 Help employees see the value of their contributions: University of Chicago Medicine partnered with Skills for Chicagoland's Future to invest in local talent, empowering new employees to embody excellence and take ownership because they clearly see how their work positively affects patients in their community. 💡 Build your own talent solutions: Hundreds of organizations have partnered with SkillUp Coalition, which provides a free platform for individuals to build new skills suited for in-demand jobs. 🗣️ Cultivate a culture of openness: Employers can engage organizations like Future State Ventures, a venture capital fund that makes early-stage investments in companies whose mission is to create new tools to help organizations rethink their talent practices. Read more in Forbes: https://lnkd.in/eAucdPpz

“Most of us think that it’s our work ethic, our intelligence, our gumption that really is determinative as to whether we’re getting ahead or not. But the reality is, for many low- and mid-skilled workers, it’s the practice of the employer,” said Rajiv C. on the Project on Managing the Future of Work podcast.   The American Opportunity Index asks the question, which top firms in America are maximizing their talent to drive business performance and advance their employee’s careers?   Learn more about why we decided to create the Index and explore the insights at https://lnkd.in/gwh4BtTw   #AmericanOpportunityIndex

“Do employers value their human talent, do they create pathways for them to advance, do they see their people as real assets that they can continue to build and grow their business with?”   Rajiv C. from the Schultz Family Foundation answers these and other questions on a recent episode of Work in Progress: A WorkingNation Podcast with Ramona Schindelheim.    Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gYG52UeJ