Truth 3. You get the best by giving the best

Every year, the popular software company Intuit gives itself a massive performance review. While Intuit is also always interested in how it performs for its customers and its shareholders, the focus of this particular survey is how well it serves its employees. More than 60 questions are engineered to answer 1 core question: How well do we live up to our promise of providing the environment in which our employees can feel great about doing their absolute best work? Intuit wants to know how well it’s doing engaging its employees.

Intuit has also been learning what it gets in return for giving its best. At Intuit, highly engaged employees are:

• 2 times as likely to be high-performing employees

• 7 times ...

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