Top 15 Small Workplaces: Outshining the Big Names. Congratulations to Healthwise of Boise, Idaho

Think "great place to work," and big companies like Google typically spring to mind. But across the country, many small businesses and nonprofits have built workplace environments and cultures that rival — or even outshine — the big names.

The Wall Street Journal teamed up with Winning Workplaces, an Evanston, Ill., nonprofit that helps small and midsize companies create better work environments, to spotlight 15 Top Small Workplaces. While each company is very different, we encountered some common themes: These small businesses tend to let employees at all levels make key decisions, and they groom their future leaders from within. They offer generous traditional and untraditional benefits (how about a six-week sabbatical?). And they constantly hunt for new ways to improve the employee experience or engage employees.

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Many employers claim to "walk the talk," but few do it as literally as Healthwise Inc. http://www.healthwise.org/

By Kelly K. Spors

From The Wall Street Journal Online

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