Indonesia’s Leadership Credibility Crisis: The Data In 2026
Key Insights The biggest risk for Indonesian organizations is overconfidence. Indonesian HR leaders rate culture and capability at 92.6 out of 100. Employees rate the same organizations at just 65.7, creating a 26.9‑point gap. On paper the Indonesian workplace right now looks like a regional standout. In a new study by experts in workplace […]
Indonesia’s Outsourcing Shake-Up Is Also A Question Of Workplace Culture
In Indonesia informal workers make up nearly 75% of total employment and, for most, the concept of company culture is something that never seems to apply to them. Without formal employers or consistent policies, concepts like values, belonging, and employee experience are often out of reach. That structural reality makes the Minister of Manpower’s latest […]
Your First Year with Great Place To Work: From Survey Design to Employer Branding
Key Highlights Job seekers are 15 times more likely to choose a company that’s been Certified as a great workplace by its own employees. The companies that get the most value from their first year treat Certification as a 12-month program, not a one-time badge. Even organizations that don’t reach the certification threshold walk away […]
Great Workplaces Turning Indonesia’s Youth Jobs Crisis into a Talent Pipeline
In theory, Indonesia should be awash with youthful economic energy. It has more than 44 million people aged 15 to 24, a cohort large enough to power decades of growth. Yet for many of these young people, the simple act of starting a working life feels less like a locked door. Around 16 per cent […]
The 5 Elements Of Meaningful Work In The Age Of AI
Work redesign has emerged faster than expected as a critical leadership skill. Research shows humans do their best work when they feel like that work has meaning. The five elements of meaningful work are task integrity, mastery, autonomy, significance and connectedness. Wasn’t AI just meant to take the boring work off our hands? To […]
Predictions And Resolutions For Work Life In 2026
2026 has arrived, carried in on the steady, high-frequency hum of a thousand autonomous agents and new buzzwords. We’re moving beyond the decade of disorientation into a phygital reality, where the boundary between our physical personhood and our digital personas has all but dissolved. The office is no longer a destination for a desk but […]
The Kindness Method of Leadership at Christmas
Employees who feel cared for are 70% more likely to go the extra mile. 91% of employees with supportive leaders’ report feeling safe to innovate. Embedding kindness into operations outperform on nearly every metric. As another Christmas rolls around Ebenezer Scrooge, literature’s greatest example of a leader transformed, comes to mind. In A Christmas […]
How Great Employers Build a Culture of Trust
88% of employees at Certified organisations feel safe from office politics. Certified organisations report 35% greater returns than comparable companies. Organisations with high trust levels generate 2.5 times more value than average. Nearly three decades of data, and hearing millions of employee voices, have shown us that when people feel mentally, emotionally, and physically […]
The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For Southeast Asia Have Been Announced
Indonesian companies like PT Jasa Raharja (#56) and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (#59) have been honored. Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For™Southeast Asia invited over 1.3 million employees to vote. The first ever Southeast Asia list draws on insights from more than 550,000 employees, from ten countries. Indonesia’s economy is a colossal force, with its […]
The Best Companies To Work For In Indonesia For 2026
Indonesia’s Best Workplaces™ list starts with a simple question: what is work really like for the people doing it? This year, we asked 179,248 employees across Indonesia that question through the Great Place To Work Trust Index™ Survey. Their responses identified 25 organisations where trust shows up when managers follow through, when people feel heard […]