Louis Carter is the founder and CEO of Best Practice Institute and creator of Most Loved Workplace®. With over 25 years of experience transforming organizational cultures, Lou has helped Fortune 500 companies achieve measurable improvements in employee retention, productivity, and profitability. His research-backed methodologies have been featured in Strategy + Business, Forbes, Business Insider, CEO World Magazine, Investors Business Daily and Fast Company. As the force behind Newsweek’s annual Most Loved Workplaces® recognition, and the Newsweek Excellence Index, Lou has established the definitive standard for workplace excellence. He partners with executive teams to build sustainable cultures that attract top talent and drive exceptional business results.
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Louis Carter is a world-renowned organizational psychologist and the creator of Most Loved Workplace®. As founder and CEO of Best Practice Institute, he has developed the Workplacely HR analytics platform and the Love of Workplace Index® — tools now used by thousands of companies to achieve certification as Most Loved Workplaces®.
As the author of 12 books on leadership, Louis’s work includes the bestselling “In Great Company: How to SPARK Peak Performance by Creating an Emotionally Connected Workplace” (McGraw Hill). He publishes the prestigious Most Loved Workplaces lists in Newsweek and Forbes, and hosts “The Leader Show” on Newsweek.
Louis’s research has proven that emotional connection in the workplace is the critical factor driving organizational success. His data-driven methodology helps leaders transform their cultures to simultaneously achieve exceptional business results while creating environments where employees genuinely thrive.
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Louis Carter has has led executives from mid-sized to Fortune 500 companies and governments, including the U.S. Department of Defense, Government of Dubai, Bank of America, GSK, Volvo, Corning, Fidelity, BlackRock, to mid-sized companies like STIHL, Mint Dentistry, Springfield Clinic, DirecTV, Palo Alto Networks, AmeriHealth, First Watch Restaurants, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, UCLA Health, Southern Veterinary, and 100s more.
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