Great Place to Work® Announces Keynote Lineup for its Upcoming 11th Annual Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Place to Work is pleased to announce this year's keynote lineup for its upcoming Great Place to Work® Conference: Bill Emerson, CEO of Quicken Loans; Terri Kelly, President and CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates; Victoria B. Mars, Member, Board of Directors of Mars, Inc.; Blake Nordstrom, President of Nordstrom, Inc.; and Jeffrey Pfeffer, Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. More than 1,000 business leaders are expected to attend the 11^th annual Great Place to Work^® Conference, which will take place in New Orleans on April 3-4.

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"The Great Place to Work Conference is an opportunity for businesses and leaders to focus on how they are thinking differently, how and why they are putting people first, and how they see that choice impacting their success," said Great Place to Work CEO, China Gorman. "These executives are truly leading a business movement, and it is an honor to have them share their stories and model these philosophies for others."

Quicken Loans' Emerson will deliver the closing keynote and discuss how his company's team members apply innovation, creativity and a passion for client service to drive success.

"Not everything that counts can be counted, that's a philosophy we live by every day at Quicken Loans," Emerson said. "Spreadsheets are great for many things, but are worthless when truly measuring the human impact of decisions. What really matters is the impact we have on our clients. I hope my talk inspires more companies to look beyond the Excel file and focus instead on a culture that impacts all that your team members do."

The Great Place to Work Conference is the only event of its kind, providing a platform for business leaders to share experiences and learn how building great workplace cultures increases employee engagement, trust in leadership and yields superior business results. Title sponsors for this year's conference are Ernst & Young LLP, MARS, Inc., Mercedes-Benz, Nespresso and NetApp.

For more information about the event and to register, visit www.greatplacetowork.com/2014-conference.

About the Great Place To Work Conference
The annual Great Place to Work^® Conference is the only national event that teaches, inspires and connects professionals across industries and functions to strengthen workplace culture through building trust.  This premier event provides actionable information through presentations, panel discussions and facilitated networking sessions.  To learn more, please visit: http://www.greatplacetowork.com/2014-conference.

About Great Place to Work^®
Great Place to Work^®, headquartered in San Francisco, is a global research, consulting and training firm that helps organizations identify, create and sustain great workplaces through the development of high-trust workplace cultures. Great Place to Work serves businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies in almost 50 countries.

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