????4.戈爾公司（W.L. Gore & Associates）

????收入：30.9億美元

????總部所在地：特拉華州紐瓦克

????員工人數：10337

????作為這家設備和產品制造商非傳統管理結構的一部分，領導職位是努力爭取得來的，而不是任命的。要真正在戈爾公司【戈爾特斯（Gore-Tex）面料最為著名】擔當領袖，候選人必須展現領導的能力，也就是該公司所謂的能夠獲得追隨者的能力。公司現任首席執行官特里?凱利的任命也是在廣泛征詢各部門負責人意見后確定下來的。該公司在做出類似的用人決策時會廣泛征詢員工的意見。為了讓這一制度的運行更順暢，公司為每位員工安排一位導師，導師將作為教練、支持者以及遇到問題時求助的對象。每位新員工進入生產車間時，導師是公司第一個與其進行互動的人。一名員工稱：“能在戈爾公司工作，我感到很自豪，因為公司非常重視并大力支持員工的發展和福祉。對于新員工或公司外部人士而言，往往會驚訝于戈爾公司為了確保對員工以及所有生意伙伴的公平待遇而付出的巨大努力。”

????4. W.L. Gore & Associates

????Revenue: $3.09 billion

????Headquarters: Newark, D.E.

????Employees: 10,337

????As part of the device and product manufacturer’s non-traditional management structure, leadership positions are earned, not appointed. To truly lead at Gore (best known for its Gore-Tex fabrics), candidates must exhibit an ability to lead, or what the company calls “followership.” When the current CEO Terri L. Kelly was named, the company surveyed its top leaders and asked whom they would support as its next president. The company invites input from all corners of the organization when making similar decisions. Greasing the wheels of the process, each associate at the company is paired with a mentor known as a sponsor who serves as a coach, advocate and go-to resource. The sponsor is the first person to interact with new hires upon their arrival at the plant. Says one employee, “I am proud to work for a company that puts as much emphasis and effort into Associate development and well-being as W.L. Gore and Associates. It is often hard to get new Associates or people outside of Gore to understand the lengths to which this company will go to ensure that we are being fair not only to our Associates but to everyone we do business with.”