BestCompaniesAZ

BestCompaniesAZ, LLC

an organizational consulting and marketing firm dedicated to identifying, developing and promoting great workplaces in the United States, and in Arizona. 

Founded in 2002, BestCompaniesAZ provides services for present and future award winning organizations, including employee opinion surveys, best practice benchmarking, national and local award consultation and submission, culture development, employment branding, human resources, and promotional services. Her clients say that when working with her she brings competence, commitment and integrity to everything that she does.

Prior to starting her own consulting firm, Denise served as vice president with the human resources department of FINOVA Capital Corporation. During her long tenure at FINOVA, she was instrumental in building a centralized human resource department for what was then a small subsidiary with approximately 150 employees, into a decentralized human resources department for a public company with more than 1,500 employees nationwide.

In this demanding role, Denise was responsible for cultivating the company’s dynamic work culture, which received an impressive ranking of #12 and #16 on Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work for in America list in 1999 and 2000. She created and implemented work/life initiatives, recruitment and retention strategies, HR surveys and employee communications. Denise also led and managed a decentralized team of 12 HR managers and assistants, and had corporate responsibility for staffing and recruitment, culture development, reward and recognition programs, employee relations, salary administration and policy development.

Today Denise is most proud of the fact that she is the founding business partner of the Best Places to Work in the Valley from 2003-2009 (published by The Phoenix Business Journal (2003-2009), founding partner of the Arizona Most Admired Companies Program (2010-2011) (published by Arizona Business Magazine), consulting partner for the Top 25 Workplaces for Women (as published by az Magazine) and founder of the Best Practices Leadership Series and BestCompaniesAZ.com niche website.

Denise has appeared in Business Week Magazine, the Arizona Republic, the Phoenix Business Journal and more.