No. 6: Pinnacle Financial Partners

August 28, 2016, 9:00 p.m. EDT 1 Min Read

Location: Nashville
Assets: $9.3 billion
Employees: 1,101
President and CEO: Terry Turner
www.pnfp.com

Popular with employees: All employees, including part-timers, receive restricted shares of stock when they are hired and every year after that. This is to encourage them to act like owners in all aspects of their work.

Fitness/wellness program: An online portal that synchs to FitBit allows employees to track fitness goals while earning points that can be redeemed for gift cards, yoga mats and more.

Communication tool/practice: President and Chief Executive Terry Turner regularly conducts "listening sessions" with employees at all levels to get feedback and typically comes away with a list of action items.

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