O.C. Tanner (company)

O.C. Tanner
Private
Industry Human resource consulting
Founded Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (1927)
Headquarters Offices in Burlington, Ontario, London, United Kingdom, Tokyo, Japan, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Key people
 Carolyn Tanner Irish, Chair
Dave Petersen, CEO & President
Products Awards
Revenue $380 million[1]
Number of employees
 1650
Slogan "Appreciate"
"The recognition experience"
Website www.octanner.com

O.C. Tanner Co., named after founder Obert C. Tanner, is a human resource consulting and services company that designs and helps implement employee recognition programs for clients in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.[2] Counting numerous Fortune 100 companies on its client list, the company provides presentation training, administration, and awards for programs honoring employee service or performance.[3] The company is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company also continues the tradition of its founder of allowing consumers to purchase some of the jewelry it offers to clients at either of two retail stores in Utah.[4] The flagship store in Salt Lake City was recently relocated to the Old Hansen Planetarium, a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2012, the company opened a Rolex store at the City Creek Center.

O.C. Tanner provided medals for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and commemorative rings for athletes since 2000 including the 2000 Sydney Games, 2004 Athens Games, the 2006 Torino Games and the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Tanner Labs

In 2014, O.C. Tanner opened Tanner Labs, a new research and development arm that functions as an internal think tank and incubator for creating and testing new products along with becoming a resource to startups and inventors in the Salt Lake Community.[5]

Thanks.com

In 2004, O.C. Tanner released thanks.com, a website that is specifically designed for on the spot recognition. It contains a selection of gifts, gift passes and e-cards.

Philanthropy

The company sponsors the O.C. Tanner Amphitheatre run by Dixie State College in Springdale, Utah, just south of Zion National Park.[6]

The company also helped fund Linacre College, Oxford, where there is a building named after the company.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Log In
  2. ↑ Hermann Simon mentioned this company in his correspondent Book as an example of a "Hidden Champion" (Simon, Hermann: Hidden Champions of the 21st Century : Success Strategies of unknown World Market Leaders. London: Springer, 2009.- ISBN 978-0-387-98147-5.)
  3. ↑ O.C. Tanner Co. - Google Finance
  4. ↑ OC Tanner
  5. ↑ Deseret News: O.C. Tanner launches new creativity lab
  6. ↑ Springdale Utah O.C. Tanner Amphitheater
  7. ↑ "Named areas of college". Linacre College.