Employee-Approved: These Texas CEOs Get High Marks From Their Employees

September 6, 2022

From market cap to revenue growth, there are many ways to measure a CEO’s success. But at the end of the day, one of the most revealing measures might be nonfinancial: What do employees think? Do they feel respected by the CEO? Do they like working at the company?

A company can have blockbuster earnings and great PR, but none of that is sustainable without a base of talented, committed, and engaged employees. Smart CEOs recognize this and spend ample amounts of time and effort ensuring their employees, from the executive team to the frontline workers, have the fulfilling workplace they deserve.

In this issue, Texas CEO Magazine wanted to highlight a few Texas CEOs who got the seal of approval from their employees. We realized up front that this could be a daunting task. Each of the millions of businesses in the state is led by somebody, and it would be a fool’s errand for anyone to suss out the “best” among them, especially along such subjective lines.

And yet we still wanted to recognize a selection of the best. Here’s the approach we took:

We partnered with Comparably, a Santa Monica–based company that collects workplace culture, salary, and corporate brand reputation data about companies across the country. Comparably pulled their Texas data for us, identifying the large-company CEOs with A+ scores based on employee ratings over the past year. These 22 CEOs are the ones we have highlighted in our primary list on the following pages. Read on to see who they are and to glean insights they wanted to pass on to Texas CEO Magazine readers.

To this list, we added some picks of our own—other Texas CEOs with very high employee-approval ratings on Comparably. For all CEOs featured, we included a representative quote from an employee, and a response to the prompt: What do you like best about the leadership team?

Like any list, this one has certain weaknesses. One, this is not an exhaustive list of all large-company CEOs in Texas whose employees love them. Rather, it is a glimpse at some of the CEOs who are doing a great job along the people line based on one specific metric.

Second, this list reflects the demographic makeup of people who currently hold large-company CEO roles. Among the Fortune 500, only 41 companies are currently led by women, and white men are still overrepresented. This reality of who is leading large companies in the country and in Texas is reflected in the list.

And now, without further ado, here is a selection of Texas CEOs whose own employees gave them a big vote of confidence.

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Paul Singh
CEO, U.S. Dermatology Partners
Headquarters: Dallas
CEO Since: 2018

U.S. Dermatology Partners is one of the largest dermatology practices in the country, caring for more than 1.5 million patients each year with more than 1,800 teammates across 90-plus locations across eight states.

CEO Paul Singh has a passion for building world-class healthcare organizations that deliver exceptional patient care experiences. Before becoming CEO of U.S. Dermatology Partners, he served as COO of NorthStar Anesthesia, a TPG-backed practice management company with 2,500+ teammates across 150+ facilities in 21 states and led its successful sale in 2018. Singh earned a BA in Economics with High Distinction from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Recent Company Milestones

Recently launched its Outreach Program to provide underserved and rural communities with critical access to dermatology care. This new Program will open 30 new locations in rural communities across eight states (Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, and Virginia) in the next three years to address the ongoing shortage of doctors and specialists in underserved areas.

From the CEO

Best leadership advice you ever got?
“The greatest gift you can give someone is to set clear expectations on what it means for them to be successful in their role.”

Your leadership philosophy summarized in a sentence?
“Clearly communicate where we are headed and why, surround myself with great leaders who are passionate about achieving this shared vision, and stay out of the way!”

Most-admired fellow Texas CEO?
“Elon Musk. He is a visionary who is fundamentally changing a number of industries.”

What Employees Say about U.S. Dermatology Partners Leadership
“My leadership is always making sure all employee have the necessities needed to complete their job well and efficiently. [They] not only appreciate me as an employee but they also appreciate me as a person.”

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