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Leadership Drives Engagement

Clear vision, trust and alignment from senior leaders shape how employees feel about the organisation - impacting company culture and wellbeing.
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Brother Marcus

At Brother Marcus, employees’ mental and physical health are all supported through YuLife, an innovative wellbeing platform. Employees and their family members have access to online doctors, mental health sessions, activity tracking and wellness rewards, all through the app.
The leadership team creates organisational clarity by communicating vision, goals and expectations clearly across all levels of the business. This is achieved through regular team meetings, site visits, one-to-one WordTake sessions and weekly head office catch-ups. Leaders ensure employees understand their roles, responsibilities, and how their work contributes to the overall success.
Over the past 12 months, Brother Marcus has supported charitable and community initiatives through partnerships with StreetSmart and Belu Water. With StreetSmart, the organisation has contributed through fundraising events and in-restaurant collections to help people experiencing homelessness. Through Belu Water, a portion of proceeds from sales supports clean water projects.
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Leisure & Hospitality
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Evolve BG

The company supports employee wellbeing with Mental Health First Aiders, healthy snacks, and policies promoting adequate rest, helping maintain a balance between work and personal health.
Evolve BG's leadership exemplifies transparency and accountability, with approachable Executive and Leadership teams who listen to feedback, fostering a culture of open and honest communication.
Evolve BG's partnership with Wigan Youth Zone and participation in fundraising events like Tough Mudder reflect the organisation’s commitment to making a positive impact in the community beyond profit motives.
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Technology
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KERB

KERB offers a company bonus scheme based on profit, impact, and engagement, and provides sales and target incentives. The "you've nailed it" award recognises those who go above and beyond with an annual, all-expenses-paid incentive trip, such as the upcoming trip to Copenhagen.
KERB supports physical and mental health through Private Medical Insurance, a medical cash plan, and ClassPass. The Hospitality Action EAP provides confidential support, while a Mental Health committee organises initiatives, and there are 27 trained mental health first aiders.
All line managers have been through an external strategic leadership training programme, focusing on key areas like strategy, professional management, and commercial leadership. This investment in their leaders ensures a high standard of guidance and support for the entire team.
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Food & Drink
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iconsys

The leadership team at iconsys believe that only by living the organisation’s culture will the company achieve its mission. This starts with employees at all levels becoming learners in all things and having a growth mindset. Leaders further demonstrate the organisation’s behaviours: Safety, Excellence, Responsible, Agile, Transparent, and Teamwork.
iconsys has created its own Academy to support employee growth and development. The Academy was created with the support of several experts in the field of training and talent development.
The organisation participates in a range of charity and fundraising initiatives, including donating to foodbanks close to its clients rather than sending them Christmas cards. It also holds regular coffee mornings and cycling events to raise money for the British Heart Foundation, and supports Movember, with a number of engineers joining in.
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Technology
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caba

There are many opportunities for employees to have their say and get involved, including monthly all-staff meetings and issue-specific away days. There's also a voluntary employee forum and ones for wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion. And cross-team projects allow staff to flex their skills beyond their daily roles.

caba's developing a leadership framework to help managers become confident leaders capable of meeting the charity's future challenges. It already gives its leaders and managers the freedom to be creative and innovative. It trusts them to challenge actions that aren't in line with the charity's values and behaviours.

caba gives all candidates the interview questions in advance to promote a level playing field, particularly for those who are neurodiverse. There's also a buddy system to ensure new starters have a familiar face to turn to outside their team and plans for a new starter network.

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Rayner Essex LLP

Due to the seasonal nature of the work within its tax team, and it being very busy in the lead-up to the personal tax deadline on 31 January, it has amended the hours to account for this variation in work.
Management information is cascaded down from the firm's leadership and shared with individual department heads, so that this information can then be shared more widely within teams. The staff partner also shares a monthly newsletter, which shares updates on the firm's financial performance; introduces new staff members and celebrates employee achievements.
The firm is very active socially and believes that building relationships outside of working together helps teams to work better together. The firm has regular informal social events, including end of months drinks, and bowling nights. The firm also has an active social committee which organises a calendar of events.
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Accountancy
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Frettens Solicitors

Frettens Solicitors offers a fair deal to its employees through annual salary reviews, performance-related bonuses, and a generous benefits package. This ensures that employees feel fairly rewarded for their work.
Frettens Solicitors emphasises the wellbeing of its staff by promoting flexible working hours and work from home options. The organisation also provides private health insurance and a cash back healthcare plan to support its employees' mental and physical health.
The leadership at Frettens Solicitors is visible, approachable and committed to the firm’s strategic goals. Regular strategy briefings and meetings with the Managing Partner ensure that the firm's direction and performance are clearly communicated and understood.
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Law
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Crimson

The organisation provides many opportunities for teams to come tother in both a working environment and a more social setting. Team calls and online company activities provide the opportunity for teams to align on goals, and charity events and team lunch’s provide the chance for team building and the strengthening of employee relationships.

The Leadership Team are transparent in their messaging and regularly communicate the company's performance, challenges, and good news stories, ensuring that everyone is well informed about what's happening. Employees who consistently embody the company values are acknowledged and rewarded. This can include awards, bonuses, or a well done shout out at the Monthly Team Meeting.

Crimson has developed a CPD Pathway for its employees that helps to identify and develop the skills and competencies that are required for their current role, or one that they are aspiring to move into. Some of the training resources that are available to employees include podcasts, articles, and online courses.

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Recruitment
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Business In The Community

Workshops and coaching are provided to managers to help them apply company values. A session at National Induction also focuses on vision and values, including a discussion exercise around real-life examples, which helps employees develop their understanding and application of these principles in the workplace.
'All Staff' events and Roadshows are used to bring colleagues together face-to-face for networking and interactive presentations. In 2015, individual teams also created brief, innovative, and entertaining videos to introduce themselves to the rest of the organisation, helping to foster a sense of community.
Business in the Community has gone through a highly consultative process to develop and refine its vision, values and core messages. This has fundamentally changed how it represents itself externally and communicates internally, demonstrating a leadership that values and involves its employees.
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Specialist Care Team

Managers facilitate monthly welfare catch-ups by telephone to check on staff without discussing work tasks. Through eight-weekly supervisions and regular service visits, they provide consistent recognition and support. This visible presence ensures that frontline experience informs senior decisions, creating a supportive, "safe to speak up" culture for all.
To reduce isolation, Specialist Care Team uses a rota design that rotates double-ups, allowing colleagues to build diverse peer relationships. Relational team meetings every 6–8 weeks prioritise informal connection time. This focus on in-person interaction and shared induction meals helps community-based staff maintain a strong sense of belonging.
Senior leaders "walk the talk" by using values to guide every decision and quality standard. They maintain an open-door policy and conduct regular audits to recognize great practice while addressing drift early. By aligning with the Leadership Qualities Framework, they ensure integrity and safety remain at the heart of operations.
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