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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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OryxAlign

Oryx Align supports personal growth by providing a variety of training courses through Udemy licenses and internal training sessions. The company's focus on individual development plans and the promotion of internal talent underscores its commitment to growth.

In addition to private healthcare and pension contributions, Oryx Align supports its employees through financial contributions to help with energy bills. This commitment to fair treatment extends to free financial advice through its partnership with Schroders.

Oryx Align's leadership team ensures transparency and alignment through regular company update meetings, led by the CEO. The company's values are reinforced through a 'Living our Values' award at the annual awards ceremony.

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Business Services
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Youth Sport Trust

Youth Sports Trust prioritises employee wellbeing with initiatives like Wellbeing Champions, Active 30 team, and Menopause Champions. It has also developed a Wellbeing policy and a Wellbeing Charter to support its staff's mental, emotional, and social wellness.

Leadership at the Trust is committed to living out the organisation's values, promoting them during corporate inductions, training, and staff reward programmes. They further demonstrate responsibility through the creation of an employee engagement action plan.

Youth Sport Trust gives back to society through initiatives like the Generation Charnwood project, which focuses on enhancing the wellbeing and life chances of local young people. The organisation also promotes sustainable and active lifestyles through staff wellbeing initiatives.

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The Morson Group

Morson Group's managers provide robust support to its teams, with initiatives like the HR for Line Managers course and regular 'HR Check-ins' fostering open communication and effective issue resolution.

Morson Group's commitment to wellbeing is demonstrated through its weekly yoga sessions, mental health first aider training, and comprehensive menopause support framework, all aimed at fostering a supportive and caring environment.

Leadership at Morson Group is proactive and responsive, with regular town halls, focus groups and one-to-one sessions with C-suite directors ensuring that employees at all levels have a voice in company policy.

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KP Snacks

KP Snacks demonstrates its commitment to fair treatment through financial support initiatives in collaboration with Grocery Aid, offering financial grants and a one-off cost of living payment to colleagues earning £35,000 or less per annum.

KP Snacks' leadership ensures transparency and clarity through regular updates on the KP4ME portal and on-site townhall meetings. They promote organisational values and provide strategic direction, enhancing employee engagement.

KP Snacks' 'Community Heroes' initiative encourages employees to support local community projects. Additionally, the company's sustainable strategy, 'People & Planet', highlights its commitment to environmental responsibility.

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Worcester City Council

The Managing Director provides regular updates to the whole organisation. Through ‘The City Plan’ the Council ensures that employees are kept up to date with its corporate values and competency framework.
Worcester City Council supports team building and celebrates its teams through a number of events including quizzes and its WOSCARS.
As well as supporting its local community through the services it provides, the Council and its colleagues go above and beyond when helping charitable causes. Its SHIFT Cycle scheme and staff survey charitable contributions provide fundraising opportunities for all employees to participate in.
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learndirect

Learndirect supports personal growth through its 5Mins platform, offering role-specific and soft skill development. The platform provides employees with the freedom to explore a range of topics beyond their specific roles.
Learndirect's comprehensive wellbeing initiatives include a wellness centre, an employee assistance programme, and a menopause policy. The organisation treats menopause as an ongoing medical issue and provides further training to managers on how to support employees and encourage open and sensitive conversations.
A weekly CEO Business Update is sent out each Friday afternoon to all employees, providing significant business activity updates and reminders. The organisation also holds a monthly All-Hands Operations meeting, delivered by the Chief Operations Officer, whereby they go through departmental updates and future focus, with a Q&A for valuable input.
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Riverstone

Riverstone holds fortnightly all team meetings to update on key priorities and initiatives. These are supplemented by regular team huddles in its operations, team meetings and cross-functional group sessions. On an individual basis, one-to-ones performance check-ins happen as a minimum monthly, with a half-year formal check-point and annual review.
The organisation believes in being Forever Curious, which extends to its learning and development approach. Colleagues have access to educational talks, a personal development plan, a growing library of digital learning content for self-led development including CPD Accredited learning, and professional sponsorship to achieve funded external qualifications.
Riverstone runs its "Leading Others" programme that focuses on: Performance Management, Motivation, Goal Setting, Individual & Team Development, Leader as Coach, Mentoring, Giving Feedback, Effective one-to-ones, Time Management, Meeting Management, Difficult Conversations and how to lead a team in a value/belief led business.
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Zenith

At Zenith, managers provide a supportive environment, as evidenced by the launch of the World Class Manager program. This continuous training program equips leaders with tools for effective talent development, stakeholder communication, and quality one-to-one meetings.
Zenith fosters a strong team spirit, underscored by regular get-togethers organised by the CSR committee. These include diverse events like group walks to beauty spots in the summer, meals out, and escape rooms, thereby enhancing the feeling of belonging among colleagues.
Zenith's leadership ensures effective communication and a supportive environment. The CEO maintained open communication channels, and the company adopted agile working practices to ensure the welfare of its employees. It has also implemented state of the art technology across multiple sites so that it can stream live events and share business updates in real time.
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Business Services
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Talbots Law

In order to maintain communication across the business, the CEO has monthly one-to-one meetings with the Heads of Department. The messages from these meetings are cascaded through weekly operation leadership team meetings and quarterly update meeting for all staff.
The organisation focus on its environmental efforts by providing instant cooled water for all staff and water boilers which use less energy than kettles. Its legal teams also have a paper light initiative to reduce printing and all staff have two monitors to assist with this.

As the firm is employee-owned, all staff are entitled to an equal profit share bonus each year. Employees also get gift vouchers on milestone birthdays, weddings and for babies. At Christmas, staff can choose a voucher or donate to a food bank. And there are plenty of sweet treats and free breakfasts at quarter end.

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Longhurst Group

Longhurst Group fosters pride and value among its employees through initiatives like Living our Values awards and 5 for 25 roadshows. These platforms not only celebrate the collective achievements but also allow employees to contribute directly to the Group's strategy.
Longhurst Group ensures that its managers are equipped to provide support and care to their teams. The Group offers mental health training for managers and has made the Management Development Programme mandatory, reinforcing expectations from line managers.
Longhurst Group's leaders are actively involved in employee engagement, hosting two in-person roadshows per year and bi-monthly townhall sessions. They also encourage employees to nominate their peers for the Living Our Values awards.
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Housing Associations
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