Leadership - How employees feel about the head of the organisation, senior management and the organisation's values and principles
Leadership has the biggest influence on how employees feel about the organisation.
Leaders need to create inspiring visions and provide clear direction to positively Impact the My Company factor.
When it comes to Wellbeing, no amount of free fruit or stress busting classes are going to address an imbalance. Employee Wellbeing is a by-product of the leadership and management culture.
If there’s pressure at the top of your organisation, it won’t take long to be felt throughout.
The company offers a blended approach to training for managers and team leaders, and, to ensure consistency, everyone in the business experiences the same learning sessions and one-to-one support.
Week-long team building exercises are held where employees are put into teams, mixing with different departments all with the same goal to win the tasks set. Prizes for the team winners and for individual winners include weekends away and all-expenses-paid dinners.
Week-long team building exercises are held where employees are put into teams, mixing with different departments all with the same goal to win the tasks set. Prizes for the team winners and for individual winners include weekends away and all-expenses-paid dinners.
Since 2014, Freebridge have run Providence Street community centre in King's Lynn, taking over when it was underused and in decline and turning it into a thriving, refurbished and buzzing resource. The centre provides office space for partners, such as the NHS, and provides a venue for local groups and activities.
The management team are role models for the values and demonstrate them in their engagement, both internally and externally. They have led on the evolution of the values, empowering employees to determine what each value means.
Freebridge have a number of practices in place to ease workplace stress. This includes access to counselling, which helps individuals to address personal stress, and coaching to empower employees to find their own solutions to workplace challenges they may be facing.
EW have a total of 68 solar panels on the roof of the Farnborough office. To date, the company have created over 42 MWh of energy and saved over 16,000kg of carbon dioxide emissions. Staff are updated regularly on how much energy they are creating.
Employee wellbeing is supported with free sports massages, acupuncture and osteopathy. The company also offers full health screenings to staff, as well as an annual, free flu jab to all staff in the office.
Employee wellbeing is supported with free sports massages, acupuncture and osteopathy. The company also offers full health screenings to staff, as well as an annual, free flu jab to all staff in the office.
Each year, Elvis holds a summer event, which is attended by the whole company. The build-up to the event includes a month-long theme selection process that encourages cross-departmental collaboration and creative thinking across all levels.
Each year, Elvis holds a summer event, which is attended by the whole company. The build-up to the event includes a month-long theme selection process that encourages cross-departmental collaboration and creative thinking across all levels.
Last year, staff participated in 1,500 hours of training spread out over 50 sessions, 70% of which were externally run. Training now takes place every month across every department in the agency.
Edwards Lifesciences have a collaborative incentive scheme whereby all employees work towards set goals which are cascaded through the organisation. This is linked to the e-performance system and people are awarded between 5% and 15% of their salary.
The company has introduced a range of initiatives for employee engagement, including enhanced long service awards, a coffee club, increased communications and mindfulness sessions for all office-based staff.
The company has introduced a range of initiatives for employee engagement, including enhanced long service awards, a coffee club, increased communications and mindfulness sessions for all office-based staff.
The senior management team go over and above their job requirements to ensure that everything runs smoothly in the business. CEO Lorna engages with the team daily via email or phone call and operates an open-door policy to ensure that everyone can speak to her if they need to.
To ease workplace stress, the company encourages breaks to be taken at regular intervals. Additionally, a mental health policy is in place and a team of sourced councillors are on hand for staff who require extra support.
To ease workplace stress, the company encourages breaks to be taken at regular intervals. Additionally, a mental health policy is in place and a team of sourced councillors are on hand for staff who require extra support.
To monitor engagement levels on a weekly basis, the introduction of charity, fun and wellness groups has given employees the chance to take part in something that has a big impact on their engagement levels at work.
Datto actively support a range of charities through company fundraising initiatives, which have included a charity car wash, raffles, sporting activities, and much more.
Employees are able to submit recognition shout-outs to other employees, which are then displayed on the internal intranet page. Each year, one winner is chosen to receive a bonus and a trip to the annual conference in America.
To ensure the wellbeing of employees, Content and Code hire a massage therapist to come into the office every three weeks. Team members are also encouraged to talk to their line managers, who make sure they have regular one-to-ones with their team members.
As part of learning and development incentives, Content and Code award cash bonuses to employees who successfully complete Microsoft Competency exams.
To ensure the wellbeing of employees, Content and Code hire a massage therapist to come into the office every three weeks. Team members are also encouraged to talk to their line managers, who make sure they have regular one-to-ones with their team members.
Typically, a leader will be present at the start of each school day to welcome children as they enter the school, pass on any important notes or messages and allow staff to approach them about any matters.
Canary Wharf College's principles are communicated to new employees through an extensive induction programme, including sessions on the history and ethos of the organisation. They also have staff meetings at the beginning of each term to reinforce the vision and values of the college.
The college supports employees from different and varied roles to obtain qualifications to develop themselves. For example, they supported teaching assistants to obtain teaching qualifications and teachers to obtain leadership qualifications.
The company has been trialling aluminium straws at their restaurants and look to roll this out so they can be 100% plastic free across all sites. Most recently, one site has started producing its own herbs and vegetables, helping to reduce carbon emissions.
Cambscuisine have recently partnered with Greener Growth, who have re-designed the restaurant gardens to enable the growing of produce on site. Ingredients such as rhubarb, redcurrants, herbs, spring onions, spinach, peas and fennel are now hand-picked every day.
The company has been trialling aluminium straws at their restaurants and look to roll this out so they can be 100% plastic free across all sites. Most recently, one site has started producing its own herbs and vegetables, helping to reduce carbon emissions.
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