What are companies doing with regards to 'Leadership'

Departmental strategies are based on the company values, which are used in meetings and talked about regularly. Management also attend annual fun activities to get them involved and interacting with people outside of work.

Departmental strategies are based on the company values, which are used in meetings and talked about regularly. Management also attend annual fun activities to get them involved and interacting with people outside of work.

Hanson Wade have bought more working space to create a better working environment. This has led to a huge increase in collaborative meetings. People can work how they want – standing up, in their quiet reflection room, or on a sofa with their feet up.

Everyone gets £100 each year to spend on anything that involves learning something new. There's one day off per year for charity work, and the winner of ‘Wader of the Month' receives £200 to spend on an experience.

Handle Recruitment's consultants work with the Amy Winehouse Foundation to deliver ‘Employability Workshop Masterclasses'. They also back Music Support, a start-up charity helping musicians and individuals to overcome addictions, and Haringey Shed, a performing arts company for young people.

Handle Recruitment's consultants work with the Amy Winehouse Foundation to deliver ‘Employability Workshop Masterclasses'. They also back Music Support, a start-up charity helping musicians and individuals to overcome addictions, and Haringey Shed, a performing arts company for young people.

Many employees opt for home working, or a home-work balance to help accommodate childcare and their personal circumstances. Staff also benefit from shifted hours that make caring for loved ones easier, or simply make the commute to work slightly more bearable.

Many employees opt for home working, or a home-work balance to help accommodate childcare and their personal circumstances. Staff also benefit from shifted hours that make caring for loved ones easier, or simply make the commute to work slightly more bearable.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.