What are companies doing with regards to 'Leadership'

Training activities are provided by the company are things such as Credit regulation and collections practice Law, Marketing Finance Social media to encourage employees to grow.

The company has an instant policy including things such as Meals/trips/football matches/wine.

The RESPECT Programme promotes positive behaviour in health, education, personal well being, citizenship, relationships and environment. Warings are proud to be the official corporate partner of the programme, allowing them to offer and support opportunities for young disadvantaged people including supporting apprenticeships and accredited training. Since partnering with the Respect Programme, Warings have taken part in a number of volunteering projects including the environmental clear up at Milton Locks, the Portsmouth Games Sports Festival and the Southsea Skate Park refurbishment. Their Health & Safety Advisors also volunteered their expertise prior to the work, undertaking a complete risk assessment of the park's ongoing repair programme.

The RESPECT Programme promotes positive behaviour in health, education, personal well being, citizenship, relationships and environment. Warings are proud to be the official corporate partner of the programme, allowing them to offer and support opportunities for young disadvantaged people including supporting apprenticeships and accredited training. Since partnering with the Respect Programme, Warings have taken part in a number of volunteering projects including the environmental clear up at Milton Locks, the Portsmouth Games Sports Festival and the Southsea Skate Park refurbishment. Their Health & Safety Advisors also volunteered their expertise prior to the work, undertaking a complete risk assessment of the park's ongoing repair programme.

Village Vets support employees' wellbeing by offering healthy eating advice, Fit club and they also have external organisations to provide help with stress.

Village Vets support employees' wellbeing by offering healthy eating advice, Fit club and they also have external organisations to provide help with stress.

In ValueClick we regularly meet up for social events such as Friday beer, Team-lunches and events such as Christmas parties, Summer Parties and Leaving parties.

In ValueClick we regularly meet up for social events such as Friday beer, Team-lunches and events such as Christmas parties, Summer Parties and Leaving parties.

Staff are rewarded through an annual party which this year included complimentary drinks and amusements including dodgems, a surf simulator,gladiator duel, and music. There was a prize draw to win prizes including flights from Bristol to any European destination, an iPad and a balloon ride. In addition, there are specific group and team parties led by the relevant group or team leader to thank and reward staff. For example, Richard Waller who heads TLT's Financial Services Group has an annual party at his home for all 250 staff in the group. As well as providing food and drink, Richard invites staff to use his swimming pool and arranges a live band, bouncy castle, laser maze and other activities. TLT provides a social budget which teams are actively encouraged to use to fund team Christmas parties or other team days out.

TLT LLP have corporate rates at the national gym chain, Fitness First as well as the local Welshback Squash and Health Club to encourage their employees to stay fit and healthy. The Relaxation Station (a professional on-site service which helps to release muscle tension, alleviate headaches and improve circulation) visits the Redcliff Street Bristol office on a monthly basis to allow employees to have a 30 minute treatment of their choice at a reduced price. They also have quarterly visits from a local chiropractor who offers practical advice or treatment on back pain and associated ailments.

Performance is recognised with annual employee awards. Instant recognition is given with spot rewards through their Moments of Magic programme.

Thomson Online Benefits hold a Company conference, team meals and drinks and a Christmas party. There are various team outings and social events. Team celebrations are managed locally. Team/Reward bonuses are given through the recognition programme.

The cultural approach within The Futures Company is one of trust, transparency and accessibility extended to all. Their recently appointed MD, Sarah King, is enormously respected for her enthusiastic commitment to the business. She has a very collaborative approach, is empathetic and supportive, always makes time for important conversations even when she is very busy. She is an inspiring role model, with high levels of integrity, leading by example.

In addition to their informal and staff-initiated events, The Futures company provides pro-bono services for a number of charitable and other NGO organisations. Examples include: The Teenage Cancer Trust where they delivered a keynote speech on evaluating the impact of the built environment at their annual conference. The Futures Company provide support in a variety of ways offering disadvantaged young people from City Gateway the opportunity for a three month Apprenticeship and offering annual office-based work experience opportunities for a local high school.

The Crown Estate have a Reward package called MyReward which encompasses salary, bonus, perfomance management, pensions and benefits. This is an important element of their strategy for success. They also celebrate success at an individual level through recognising people's achievements in their internal communication channels.

The Crown Estate local communities span the UK. They are developing a corporate community investment strategy but already operate in a number of estate based (Rural, Marine or Urban) communities. They work with agricultural tenants to help them diversify or join a prestigious food store's supply chain. They have a Marine Communities Fund through which about £400k p.a. is directed at specific projects. They are a founding member of the Westminster Small and Medium sized Business forum, have provided community halls for various groups and regularly permit the use of their Board Room as a local unit for community events/local groups.

Dom Robertson, Managing Director of RPM, oversees the entire agency, which has grown significantly over this year. As a result, Dom ensures that, regardless of where an individual is or how long they have been with the business, he will spend time with them equally and also devotes a huge amount of his personal time visiting all of our live activity. Whether evenings or weekends, he will ensure he spends time seeing the work of the business and feeding back on successes as well as spending time with people in the field. Dom is accessible and fully engaged with the agency and everyone who wishes to, can have time with him, whether to simply chat about personal issues or to put forward suggestions for the agency. He also lives the company values and ensures his senior team embody them as well as especially ‘leading by example'.

RPM ensures that success, as a result of an indivdual or team, is not only made public to the whole office, but also celebrated. For example, in their weekly news letter they have a special 'thank you's' section,which specifically encourages and therefore recognises hard work or particular individual achievements. Also, everytime there is a new client win, a member of that team will ring the 'new business bell' that sits on the Account Team wall, which lets everyone know of this achievement and helps to bring the office together. Whenever an employee is promoted they are given bottle of champagne by the MD.