What are companies doing with regards to 'My Manager'

What effect will focus on the 'My Manager' factor have?

My Manager - How employees feel about and communicate with their direct manager

The quality of direct line management really impacts engagement, after all the latest stats suggest that 7 out of 10 people leave their manager and not their organisation.

Great managers should be selling the direction and vision of the organisation, helping others see how their role impacts the bigger picture, ultimately influencing the factor
My Company. Good Managers recognise the importance of growing and developing their people, which means the My Manager factor also has a significant impact on the factor Personal Growth.

When it comes to
My Team, great managers build great teams, but world class managers also focus on connecting teams throughout the organisation. Managers can heavily influence the Wellbeing factor by helping to positively restore a work/life balance, managing employee workload and recognising that employees have a life outside of work

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Postcomm

Postcomm has a culture amongst its staff to raise money for charity. A number of staff have undertaken bike rides, runs for a variety of charities, e.g. Anthony Nolan Trust, British Heart Foundation, Breast Cancer awareness.

There are regular social events organised by staff. These events continue to be very popular 10 years after Postcomm's creation. They continually get feedback from staff saying Postcomm is the best place they have ever worked, not just because of the opportunities and rewards but because it is the friendliest place they have ever worked.

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Poplar HARCA

The Leader is approachable to all levels of staff within the organisation, proactive in sharing the vision and explaining how all staff fit in, encourages new ideas and initiatives from all staff and sends personal invites to staff to attend corporate events.

There is a reward for presenting ideas about Poplar Harca's Intranet New staff initiative where staff can pitch new ideas and be recognised for the best ones at the staff conference. There are Customer Service awards, HARCA Heroes award for excellent service and a 10-year recognition and Lifetime Achievement award for long service.

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NHS East of England

The NHS East of England are a high performing organisation that makes many exciting demands of their staff. They offer a vibrant, dynamic working environment that gives opportunities for people to explore both breadth and depth in their roles. While the pace is fast and the expectations are high, they give back to their staff as much as they give to the organisation.

The NHS East of England are a high performing organisation that makes many exciting demands of their staff. They offer a vibrant, dynamic working environment that gives opportunities for people to explore both breadth and depth in their roles. While the pace is fast and the expectations are high, they give back to their staff as much as they give to the organisation.

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Natural England

Performance is awarded through the ‘Performance Management System' which links to the annual pay award. Natural England also operate a recognition policy which enables managers to recognise individuals or groups of people for contributions to Natural England. The pay and benefits package includes an annual pay award which is linked to individuals' performance. The company also listen and take steps to introduce additional flexible benefits which employees value. Some of the further benefits that have been introduced include career breaks, discounted gym membership, buying annual leave and salary sacrifice schemes to enable people to buy childcare vouchers or bicycles.

Performance is awarded through the ‘Performance Management System' which links to the annual pay award. Natural England also operate a recognition policy which enables managers to recognise individuals or groups of people for contributions to Natural England. The pay and benefits package includes an annual pay award which is linked to individuals' performance. The company also listen and take steps to introduce additional flexible benefits which employees value. Some of the further benefits that have been introduced include career breaks, discounted gym membership, buying annual leave and salary sacrifice schemes to enable people to buy childcare vouchers or bicycles.

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Monitor - Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts

To encourage healthy eating, fresh fruit is available in the office for all staff. Employee Assistance Programmes are in place for managing stress and mental health issues. Staff are very sports minded and several of them have run in the Westmonster Bridges monthly run at lunchtime programme. They also have a Cycle To work Scheme which more than 10% of staff have taken advantage of. The company have also offered membership to the Civil Service Sports Council.

To encourage healthy eating, fresh fruit is available in the office for all staff. Employee Assistance Programmes are in place for managing stress and mental health issues. Staff are very sports minded and several of them have run in the Westmonster Bridges monthly run at lunchtime programme. They also have a Cycle To work Scheme which more than 10% of staff have taken advantage of. The company have also offered membership to the Civil Service Sports Council.

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London Pensions Fund Authority

In order to support people managers in the organisation, they have Internal management development training, meetings and internal/external coaching available.

Training activities within the organisation include Pensions Scheme training, Data Protection, IT Systems and Corporate training. Formal qualifications are also supported through time off or funds.

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'Johnnie' Johnson Housing Trust Limited

People managers within "Johnnie" Johnson Housing are given the opportunity to take part in mentoring programmes to assist others inside and outside of the organisation to develop their skills. Where possible the company open up courses to other managers who are not necessarily pursuing the full qualification, e.g. individual modules/sessions on the ILM courses.

A Group of representative staff from across the organisation meet regularly to discuss ideas and then consult with and engage with staff via their blog site on the intranet. In addition to this, all staff are offered the opportunity to receive a free winter flu-jab each Autumn either at Head Office or at a local pharmacy via a voucher. Employees also benefit from a flexi-time policy which enables staff to attend appointments outside of their core hours with flexible start and finish times. Time off in lieu can be used to accommodate personal appointments e.g. child's sports day. The full family friendly policy allows for unpaid leave and use of holiday entitlement as well as statutory parental and emergency time off and the attendance policy allows up to 2 hospital appointment days per annum.

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Impact Housing Association

Impact Housing Association regularly hold management training sessions especially the Institute of Leadership and Management qualification and internal events on managing attendance, discipline and grievances. They are currently running a CIH Management Development Programme. Where appropriate they pay for management qualifications. Impact hold four managers meetings a year where all the organisation's managers come together to discuss development and service improvement.

All staff carry out equality and diversity, customer service, personal safety, bullying and harassment training etc. Other popular training courses are NVQ Level 3 Advice and Guidance, ILM level 5 in Management. Normally these will be carried out in work time and funded by Impact. Also study time is provided at 2/5th of the working week for higher level courses.

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Gloucestershire College

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Global Action Plan

Global Action have a Christmas party, quizzes and evenings out and a Swish event.

As an environmental charity Global Action aim to lead by example and take all steps to reduce their impact as far as possible. They have achieved ISO 14001 through the innovative EMS Easy process. Every individual follows the environmental, travel and procurement policies best practice and has their own personal quick check task to ensure that they follow all the relevant plans. Each member of GAP has their own day to empty the compost caddies for the wormery making it an inclusive process and highlights how dedicated all employees are to sustainability.

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