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Personal Growth - How employees feel about training and their future prospects

When it comes to Personal Growth, focusing on providing growth and development opportunities will make people feel invested in as individuals, so are more likely then to feel better about the Fair Deal factor.

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Financial Services

Nedbank Private Wealth

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Diamond Awards reward staff for their admirable personal qualities, rather than their work successes. They are nominated by their peers for a variety of categories, including 'Advocate for Change' and 'People Champion'. The awards ceremony, which has taken place for the past five years, is popular with staff and wraps up the year.
A new learning management system has been implemented to give access to a wide variety of courses, encouraging staff to explore the learning options open to them. The company also uses cross-training to build confidence among employees about how their role fits into the business and expose them to other departments.
Cake sales are always popular events, but most of the company's fund-raising efforts involve physical activities, including a 24-hour cycle, sponsored walks and active travel weeks. Staff also take part in beach cleans and projects to improve nature reserves. The company is an active corporate member of the Manx Wildlife Trust.
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Law

Morton Fraser LLP

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Learning Lounge, the firm's e-learning platform, is available to staff. It also runs an extensive programme of in-person training, covering topics such as business development, intergenerational working, time management and personal effectiveness, client services and presentation skills. Staff are also encouraged to undertake secondments to broaden their outlook.
Action for Children is this year's chosen charity and staff raised more than £2,000 by taking part in the Glasgow Kiltwalk, just one of the charity events planned during the year. The firm also runs volunteering days, which include gardening and beach cleans. Some staff volunteer with MCR Pathways, mentoring young people.
The firm has conducted several listening exercises over the past 18 months. In response to feedback it has reviewed its pay structure and benefits package. It increased its investment in salaries, improved maternity pay and introduced paid paternity leave and private medical cover for the whole workforce. It also raised pension contributions.
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Health & Social Care

Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing

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The charity offers 24-hour counselling support via the employee assistance programme and trauma counselling for staff impacted by incidents at work. Mental health first aid training is supplied. Staff have one-to-one sessions or supervision and the organisation is looking to make working practices even more flexible.
Look Ahead offers Rising Star and Women in Leadership awards each year to anyone who demonstrates passion, commitment and ambition, and wants to study for a development qualification not covered by its training programme. The winner is awarded per award up to £5,000 towards the qualification.
In January, Look Ahead started a Serenity Cafe in Kent to support women and children fleeing domestic abuse. The cafe is open to all community members and offers healthy-living workshops, alongside advice on financial wellbeing. In May, it started dance and movement sessions for customers with learning-disabilities in east London.
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Education & Training

LMP Group

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The leadership team is committed to creating a family feel with open communication lines. Each new employee is welcomed with a coffee by the director – the perfect opportunity to ask questions. Co-founders reach out to employees three months after their start date to check-in on their experience of the company so far.
A salary banding system ensures fair pay for all. Pay is reviewed regularly and benchmarked via a third-party HR consultancy, guaranteeing no discrimination. This approach has proved so impressive that it’s won awards, including Investors in People: Gold; Rate My Apprenticeship: Best Employer; and Best Provider: Third Place – to name just a few.
Holding exceptionally high standards of training is at the heart of how the company operates. All trainers are enrolled as members of professional bodies. Ensuring all team member's skills are aligned with the industry standard, they're continually developed via CPD programmes, forums, events and newsletters.
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Recruitment

Leathwaite

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With charitable work at the heart of the firm, Leathwaite continue to host a range of charitable and community initiatives such as the firm's 'Going the Distance' initiative and 'Run in the Dark" event held in November, to raise funds and awareness for their charity partner, Hope and Homes for Children.
Leathwaite's "Future Leaders" programme is aimed at those believed to have the potential to be future leaders of the business, working directly with the chair and current senior leaders to develop and articulate their leadership philosophy. Keen to place more of a focus on managerial development, the organisation is redefining its programme of training.
As part of the firms annual appraisal sessions, employees are given the opportunity to discuss their development needs in great detail with their managers and what would be most appropriate in order for them to reach their next level of growth. All employees are also provided with access to a range of training materials.
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Health & Social Care

Home Instead

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The online Home Instead Academy allows employees to upskill on a range of topics including diversity and inclusion, and how to communicate effectively. Each new joiner has five days of training with franchise owners and there is funding available for external coaching. The company also offers a four-week exchange programme with the US office.
The company's Home Instead Charities UK arm has a mission to reduce loneliness and isolation in the UK’s ageing population. In 2021 the organisation distributed over £50,000 for 55 community groups benefiting more than 22,000 ageing adults, with activities including memory cafes, singing groups for people with dementia, art classes and yoga sessions.
Bringing teams together was a vital part of Home Instead's focus in 2021, not least for the several new recruits that joined the team. A 'collaboration week' was held by the company, filled with team building exercises, social events and strategic business updates - something the organisation plans to continue on a regular basis.
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Technology

Graphnet Health

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There is no shortage of opportunities to get together and talk work or otherwise. These include twice-yearly company events to share business updates and strategy plans, team away days, virtual lunch breaks, workshop sessions and social outings. Many have looked to build on the camaraderie created by virtual sessions, like 'Friday Night Drinks,' during lockdown.
A monthly company-wide recognition incentive, 'Cheera,' lets employees nominate colleagues for exemplary work they've done to benefit customers, their colleagues or the wider community. A winning name is pulled from a hat, with the employee giving their £500 to a charity of their choice.
In the past 12 months, 95% of employees have completed some work-relating training. Through the Enterprise Initiative Scheme, the company partners with Microsoft, giving staff access to industry-leading accreditations and learning pathways. The company covers the cost of work-related training and offers five days of paid study leave.
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Technology

ENSEK

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A new post of internal communications manager has transformed how the company communicates with its employees and how effective it is. Supported by a team of culture champions, ENSEK has also ensured that people across all parts of the business, in all locations, understand its purpose, mission and values.
The company recognises that staff are often best placed to find enthusiastic recruits and offers generous referral payments ranging from £350 to £1200. In 2021, all employees sharing social media posts with #engineeryourcareerwithENSEK had the chance to win a tech package. Currently, more than 25 per cent of employees come recommended by a colleague.
Revised job descriptions aim to help people better understand their roles and what positions to set their sights on. Career frameworks are also being rolled out to support quarterly performance reviews. Engineering Days or UK Operations Days see whole departments come into the office for learning and team building.
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Recruitment

Energize Group

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Energize continued to hire in 2020 and also ran five new starter programmes, two advanced courses, two senior leadership programmes and two future leader programmes. Other development opportunities included a mental health first aid course, external sales training, webinars and new modules such as creating a positive mindset.

To maintain high levels of morale, Energize organised virtual social events including quizzes, awards and the annual charity auction. A focus on fitness led to activities including the Energize Olympics, virtual yoga sessions, Wellbeing Wednesday and a company-wide activity based charity fundraising challenge.

In 2020 Energize partnered with Reach Out Mentoring, a charity that gives young people from disadvantaged backgrounds weekly 1-2-1 support from a volunteer mentor. In addition to committing to providing volunteers the firm also raised almost £7,000 through a range of fundraising activities.

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Marketing & Media Agencies

Cyber-Duck

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Cyber-Duck supports Goods for Good, a Hertfordshire charity that sends goods donated by businesses and individuals to vulnerable communities around the world. Its services have been needed more than ever, in Afghanistan and Ukraine, and Cyber-Duck donated technology and set up digital platforms for the charity. Staff also helped with packing goods and ran fundraisers.
Staff can meet up at the Duck and Crisp virtual pub and there's space for team chat during quizzes. Leaders run weekly team meetings to share project status, trends, techniques and have a catch-up. A Meeting Owl camera swivels around to film meetings and bridge the gap between staff at home and in the office.
The company is developing Cyber-Duck Academies, in both of the open-source technologies it specialises in, Laravel and Drupal. Research and development time is set aside during working hours to give the company's developers cutting-edge, challenging work and community recognition.
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