Engagement score

Latest BCI Score

660.1

Quick facts

What we do:
Housing Provider
Year established:
2015
Website:
http://www.stonewater.org
Contact
- Suite C, Lancaster House, Grange Business Park, Enderby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 6EP

About Stonewater

Stonewater are a social housing provider with more than 31,000 homes across England and deliver good quality, affordable homes to those in need. Their values include being ethical, ambitious, agile, commercial and passionate. These principles are embedded in employees’ personal development plans so that the workforce is constantly focussing on achieving the organisation’s vision.

An annual staff conference brings everyone together from across 85 sites around the country and the most recent event focussed on how the organisation was demonstrating its core values in line with business goals.

Their chief executive hosts regular ‘brown bag lunches’, where employees are selected at random and invited for an informal lunch and to ask questions about all elements of their work. The senior management team is also required to demonstrate that they are a values-led organisation with ambitious goals. Stonewater now has more than 65,000 customers.

What is it like to work for Stonewater

My Manager

82% of staff agreed:

My manager regularly expresses his / her appreciation when I do a good job

The leadership model starts with a 360 feedback process, including a 360 coach. It’s a six-month programme in four modules, with participants working in learning sets. Performance is measured through the Personal Development Review (PDR) process. Objectives have a clear relation to the organisational objectives.

82% of staff agreed:

My manager regularly expresses his / her appreciation when I do a good job

Personal Growth

75% of staff agreed:

The experience I gain from this job is valuable for my future

A Leadership Development Programme is supported by 360 feedback and Insights Discovery tools. A four-day immersive training course takes line managers through the challenges of managing a team for 12 months. Facilitators play the characters for the learner to interact with.

75% of staff agreed:

The experience I gain from this job is valuable for my future

My Team

87% of staff agreed:

People in my team go out of their way to help me

Team Talks see employees gather at their local office for updates and presentations on key topics, such as company performance or the launch of the People Strategy. They conclude with Nice Box updates, where employees leave thank you notes for colleagues who’ve helped them.

87% of staff agreed:

People in my team go out of their way to help me

Learn more about the 8 factors of workplace engagement here

Benefits:

Charity Activities

At least 20% of staff are known to undertake charitable activities during business hours without incurring financial loss
Women

At least 40% of senior managers are women
Development

Non work related training supported