Insight Hub - Articles to support your employee engagement journey

Download your free copy of our Hybrid Working report and discover the how hybrid working, or lack of it, is affecting your employee engagement. Packed with data from nearly 350,000 employees across 468 organisations, explore what organisations can do to improve, despite the challenges many non-hybrid and partially hybrid companies are facing.

Costain first joined Best Companies in 2022 when they were searching for a way to improve employee engagement at their organisation. Find out how they used their data to identify areas of opportunity, to help inform their decision making at a boardroom level, and to increase their organisational health.

How did Spain utilise clear communication to help them to win the Euros? And how has England developed a strong relationship between leaders, managers, and their team to reach consecutive finals? In this article, we look at how companies can bridge the gap between their leadership teams and their employees to help drive success through organisational clarity.

Newborns bring joy, but also a need for support. Companies are increasingly offering enhanced paternity leave, but is it just a feel-good gesture, or does it impact the business itself? This article explores the data, revealing how strong paternity policies can lead to a happier, healthier, and more productive work environment for everyone.

When it comes to the Leisure & Hospitality and Food & Drink sectors, there's an ongoing challenge when it comes to retention of employees. In this report, find out the key drivers of engagement and understand what really matters to the people at the beating heart of these industries in 2024.

For many women, the joy of motherhood can be accompanied by a harsh reality in the workplace: the ‘Motherhood Penalty’. There can be no doubt that this is a very real issue in UK workplaces. However, organisations in the Best Companies’ community are doing something quite different when it comes to supporting their female employees.

Download your free copy of our State of Engagement report and discover the key drivers of engagement for the year ahead. Packed with data from nearly 350,000 employees across 468 organisations, explore what organisations can do to improve, despite the challenges many are facing right now.

The culture that you cultivate at your organisation can be the cause of your collapse or the catalyst of your success. Find out what the building blocks are for an exceptional culture and how some of the best in the business have created a way of working that helps their people, and the organisation, to thrive.

What are the key elements that create effective Organisation Clarity? We discuss that here, as well as what the latest data shows us about how connected employees feel to their organisations.

The UK’s Best Companies to Work For in 2023 have been unveiled during a spectacular event that firmly put the spotlight on employee engagement and organisational health. The leading workplaces were praised for demonstrating they truly care for their people, particularly in challenging times.

Research shows that companies that prioritise employee wellbeing are more likely to be successful. Our Red Chair panellists discussed how their organisations had built their workplace cultures around employee wellbeing, what practices they have implemented to do this, and answered the question: how are workplace wellbeing and culture related to each other?

We believe that strong team spirit is essential for any successful organisation. In this session, valued members of our community discussed the cultures their managers and teams had instilled to ensure team spirit is high. We hope these insights will inspire you to create a workplace where employees feel like they're part of something bigger than themselves.