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The Engagement Plan – How to organise your engagement programme

Best Companies are using client feedback to create the ultimate engagement plan to provide a holistic view of your employee engagement journey. Designed to provide a holistic view of your engagement journey, promotes collaborative working and provides a clear and accurate representation of what’s expected, where responsibilities lie and how long each task is scheduled to take.

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Training for success – How Quill Pinpoint increased employee engagement during Covid-19

Quill Pinpoint managed to achieve their highest ever employee engagement levels as the world went into lockdown. We spoke with Managing Director Julian Bryan and HR Manager Corrine Blake to find out how they achieved this and the positive outcomes they have experienced.

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How giving back gave way to Buzzworks Holdings’ increased engagement during Covid-19

Best Companies spoke with Carole Lamond, People Director, to find out more about how giving back gave way to Buzzworks Holdings’ increased employee engagement during Covid-19.

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Best Companies 2020 Product Roadmap - Q3

Employee Engagement Specialist Best Companies shares what they are working on in their 2020 Q3 product roadmap based on feedback from clients to help develop sophisticated product features.

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#GreatManager – We chat with Becky Franks from The Co-Operative Bank

Best Companies gets into the detail of what it takes to be nominated as a great manager and how management styles and behaviours have changed due to the impact of Covid-19 and working from home.

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Flexible surveying and a Best Companies' accreditation from as little as 24 statements…

Best Companies discuss what an employee engagement survey should include, how often you should survey, how to get additional insight and how Best Companies can help you to achieve this.

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Do engagement levels differ between your furloughed and non-furloughed employees?

What impact has furlough had on employee engagement? Do you know if there a significant difference in the way employees are feeling based on working from home in comparison to key workers out in the field? Best Companies shows how Workplace Insight Pro can help you compare.

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Mental Health Report – What are engaged organisations doing to help?

Our free Mental Health report takes a look at what Best Companies accredited organisations are doing to support their employees. Assessing what advice is currently available to employers, establish what the mental health trends are in engaged organisations and take a look at the success stories of those businesses with strong mental health practice who have excelled with employee engagement.

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How did Stockport Homes top the Best Not For Profit Organisations to Work For 2020 list?

Topping the Best Not For Profit Organisations to Work For List as published by Best Companies - Case Study with Stockport Homes outlining how employee engagement has been instrumental in their transformation.

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Is Your L&D Strategy Broken? How Managers Are Vital to Employee Development

Despite growing demand for development, many organisations are falling short, 57% saw declines in Personal Growth scores last year. As employees crave more opportunities to learn and progress, the role of the manager has never been more critical in closing the gap. Is your L&D strategy helping or holding you back?

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Unmuddling the middle: How turning middle managers into coaches can transform your organisation

Once considered redundant, middle managers are now being reimagined as critical connectors in today’s hybrid world, bridging the gap between leaders and teams. By stepping into coaching roles, they can boost engagement, clarify strategy, and drive performance across the board. Could the key to future organisational success lie in the middle?

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How Do You Create Organisational Clarity at Every Level?

Organisational clarity means employees clearly understand the company’s purpose, strategy, and their role within it. The Clarity Index - Primary Purpose, Core Principles, Outrageous Ambition, and Ingenious Plan - helps build alignment and engagement. Learn how reinforcing these elements at every level can drive performance, motivation, and a stronger organisational culture.

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Are Your Managers Building Meaningful Relationships?

Great managers don’t just hit targets—they build trust, clarity, and connection. Best Companies’ Manager Index outlines four key behaviours that drive strong employee relationships: Inspire, Support, Listen, and Care. While our data shows many managers connect well with their teams, the challenge lies in linking those relationships to wider organisational goals and direction.

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Attracting and Retaining Talent: Innovative ideas for a fresh recruitment strategy

How can outside-the-box thinking help attract and retain talent? We found out during May 2022’s Best Companies Live event, where our guests discussed their innovative approaches to recruitment and the impact on their businesses. We also looked at ways to appeal to a new audience, and how to cut through the noise of a crowded market. Read on for the highlights.

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Giving Something Back: Responding to a global crisis

When a global crisis breaks out, how do organisations lead the way in showing that they care, and why does it matter? In the following article we share the highlights from the conversation during May 2022’s Best Companies Live event, where we hear from our guests about some of the initiatives and support systems they’ve put in place, and how their colleagues have got involved.

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Leading with Purpose: Can a values-based approach boost engagement?

How important to engaging employees is knowing that what they do each day makes a difference to the word we live in? That’s the question we asked at Best Companies Live in May 2022, when we spoke to leaders whose organisations exist for a purpose beyond that of simply making money. In the following article, we share the best bits of the conversation.

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The latest Best Companies to Work For in 2022 revealed during spectacular Q2 live broadcast

Broadcast from Media City in Salford, Manchester, on Friday 20th May, the second ‘Best Companies Live’ of 2022 revealed which organisations had achieved an employee engagement score high enough to gain a place on the national, regional, and sector-based League Tables of the Best Companies to Work For in the UK.

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Flexibility that Works for Everyone: Getting the balance right

If any question is likely to draw a diverse pool of answers, it’s “what would be your ideal working arrangement?” and deciding just what level of flexibility works for everyone is a challenge many organisations are currently facing. In the following article, we review the highlights from our panel discussion looking at flexibility in the workplace during February’s Best Companies Live.

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Managing the Impact of Fatigue: How to avoid burnout

After a constant battle with change and disruption in many employees’ personal and professional lives, the rise of burnout and the effect of fatigue is a reality that some are now facing. Here, we review the highlights from this session during February’s Best Companies Live, where we hear from our guests about the approaches they’ve taken to look after their employees’ wellbeing.

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Attracting & Retaining Talent: Standing out in a crowded market

With the ‘great resignation’ seeing more employees than ever choose to move on from their roles, just what is the best tactic for recruiting and retaining talent in the current climate? Here, we review the highlights from this session during February’s Best Companies Live, where we heard from the organisations that are leading the way in their approach to catching the eye of the jobseeker and creating a workplace culture that people don’t want to leave.

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Leadership in a Changing World: How to achieve success in challenging times

Leading and managing people is hard at the best of times but throw in the challenges of the last two years and it becomes particularly difficult. So just what are the hallmarks of great leadership in a changing world? In the following article, we share the highlights from our discussion at February’s Best Companies Live.

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The Climate Crisis: Commitment and action in the workplace

The climate crisis is arguably one of the most pressing subjects of our time. But how can making organisational commitments to protect the planet benefit both business and engagement? In the following article, we hear from our panellists speaking at February’s Best Companies Live event as to why being environmentally responsible matters.

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The first Best Companies to Work For in 2022 unveiled as part of new League Tables

Broadcast from Media City in Salford, Manchester, on Friday 18th February, the second edition of ‘Best Companies Live’ revealed which organisations had achieved an employee engagement score high enough to gain a place on the national, regional, and sector-based League Tables of the Best Companies to Work For in the UK.

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Rising to the challenge: Improving against the odds

It goes without saying that in any year improvements in employee engagement should be celebrated. However, for those that have managed improvements so significant that they have made the biggest change to their previous survey score in their size category – it is more important than ever. In this article, we hear from the winners of the Special Award for ‘Best Improver’ at Best Companies Live, where they discussed how they made such an achievement in such a challenging year.

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Learn and grow: How do you develop your employees in a pandemic?

Putting an emphasis on delivering training is undoubtedly more difficult during a pandemic, however, some organisations found innovative and unique ways to continue their employees learning and development when Covid-19 hit. In the following article, we hear from the winners of the ‘Personal Growth’ Special Award at Best Companies Live, where they shared the practices they put in place and how their learnings will shape the way that employees train, develop and grow in the future.

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