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5 Reasons to Always Use an Anonymous, External Employee Engagement Survey

Is your engagement strategy based on reality or just what employees think you want to hear? Honest feedback is the engine of growth, but it only happens when people feel safe. Discover why internal polls often fail and how an anonymous, external Employee Engagement survey can boost participation by 15%, unlock industry benchmarking, and provide the scientific rigour needed to turn data into a 23% increase in profitability. Stop guessing and start transforming your culture today.

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Quiet Cracking: The Hidden Threat to Employee Engagement and Organisational Health

Beyond "quiet quitting" lies a more dangerous trend: quiet cracking. Affecting 55% of workers, this silent erosion of wellbeing is 6.2 times more likely to lead to clinical burnout. While performance metrics might look stable, the hidden costs to team morale and innovation are staggering. Discover why this crisis is a top priority for CHROs and how data-driven insights can help you diagnose the early warning signs before your culture, and your bottom line, begins to fracture

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Why Energy Drivers Should Shape Your People Strategy

Global engagement is at a critical low, costing the economy billions in lost productivity. But engagement isn’t just a metric; it’s the "heartbeat" of your culture. This article explores the Engagement Equation, revealing how to identify the drivers that energise your people and the drains that stifle them. Discover a four-step strategy to transform feedback into a competitive advantage, boosting both your team's resilience and your bottom line.

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Thriving Through Change: Building Resilient Organisations with Industry 5.0

Is your efficiency making you fragile? Industry 4.0’s ‘just-in-time’ model is snapping under global pressure. Discover how Industry 5.0 swaps brittle speed for strategic resilience. Explore the ‘armour’ of technology and build an organisation that doesn’t just survive disruption, it evolves because of it.

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Industry 5.0: Why Sustainability Policies are Vital for a Future-Ready Workforce 

From AI-driven circular systems and smart energy grids to the rise of ‘micro-factories’, the most competitive companies of the future are those aligning profitability with purpose. But how do you overcome the cost barriers and the ‘business-as-usual’ mindset to attract the next generation of eco-conscious talent and create a future-ready workforce?

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Are Your Managers Effective People Leaders?

In a reactive economic climate, effective People Leadership is the ultimate competitive advantage. Explore the data-driven strategies from the State of Engagement Report 2026 that empower managers to build resilient, human-centric and high-performing teams

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Danske Bank: Investing in Employee Engagement

With a heritage spanning 200 years in Northern Ireland, Danske Bank is no stranger to investing in their people, and their commitment to creating Employee Engagement has earned them a 3-Star Accreditation from Best Companies for the third-year running.We sat down with Caroline van der Feltz, HR Director at Danske Bank, to explore the strategies and initiatives that have resulted in Danske Bank being named the Best Company to Work For in Northern Ireland and in the Financial Services Sector‍

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AI or Anxiety? Why Tech-Driven Sectors Are Falling Behind on Employee Growth

Discover how organisations are failing to provide adequate development opportunities and, thereby, equip their teams to embrace the age of AI, and what this means for your company's performance and pressure points.

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The True Cost of Financial Stress and Work/Life Imbalance

Is your organisation too reactive? Learn why this drives employee stress and work/life imbalance. Find out the strategic, non-budget solutions to boost Employee Engagement and nurture high-performing teams.

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State of Engagement Report 2026: Download Now

What are the key Employee Engagement insights this year? What can organisations do to tackle the challenges that they have faced over the past 12 months? From benefits of AI to how People Leaders are the vital enablers of Organisational Clarity, download our latest State of Engagement Report to see how your organisation can have a successful 2026.

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How Roadchef Got Engagement Motoring Across the UK

From 100% turnover to 3-Star accreditation, discover how Roadchef transformed its culture across 31 motorway service locations. By prioritising practical wellbeing and launching the ‘Leadership Highway’, the hospitality giant has turned communication into its heartbeat. Learn how site-level insights and a people-first philosophy helped them fill 69% of management roles internally and slash turnover. It’s a masterclass in driving performance through genuine care.

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What is Psychological Safety and Why it Matters for Employee Engagement

When employees feel safe to take risks and speak up, innovation thrives and profitability soars by 21%. But how do you build a culture where mistakes are seen as learning opportunities rather than career risks? From Google’s Project Aristotle to our proven 8-Factor Model, discover why Psychological Safety is the ultimate strategic imperative for engagement, retention, and long-term Organisational Health

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10 Reasons Why Best Companies Accreditation Matters More

In a world of ‘lite’ assessments and hollow accolades, how do you prove your commitment to your people? Not all accreditations are equal. Best Companies moves beyond the badge, using 25 years of academic rigor and UK-specific data to reveal the ‘why’ behind Employee Engagement. From total anonymity to real-time insights, discover the 10 reasons why our methodology is the gold standard for leaders who want more than just bragging rights - they want a roadmap for growth.

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Industry 5.0: Why Organisations are Adopting Human-Centric Policies to Build a Future-Ready Workplace

While Industry 4.0 focused on using new technologies to drive efficiency, it also caused disengagement in employees. Learn why Industry 5.0’s human-centric ethos is not only bringing Employee Engagement back into the workplace but is also the key to creating a future-ready workforce.

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The New Wellbeing: Strategies for success

With wellbeing becoming an even bigger differentiator for organisations looking to attract and retain talent, what are the key areas to focus on? That’s what we discussed during Best Companies Live in May 2022, where our guests spoke about how wellbeing support in the workplace has evolved, and which of the support mechanisms they have put in place have had the greatest impact on overall employee health.

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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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