Breakthrough Starts Here It all starts here. The spark of an idea. Hard-earned knowledge of what actually works. The insights within data to make the previously undreamed of possible. Every transformative change has a beginning, and requires people to put in the work. Join the brilliant, hard-driving, stubborn, inspired, passionate people redefining what’s achievable, and […]
Mid-way through the recent Kent Digital Awards (June 2017) the room silenced as a large screen flashed up the question ‘What does recognition mean to you?’ There followed a series of short, snappy interviews during which the previous winners explained what recognition means to them. Intrigued by their answers, I listened as one after another […]
Network Rail owns and maintains Britain’s railway through a workforce of around 38,000 employees spread across depots, stations and offices. We are responsible for more than 20,000 miles of track, signalling, bridges, tunnels, level crossings and stations. Our organisation is striving for “A better railway for a better Britain”. Our people are very committed to […]
EY – formerly Ernst & Young – overhauled their brand two years ago and took an ‘inside out’ approach to marketing, believing that happy employees will make for a stronger bottom line. But too few brands are following suit despite the obvious economic and social benefits. ‘Brand purpose’ is a phrase increasingly espoused by marketers, […]
Who We Are We’re a small district council based in Accrington in East Lancashire. Our workforce has reduced significantly since the Government’s austerity agenda and tough decisions have had to be made. We have managed to keep compulsory redundancies to a minimum however and we’ve continued to take care of employee engagement. In common with […]
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) NHS trust share how they have reduced total serious harm cases by 86%, reduced staff sickness by 15% and moved from the bottom 20% to the top 10% in the national staff survey in just a few years. Strategically the trust knew that employee engagement was critical to delivering their […]
When Dave Clark, MD and co-founder, and his Operations Manager Tim McKenzie, bound into Dave’s office dressed like the staff I’d just seen coming back from lunch I look ruefully at my smart shirt and polished shoes and wonder if I’ve over-dressed. Straight away they start to converse with me as if we’re three mates down […]
RHP are having an unbelievable period of success and transformation, as their vision and strategy work of the last 5 years plus comes to fruition; as visible in the impressive stats they are now able to report as in the Awards they have been winning. In the midst of unprecedented levels of change in the […]
Lindt & Sprüngli has been prospering for 170 years, with an extensive array of well-loved, quality products in its stable. Their recognition at the end of last year as Gold Award and Innovation Winners at the Organisational Culture Awards, at OCExcellence.com, shows they are about much “more than just selling chocolate”, however. The company has […]
In this article by Nupur Singh Mallick, HR Director (UK & Ireland), Tata Consultancy Services you can find out more about what they are doing internally to engage their employees. For any organisation, finding people with the right skills is never easy – and finding people with the right attitude is even harder. With competition […]
