What are companies doing with regards to 'My Team'

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Business Services

Hilton Smythe Commercial

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Senior management have changed their vehicles to hybrid and fully electric cars and there are electrical charging points fitted at the business. The company is also planting trees to offset its carbon footprint.
The company aims to ensure that when staff request time off at short notice, it can be accommodated. Close communication has been kept with anybody who is suffering using texts or taking them out for lunch or coffee to engage in supportive conversation.
A visit to a theme park makes up the annual team-building event, and there are others during the year to enhance communication between colleagues. Engagement is also encouraged through Christmas parties, early finishes, dress-down days, exclusive discounts and free treats and gift vouchers for good customer service feedback.
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Education & Training

Action Tutoring

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The communication platform, Slack, is used to keep staff informed and in touch with each other. Informal communication is promoted through social channels such as "elevenses", a gardening group and a book club. Guests are invited to team meetings to encourage mixing between departments and lunch-and-learn and tea-break calls bring people together.
A diversity and inclusion working group has made important improvements. They include winning an 'Altogether Better Inclusive Recruitment Grant' from recruitment agency, TPP, which has led to a review of the charity's recruitment practices. It has also created a trans and non-binary FAQs document to increase understanding among staff.
There are regular opportunities for group training and development at team away-days, as well as e-learning throughout the year. Some staff also have external coaches or mentors. As part of the appraisal programme, staff must complete learning and development plans which are used to create the organisation's training budget.
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Retail

Ooni Pizza Ovens

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As a member of 1% for the Planet, the company gives to environmental partners. It donates another 1% of annual turnover to the Ooni Impact Fund, which supports environmental, social and humanitarian causes. Partnerships reflect its values and focus on zero hunger, responsible consumption and production, climate action and life below water and on land.
Staff nominate colleagues who have lived by one of the five company values. The nominations are announced by the executive team in company-wide meetings and/or sent to the individual’s line manager for discussion during one-to-one meetings and reviews. Annual awards are voted for by staff. Winners receive an extra £500 from the company's 'passion fund'.
Every department has had more flexibility about where they work over the past 18 months. Applications to work fully remotely/overseas have been considered on a case-by-case basis. All team members have been able to decide how much time they want to spend in office. The only exception is the product development team.
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Technology

PebblePad

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Team building days are conducted periodically. A team gets together in the office to spend time with each other, review their workloads and discuss next steps. The days include a team lunch and provide the chance to learn together and boost team spirit.
As part of a move by to improve organisational clarity, new staff are given a buddy. The buddy provides discreet, non-judgemental pastoral support and helps them to acclimatise to the new environment. For the rest of the team, quarterly "all-hands-on" reviews bring the opportunity for senior leaders and team members to ask questions.
PebblePad has a wellness policy offering two days per year for employees to focus on self-care. There is also a 'Wellbeing Workgroup', a team of volunteers from across the business who raise and discuss wellbeing initiatives, including mental health first aiders at work, a wellness policy and raising awareness of World Mental Health Day.
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Education & Training

University of Bolton

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There are two mental health e-learning training packages available to staff and students and two mental health first-aiders on site. An employee assistance programme offers support, advice and information. Confidential counselling and online cognitive behavioural therapy sessions are provided.
Team away-days take place at the group's outdoor activity centre, the Anderton Centre, in Rivington, Lancashire's mini Lake District. Managers work in partnership with centre staff to run water- and land-based adventure and problem-solving activities as team-building exercises.
The University of Bolton Group donated 50 bikes to Ukrainian refugees in the town, so that they are not reliant on their hosts for transports. It also pioneered a free legal advice centre to support the Bolton community. It was staffed by law students and overseen by lecturers, .
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Technology

Hectare Agritech

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Managers are empowered to give team members time off for mental health days. Leaders have been known to share their issues to encourage colleagues to feel comfortable talking to them, so that they are supported to face challenges outside work. Office pets are strongly encouraged, as they increase positivity and happiness.
Hectare's Slack channel #Happyscrapbook is a fun space for staff to share daily or weekly highlights from their lives. Team socials provide entertaining nights out. One of this year's get-togethers was a gig at the Half Moon, in Putney, where staff cheered on their chief operating officer, Dave Rose.
Staff were given a £3,000 surprise at this year's summer event in a mystery envelope containing a "golden ticket" that was place under their chairs. The leadership team said the money was a reward for their monumental efforts and to help with the cost-of-living crisis.
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Consultancy

Makara Health Communications

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Every employee received a personalised report after taking a psychometric survey. The results were then used in a workshop to help staff better understand themselves and their colleagues – their energies and preferences. Line managers are now better informed on how to communicate with their team members.
The consultancy wanted to recognise staff for their efforts and show that it was there to support them by responding to the cost-of-living crisis. It gave everybody – regardless of their position or length of service – a £700 pay increase to reflect the predicted average increase in household energy bills.
The company is experienced in helping clients with their learning and development needs and takes the same proactive approach to its own staff. It encourages them to consider the ‘learning zone’ versus ‘comfort zone’, with everyone’s annual review identifying training or growth areas. These are then taken forward through Individual coaching or group sessions.
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Recruitment

Blue Arrow

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Employees enjoyed a gifted day off during October to mark mental health awareness month, openly sharing what they did to boost their wellbeing. This included long walks, duvet days and family time. In addition, all staff get a mindfulness app subscription and access to a full manager complement of Mental Health First Aiders.

An online social platform is the heart of company communication. As well as updates, it allows colleagues to get business-wide recognition and connect with colleagues across the UK. And an Employee Voice Champion Group feeds back to the MD and HR director about what the business is doing well and where it could improve.

New starters get a ‘riding the rollercoaster’ advice guide to help them prepare for their first three months, offering insight on common emotions – high and low – that a new job can bring. It encourages them to embrace positive thinking, be organised, set goals and invest in their own career development.

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Technology

Street Group

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Weekly "donut" chats pair staff with another colleague for a coffee break, and water-cooler topics are discussed on the communication app, Slack. Update calls are made every other day to check-in and socialise. Regular social events include cheese-and-wine nights, pumpkin-carving, competitions, charity events, bake sales and a summer and Christmas party.
A new learning and development structure is being implemented for customer success and sales teams, before being rolled out across the business. The programme has identified training gaps which are are being rectified through training days and courses. A head of training has been appointed to work with line managers and their teams.
One of the company's principles is "stock the fridge", which relates to an all-hands-on-deck approach. If staff see something that needs doing they muck in and help out. In the early days, as a small start-up, it was key and the approach has been maintained even though the company has grown rapidly.
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Technology

Appello

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A team of staff produces a bi-monthly newsletter, The Wrap Up, which is sent to the whole business. It provides updates on new joiners, career changes, promotions and births, as well as spotlighting particular departments, products or processes.
Senior managers have been leading from the front in making adjustments within their teams to support more flexible working and developing internal opportunities for people to carve out a long-term career with Appello.
Development is supported through succession-planning and encouraging staff to apply for internal roles, before jobs are advertised externally. Since the last survey, more than 20 staff have been promoted or transferred to fellow departments to progress their careers and widen their skill sets.
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