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My day at Best Companies Live: How to successfully break down silos

Guest article from Andrew Avanessian, CEO at AppLearn. In February I appeared on Best Companies Live alongside a panel of other business leaders to discuss how we break down silos within our organisations. I think it often goes overlooked, but a business that can break down silos and encourage better collaboration can be stronger and more resilient in an ever-changing landscape.

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Personal and professional development: Are you doing enough to attract and retain your employees?

Organisations prioritising their employees' personal and professional development – their capabilities, skills and competencies – reap the awards in many ways. They can attract new staff. A global survey of Millennials and Gen Zs found learning and development opportunities to be the second most important reason for joining their current organisation. More than a quarter (29%) see it as a priority.

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What is corporate social responsibility? The diverse ways your organisation could be 'giving something back'

What is corporate social responsibility (CSR)? It's a phrase commonly heard across workplaces. For some businesses, it may be choosing a charity to donate to. For others, it may be doing something to support the community in which they're based.

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Who are the best companies to work for? Three-day event celebrates stand-out employee engagement in Q4 and 2022

The best in employee engagement has been celebrated in a three-day event (2nd-4th November) at Evolution London, bringing together 'Best Companies Live Q4' and 'The Best Companies Awards 2022'. All aspects of the event were live-streamed and free to access. This included daytime reveals of the Q4 winners, topical panel discussions on the iconic red chairs and the annual awards showcase, attended by thousands.

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Best Improvers: Who’s Getting it Right?

Since early 2020, organisations have faced challenges unlike any in recent memory. However, despite such adversity, some organisations have led and managed their people in such a way that they have seen an improvement in their Best Companies accreditation status. During August’s Best Companies Live, we spoke to a selection of the best improvers, across all size categories, to find out how they’ve gone about listening to their people and implementing positive change to help create an even better workplace.

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A New Era: People Management in a Remote World

When it comes to traditional people management, new ways of working have forced many to rip up the rule books. But just what does it take to be a successful manager in a remote world? That’s we asked our guests during August’s Best Companies Live, where they discussed how have they equipped their managers to manage successfully, regardless of where – or how – their people work.

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The New Working World: Maintaining Culture and Building Energy

With working outside of a traditional office environment being the ‘new norm’ for many, how do you maintain an organisation’s culture and build energy amongst employees so that the company’s goals can be realised? That was what we asked our panellists during August’s Best Companies Live event, where they spoke about the shared experiences they have created for their colleagues to help drive productivity, creativity, and engagement.

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Giving Something Back: Dealing with the Cost-of-Living Crisis

With the UK’s cost-of-living crisis set to deepen in the autumn of 2022 and into the New Year, how are leaders easing the financial pressures their employees are facing, as well as ensuring any initiatives are sustainable for their business? That’s the question we put to our panellists during August’s Best Companies Live event, where they spoke about their responses to the rising costs facing employees and how that’s impacted engagement overall.

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Simply the Best: The UK’s leading workplaces in Q3 unveiled in a celebration of employee engagement

Live from Media City, Salford, on Friday 19th August, ‘Best Companies Live’ provided a full day of celebration and insight as the workplaces leading the way in employee engagement were unveiled.

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On the money: How DF Capital utilised Best Companies’ insights to achieve 91% employee retention and boost performance

Discover how DF Capital leveraged Best Companies' data to dramatically improve employee engagement, resulting in a 91% retention rate, a seven-fold increase in lending, and sustainable profitability. Learn how focusing on clear communication and strategic alignment propelled them from Ones-to-Watch to a 3-Star Accredited organisation in just two and a half years.

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Community Conversation: How ElectraLink’s four-day working week has been a “game-changer” for business and engagement

Keeping hold of the best talent is a challenge that every company faces. Seeking an innovative solution to this problem, ElectraLink introduced a four-day working week. Find out how this practice not only increased recruitment and retention at ElectraLink but also drove organisational success in a range of other metrics.

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The Leadership Linnk

In November 2024, Linnk Group and its CEO, Jamie Sobrany, were presented with the Best Improver and Best Leader awards. Find out how a combination of Best Companies' data and a people-first strategy not only resulted in these achievements, but also improved retention, recruitment, engagement and productivity at Linnk.

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Checkmate: How Chess ICT made strategic moves with Best Companies' data

Chess has been accredited as a 3-Star "World-Class" organisation for 10 years running, resulting in boosted sales and an overall improvement in business performance. How has its Best Companies data helped the organisation to achieve this level of excellence?

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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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Wellbeing at work – how do we show we care?

Wellbeing might well be the buzzword of the last 18 months, with the pandemic heightening awareness of the importance of both mental and physical health. In this article, we hear from the four winners of the ‘Wellbeing’ Special Award, as they discuss what they learnt about wellbeing and the approaches they put in place during Best Companies Live.

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The importance of giving something back: meet the organisations inspiring us to do more

Through the difficulties of the pandemic, it has been truly encouraging to see many organisations playing a part to help those in need. But why does doing the right thing matter? In this article, we hear from four organisations who participated at Best Companies Live about the reasons why giving something back is so important to them.

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Back to the future: what will become of the workplace?

Since March 2020, the world of work has, for many, become very different. But what has the time since taught us, and what does it mean for the future of the workplace? In this article, we hear from four organisations who participated at Best Companies Live, about their learnings and their strategies going forward.

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Leading through a crisis: How to create certainty in uncertain times

In times of uncertainty, change, or crisis, employees look to the leaders of an organisation for clarity and direction. According to the winners of this year’s ‘Best Leader’ Special Award, there’s a few key areas of focus that helped them through difficult times, which they shared during a discussion at our recent Best Companies Live event.

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The UK’s Best Companies to Work For unveiled during spectacular live event

Broadcast live from Media City in Salford on Friday May 21st, the inaugural ‘Best Companies Live’ event revealed not only the very best organisations nationally, regionally and by sector in 2021, but also awarded the most deserving individuals with ‘Special Awards’ for their contributions to the workplace.

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What impact has Covid-19 had on employee engagement?

Download your free report - Covid-19 has seen organisations having to think on their feet, make decisions quickly and react swiftly to a landscape that is constantly changing and evolving. Take a look at survey analysis from over 50,000 employee responses that highlights workplace engagement factors impacted by Covid-19.

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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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