Things will only get better

Liz SharrocksEmployee Engagement Advisor

Places for People• One of the UK’s largest property development and

management companies

• Circa 143,000 properties owned or managed

• £3 billion asset base

• Circa 5,250 employees*

• Care and support of older persons, vulnerable adults and customers with physical and learning impairments

• Financial and social inclusion products including loans, employment and learning

• Large property and land portfolio

• Significant landscaping and property maintenance divisions

• Recent acquisitions of 4 companies, including leisure/management services (private rent/leasehold)*

Engagement & Wellbeing

• Our focus• Wellbeing• Resilience• What is really happening• What we are doing about it• Key points – for you

Engagement at Places for People encompasses everything we do

All supported by on-going & extensive communications

Our Focus 1943 Abraham Maslow

Wellbeing…some of what we have

And coming soon………..

All supported by SPIRIT

Building on wellbeing…

resilience

Wellbeing

ResilienceResilience is not about you or your staff turning in to…

It’s much harder than that!

We found that ……

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink

What is really happening… out there in the world

We thought we had it cracked….. We thought we had enough support in place……

Change came along•Welfare reform•Possible third dip•High absence & costs•More with less

What are we doing about it?• We are continuing to support managers – they are single

most important factor in wellbeing and engagement • Developing resilience training for mangers and staff

(linked to feedback from absence pilot) • Promoting self resilience - starts on the inside and can be

developed – self responsibility• Review EAP programme to provide choices = empowering• Influencing rather than doing – gives responsibility• Keeping up communications • Focus groups and attending team meetings• Training / e-learning • Team engagement plans• And July – staff benefits site

Score

The month of their birthday?

Where they live?

How they travel to work?

Their partner’s name?

Their last holiday destination?

Their main interests?

Do you know...

Key point 1 (call to action)

Think of a member of your team…

Builds rapport and lets your team know they matter.

Key point 2 (call to action)

Look after yourself or you

won’t be able to look after

others

Remember

Well employees

+

Engaged employees

=

Good business performance