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 Ruth Badger (Kip Carroll on Flickr) Ruth Badger, who famously went head-to-head with the eventual 2006 Apprentice winner, Michelle Dewberry, is urging employees to nominate their bosses by July 15 for the Britain’s Best Boss Award. Working Families and BT are looking for the unsung heroes of the British workplace – great bosses who help their winning teams achieve a healthy work-life balance. |
The winner of last year’s Britain’s Best Boss competition, NatWest North Regional MD, Chris Brindley explains:
“I think a great boss cares about his or her people and their immediate families – you can’t have a successful business unless you have good people. Looking after your people, listening to them, showing flexibility and helping them to be better at their job will lead to a better service for your customers and stakeholders.”
“I don’t believe it’s more difficult to be a good boss in a recession – to look after your people and say ‘thank you’ doesn’t cost anything.”
You can check if your boss makes the grade with the “Rate Your Boss” quiz at britainsbestboss.com, where you can also nominate them. You can also catch videos of what past winners and employees think makes a great boss, and – new on the site – Ruth Badger tells us what she thinks about working mums, exceptional bosses and, of course, Sir Alan Sugar.
So far – with under a month to go before nominations close – people from large and small organisations all over the UK, in the private and public sectors, have nominated their bosses.
Sarah Jackson, Chief Executive, of work-life balance charity Working Families, who organise the competition said:
“We want to hear about all the unsung heroes out there – the great bosses who make a real difference to people’s working lives and who prove month after month that a happy team is more likely to be effective and improve the bottom line.”
Suzi Williams, Director, Group Marketing & Brand at competition sponsors BT said:
“We’re delighted to be supporting Britain’s Best Boss competition 2009. At BT, we believe in the power of communication. The best bosses are usually great communicators who build engaged and effective teams by bringing people with them. We are committed to celebrating the exceptional bosses who really make a difference to the lives and the success of their employees.”
The closing date for nominations, which are free to submit, is Wednesday 15 July, 2009.
Britain’s Best Boss competition is run by the work-life balance charity Working Families and supported by BT. Working Families and BT are looking for individuals who run successful teams by taking practical steps to help their staff balance their work and home lives. They are creative about flexible working, understand about family emergencies and make sure no one is working long hours on a regular basis. Britain’s Best Boss competition was first launched in 2000 to celebrate the unsung local heroes who show other managers how a happy team with balanced lives makes for a ‘win-win’ situation for everyone.
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