CHAMBER NEWS


Lucy Robinson Chamber offers a top place to work


Creating a family-like workplace culture with complete transparency and strong support has helped the Chamber to be recognised as one of the top organisations to work for in the region. The organisation features in two categories of


the Best Companies to Work For lists released – The Midlands’ 100 Best Companies to Work For and the national Business Services’ 20 Best Companies to Work For. It follows in-depth staff surveys by the


industry-leading employee engagement specialist that reflected well on a steady programme of changes in recent years to improve workplace culture at the Chamber, which employs 180 people across offices in Chesterfield, Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Glossop and Mansfield.


These include improving internal


communication methods, establishing new online meetings in which all employees are invited, and adopting and benchmarking against a set of values.


‘We’re trying to create a culture where it feels more like a family than just a workplace’


The Chamber’s director of resources and HR lead Lucy Robinson said: “We set out a vision about five years ago to make the Chamber a better place to work and one where people can thrive. We’re trying to create a culture where it feels more like a family than just a workplace.


“Improving our internal communication has


been at the centre of this work and we’ve found the weekly all-staff meetings we hold have made it a lot easier and quicker to get messages out. “By becoming a more supportive employer,


people will feel like they can bring their whole self to work. It all comes back to the work we’ve done to build our values and the responses in the survey corroborated this.” Chamber chief executive Scott Knowles said:


“Being recognised in the Best Companies to Work For list, is a huge achievement for our organisation and the work we’ve done over the past five years or so. It’s about valuing our people so they feel respected in the work they do, which in turn means we can provide the best service to our 4,000-plus members.”


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