Top 20 Companies for Management & Culture

• The top 20 UK companies with the best workplace leadership and culture have been named in research by CMI and Glassdoor
• Global Management Consultancy, Bain & Company named top company for leadership and culture
• Companies scored through analysis of reviews posted on Glassdoor website

This year’s highest-ranked company in the ‘Leadership and Culture at Work: the CMI/Glassdoor Top 20’ is global management consultancy Bain & Company. The consultancy, which serves some of the world’s leading corporates, scored highly across all measures, including a 99 per cent ‘recommend to a friend’ rating. The consultancy has a rigorous recruitment process, with Barney Hamilton, Chief Talent Officer at Bain & Company, estimating that up to 80 per cent of the organisation will be involved in the evaluation and assessment process to ensure they find ‘exciting recruits with a passion for making an impact’.

Second was recruitment agency, Investigo, which trusts employees to manage their own time rather than setting core hours.

The third highest-rated company was energy consultant, Northern Gas & Power. The company also featured in last year’s ranking. The Gateshead-based company fosters an “innovative” culture, where team members can finish work for the year one they’ve hit their annual financial target.

The ‘Leadership and Culture at Work: the CMI/Glassdoor Top 20’ ranking was based on analysis of the reviews posted on the Glassdoor website by current and former employees of more than 7,000 companies.

Rob Wall, Head of Policy at CMI, said:

“The CMI/Glassdoor Top 20 showcases companies with the best management and working cultures in the UK. At a time when trust in business is at an all-time low, good management and leadership is more important than ever to build inclusive and inspiring cultures which enhance productivity and promote employee engagement and wellbeing.

“The 20 companies listed here are fantastic examples of the different ways culture can be nurtured, whether that’s through letting employees determine their own hours, lunchtime yoga classes or investing in staff through high quality leadership programmes.”

Also featured in CMI and Glassdoor’s top 20 companies for culture and leadership were Facebook at number nine, Anglian Water at 13th and Salesforce in 19th place.

Joe Wiggins, Head of Corporate Communications, EMEA at Glassdoor, commented: “The business benefits of putting employees first are now proven – investing in culture and leadership is mission-critical for all companies. The CMI/Glassdoor Top 20 is setting a high bar for other leadership teams to emulate.

“What is really interesting is the huge diversity in companies we see as pioneers when it comes to leadership style. Some of these employers are huge multinationals; others are far smaller, national firms; and in industry terms, the CMI/Glassdoor Top 20 features everything from tech and energy, to consulting and social enterprise.”

The full Leadership and Culture at Work: the CMI/Glassdoor Top 20 report is featured in the autumn issue of CMI’s Professional Manager magazine and can be found at: CMI/Report