5 November 2024
The Individuals Working Group are dedicated to making sure Badminton England is a ‘nice and protected’ place to work.
Made up of 14 individuals who cowl all Badminton England departments, the tight-knit group is working tirelessly to place individuals on the coronary heart of all of the organisation does.
Bonded by a shared ardour of creating individuals and the tradition at Badminton England, the Individuals Working Group is championing Badminton England’s core values.
“The group see themselves as enablers,” stated Linda Freeman, Head of Individuals at Badminton England. “That’s why we’ve developed a ‘Individuals Plan’ which has three focus areas: creating a tradition which brings out one of the best in individuals, delivering an excellent individuals expertise and taking care of our staff.
“It sounds actually tacky however it’s a collective endeavour. We’re a group and everybody concerned is driving plenty of behind the scenes work to create a constructive tradition and a various and inclusive setting for our staff.”
Benjamin Horseman and Jia Bin Lee hope their expertise on the Junior World Championships may also help propel them onto the senior stage. 💪
They reached the final 16 on the Junior World Championships in China final month and are hungry for extra! 🔥⬇️https://t.co/UV7zAT3Ail
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The Individuals Crew at Badminton England are chargeable for overseeing all individuals processes together with recruitment, onboarding, creating individuals insurance policies, employees improvement days and all HR administration to assist staff and creating an all-round productive, however crucially completely happy, working setting.
Individuals group member and CRM & Insights Govt, Dan Ward, added: “We’ve simply completed a benchmark survey which requested individuals how completely happy they’re at work so we will be certain Badminton England is a superb place to work and tackle the areas that employees inform us we have to concentrate on.”
The group have spearheaded a change in how the corporate runs its all-staff conferences, making them extra interactive – it’s not nearly administration and hierarchy – they need issues to be pushed by the employees, for the employees.
Aneta Kaszewska, group member and HR Enterprise Advisor, added: “We like to have a good time individuals’s learnings and achievements too. Now we have a employees intranet the place we shout about individuals’s performances and achievements to actually promote a supportive tradition.”
No extra tangible is the inherent volunteering time that staff are giving out of labor to develop expertise and provides one thing again to the neighborhood.
There was cake bake gross sales, “whack it Wednesday” (employees badminton at lunchtime), lunchtime working golf equipment and social occasions to advertise a one group idea.
“Our goal is to drive constructive tradition throughout the organisation by dwelling and respiratory our values. The Individuals Crew seeks to make sure Badminton England is a superb place to work the place employees show one of the best variations of themselves,” Louise Hewitt, group member and Younger Individuals Supervisor stated.
Our nationwide grownup participation programme is designed to get anybody and everybody on court docket, enjoying badminton…no strings! 🏸
A brand new look No Strings goals to supply low-cost, no-commitment, enjoyable, pleasant, welcoming periods, accessible to every person ❤️💛💙💚💜#ASportForEveryone
— Badminton England (@BadmintonEnglnd) November 4, 2024
As an added incentive, each worker will get their birthday off, which appears small however it’s simply one other instance of how Badminton England values our individuals.
Linda concluded: “Greater than something working with this group of fantastic individuals, actual ‘individuals’s individuals’ who’ve a lot power, is an actual spotlight for me day in and day trip.”
