It has also achieved ‘top five scores’ nationally in two categories, personal growth and leadership. It is the only nursery group to appear on the Sunday Times list, published online this week.
Childbase has maintained its third place ranking for personal growth from last year by continuing to put time and investment into continuous training, mentoring and development. This means that the company’s 1,343 employees, working in 41 day nurseries in the south of England feel that their skills are valued and are happy with their career development opportunities.
The founder and CEO of the company Mike Thompson and his senior team were voted into fifth place nationally for their leadership. Mr Thompson sends hand-written cards to every new employee welcoming them to the partnership, writes postcards to people that have gone the extra mile and personally signs letters sent out to all of his employees. The company announced its commitment to total employee ownership in 2001 and this now stands at 64 per cent.
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