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May 13
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HR Focus (4): Leadership success secrets...

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In the latest episode of our HR Focus podcast, our editor speaks to Lorna Connelly, Admiral’s UK director of people, to find out the secrets to success of this 25-year incumbent on the UK’s Best Workplace list.

The financial services company Admiral is a recognised champion of great leadership and exceptional workplace culture. For each of the last 25 years, the firm has achieved the UK’s Best Workplace employer recognition, from global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work.

Underlying that success is Admiral’s strategy for supporting and developing its leaders. In a focussed conversation on leadership success secrets, Lorna Connelly, Admiral’s UK director of people, explains:

  • How to ensure that managers aren’t overwhelmed
  • Key steps to developing a clear and effective strategy for supporting managers
  • How to build managerial confidence, and how flexible working patterns can help achieve this
  • The value of the Trust Index employee survey, and more.


Many thanks to Great Place to Work UK for sponsoring this episode of HR Focus.

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