| The competition celebrates exceptional bosses who run successful teams while helping their employees to achieve a good work-life balance. |
| Senior Capgemini manager could be Britain’s Best Boss 2009 |
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| | Julie Pereira, Company
Secretary at IT services
provider Capgemini UK
plc has won through to
the shortlist of
Britain’s Best Boss
competition.
Pereira runs the
company’s Corporate
Services team with seven
direct reports covering
areas including the
company’s property
portfolio, insurance and
sustainability. Her team
work out of offices in
Manchester, Bristol,
Birmingham, Woking and
London and a number have
what Pereira calls
“agile working
arrangements”. These
include a senior staff
member working
compressed hours to
enable study for a
doctorate, a parent who
works four days per week
and another employee who
works mainly from home
to avoid a long commute.
Pereira was nominated
by Head of Health &
Safety Bob Constant and
Director of
Sustainability, People
Michelle Perkins for the
competition, which is
run by work-life balance
charity Working Families
and supported by BT.
Perkins said: “Julie
accommodates a variety
of working patterns and
encourages flexible
working across
Capgemini. She focuses
on outputs and the
quality of delivery, not
how many hours you sit
the office or how many
late emails you send
her.
Constant added:
“Julie allows a freedom | |
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| | of working styles to
gain the best from her
team members and she
sets a good example as a
departmental head. Her
energy levels are
awesome and her
commitment to high
standards of delivery is
well known throughout
the business.”
Pereira says: “Our
most important asset is
our people and, to be
the best, Capgemini has
developed excellent,
robust and considered
policies. There is no
doubt that agile working
practices have enabled
me to retain and attract
the best team members –
people with passion,
imagination and
intelligence who bring
more than their lunch to
work! I can see in my
team that when their
home and work life is
calibrated correctly,
they are happier, more
focused and better able
to deal with the
pressure of a demanding
role. We have also
reduced our property
rental costs
significantly by
reviewing the way people
work and by introducing
collaborative work space
and hot desking which
encourages flexibility.”
Britain’s Best Boss
was launched by Working
Families in 2000 to find
the unsung heroes who
make a real difference
to the working lives of
the people who work to
them. It celebrates
exceptional bosses who
run successful teams
while helping their
employees to achieve a
good work-life balance.
This year supported by | |
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| | BT, the competition has
received entries from
organisations of all
types, sizes and sectors
and from across the
country.
Britain’s Best Boss
2009 will be announced
at a ceremony at the BT
Tower in London on
Thursday, 26 November.
Sarah Jackson OBE,
Chief Executive of
Working Families, said:
“We have received an
extremely high calibre
of entries this year
from very different
workplaces and all
around the UK. The
inspiring bosses who
have been short listed
demonstrate how
individuals can make a
real difference, not
only to the working
lives of people in their
teams, but also to the
effectiveness of their
organisations.”
Suzi Williams,
Director, Group
Marketing & Brand at
competition sponsors BT
said: "It has never been
more important to
celebrate exceptional
bosses, people who are
helping their employees
and businesses to thrive
even in today’s
challenging environment.
A great boss is a
pivotal part of
workplace satisfaction
and a huge part of that
skillset is their
approach to
communication. It’s
great to see such a
variety of companies
entering the competition
and we look forward to
seeing more of Britain's
outstanding bosses." | |
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