Luminus best for leadership, employee work-life balance and moral principles in UK

Luminus has achieved outstanding national recognition, being awarded second place in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For, rising ten places compared to 2009 and beating 962 other organisations.

Arising from an independent survey of employees, Luminus scooped the coveted Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For award with number one rankings for leadership, employee work-life balance and for the company being founded on sound moral principles.

The number one result for employee work-life balance was achieved with a mixture of fun at work and an excellent range of benefits for ensuring employees remain fit, healthy and happy. Luminus’ Carols for Christmas and charity fundraisers were just some of the fun packed events that drew praise from the judges. Luminus offers a generous benefits package including an impressive pension scheme, gym membership, flexitime and help with childcare to boost well-being.

Luminus’ excitement was doubled as Chan Abraham, Luminus Group Chief Executive, was recognised for his excellent, inspirational and innovative leadership style with the Leadership Special Award. The accolade, sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, was awarded to the Chief Executive whose staff feel their leader is the most inspirational.

The judges praised Mr Abraham for using every opportunity to engage with employees and holding an open door policy, with staff able to book one-to-one “take it to the top” meetings. Mr Abraham was recognised as an inspirational leader who motivates staff with monthly messages of encouragement at the Luminus Conference. 91% of Luminus staff (a score that beats every other company) firmly believe that the company is built on strong moral principles with Mr Abraham leading by example. Employees at Luminus evidently agree with the judges as they gave him an 88% positive score for being an inspirational leader and 89% said they had a great deal of faith in him.

Mr Abraham was delighted to take nineteen employees, including caretakers, electricians, managers and office staff, with him to the glamorous awards event at the Battersea Evolution Centre, London.

Chan Abraham, Luminus Group Chief Executive, said,

“These are tough times for everyone and the greatest challenge is leadership. There are no shortcuts to being able to inspire your people and if it doesn’t come from deep inside you then you either need to find out how you can change yourself or get another job that uses your skills better. Uninspired leaders produce discouraged followers and UK plc is full of both. We need to change that.

As we celebrate our 10th Anniversary, everyone associated with Luminus is delighted with this national recognition as one of the UK’s Best Companies to Work For. Inspired people give inspirational service – and seek to put things right where necessary. We believe in our people and are 100% committed to them. This independent survey shows that the vast majority of our employees feel the same way. Luminus will continue to emphasise the value of good leaders and managers, and relentlessly pursue excellence for the benefit of our customers, employees and the wider communities. We hope that many will feel part of our success as we continue to demonstrate a more excellent way of doing business and encourage others to do the same.

We believe that it is possible to find solutions to many of our problems in modern Britain. That is why we have set our 2020 vision as “The Road to Renewal”. We hope many others will join us and help create a brighter future.”