Company Culture
what we are doing well and
what we need to improve.
Working with teams across
the business, we have
identified three areas that
will have a real impact on
the day to day working
lives of our colleagues.
These areas are employee
wellbeing, communication
and recognition. The
groups were agreed with
HR and are led and run by
passionate team members
across the business.
Initiatives agreed by these
groups include:
• Sessions focusing on
mindfulness, yoga,
walking, exercising in
Richmond park and
learning a new language.
• Mental-health first-aid
and awareness training
to improve our ability
to support colleagues
experiencing mental-
health issues.
• A revamp of our annual
achievement awards.
• We are about to launch
our line manager
conference which
provides strategic and
tactical leadership and
management support for
our first line manager
community.
What makes Reed different from
other large event organisers?
We recognise that our
people have choice in
terms of where they work,
what they do and who they
work with. We want people
to love working here and,
as a result, we are working
hard to listen to the teams
and put in place practical
initiatives that will make
a difference. For example,
we have recently set up
regular fruit deliveries to
our office to ensure our
employees have access to
healthy food. Furthermore,
we have the support of
RELX to progress our ideas
in the field of employee
engagement.
During October, over
100 representatives from
across RELX came together
to discuss the various
employee groups we
have set up (focusing on
women in the workplace,
mentoring for key talent,
LGBTQ+ colleagues etc). to
connect these groups, and
share learnings.
What’s Reed’s ethos and how
does this affect behaviours?
We believe in working
together, challenging
careers and maintaining
a relentless focus on our
employees and customers.
We have recently provided
lots of opportunity for our
people to come together to
focus on a whole range of
important topics including
‘How to Eliminate
Unconscious Bias in the
Workplace’ and ‘How
to Flourish in a Matrix
Environment’. It’s a long
journey, we have lots of
new initiatives in place but
there is still much to do.
Positively, there is a great,
can-do attitude across the
teams and a real passion
for the business so I am
sure that we will achieve a
lot more during the year to
come.” EN
Bold initiatives
Our participation in London Pride, as
part of our parent company (RELX),
during 2019 and 2020
Our LGBTQ+ network ‘OutRight’,
which supports our LGBTQ+
colleagues via social events,
networking, charitable work and
practical advice
Venturing into exhibition sectors
which move us forwards whilst also
embracing our company ethos, like
the recently completed 2nd edition of
Pride Experiences in NYC
Our focus on supporting the
careers of inspirational women via
our Women in Technology and female
mentoring programmes.
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