HR strategy delivers industry‐leading performance at Mitchells & Butlers: Change‐management program recognized in CBI awards
Human Resource Management International Digest
ISSN: 0967-0734
Article publication date: 20 January 2012
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe how a coherent HR strategy focused on delivering the company's key strategic goals has helped Mitchells & Butlers, a UK operator of restaurants and pubs, to post industry‐leading sales and profit growth over the past three years.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper explains the reasons behind the reforms, the form they took and the results they have achieved.
Findings
Reports, among other things, increased employee engagement, higher job satisfaction, lower staff turnover, a 500 percent return on investment in a multi‐unit leadership program and a 5.2 percent rise in productivity.
Practical implications
Reveals, for the company as a whole, an increased operating margin, growth in market share, higher customer satisfaction, lower departmental costs, a rise in like‐for‐like food sales and average profits per pub the highest in the industry.
Originality/value
The paper gives an inside view of strategic transformation at a key UK company.
Keywords
Citation
Phillips, L. (2012), "HR strategy delivers industry‐leading performance at Mitchells & Butlers: Change‐management program recognized in CBI awards", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 5-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/09670731211195909
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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