Our core mission sums us up. We exist to Unlock People's Potential.
As a company, we have higher purpose than just to make a profit or pay the rent! Maynard Leigh exists to promote humanity, vitality and meaning in the workplace. That's what drives us and we all feel passionately it's what organisations around the world should aspire to. It gives our work meaning, inspires us and, we hope, our clients too.
Our Company Values
Our five core values have underpinned our ethos and culture for over twenty years.
There’s a danger these could simply be empty words. For us they have to be lived by everyone in the company and in everything we do. Here is what they mean to us:
Vitality
We mean the energy and aliveness that people convey by their actions and words. Vitality shows through enthusiasm, passion, creativity, alertness and a sense of well-being. But it isn't simply about being upbeat - it's there in quiet or calm behaviour too. We aim to bring vitality and spirit to all our encounters with each other and our clients.
Openness
We are committed to regular and honest communication, both amongst ourselves and with our clients. Everyone in Maynard Leigh endeavours to treat each other, our clients and others with respect.
Integrity
We strive for truth and wholeness - aiming to be consistent in saying what we mean and meaning what we say. We hold client information in confidence, never disclosing it to a third party without our client's permission. Similarly, we encourage and support our clients in their pursuit of integrity in all that they do
Care
We set high standards for all aspects of our work, and how we behave towards each other and our clients. We approach our activities and our relationships with care and attention. Care involves bringing love and a sense of quality to our activity. We seek excellence in all that we do
Creativity
We promote a creative approach across our company and in our service to clients. People are encouraged to experiment and question everything we do, and why "we've always done it that way", and to seek new or better ways of working. It also means constantly adding value to our clients through innovation in the service we deliver and in our relationships with them. We seek new and innovative solutions to problems.
Our Company Spirit
As well as pursuing our vision of bringing humanity, vitality and meaning to the workplace, Maynard Leigh specifically makes other contributions to the benefit and advancement of society. We hold these activities under the banner of MAYNARD LEIGH SPIRIT.
For example:
- We regularly offer places on our workshops to charities at a reduced rate
- We offer rehearsal space to creative and charitable projects
- We continue to support innovative theatre projects and have backed plays both financially and by offering other support such as rehearsal space
- We run thought-leadership sessions on topics that contribute to society, such as on philanthropy and climate change
- We support charity events, for example, hosting a fund-raising party for Amnesty
- We offer our gallery to charity groups such as Photovoice
- We share our skills and deliver events (often freely) to support organisations who we feel make a positive impact on society
- We offer our expertise to charity organisations in the area of design and marketing
- We speak and present to sections of the community where our skills and expertise can make a difference
We allocate a percentage of our profit each year to help fund some of these activities. And we continue to explore opportunities to make other contributions to society.
