Executive team members hold regular town hall style meetings and
webcasts to communicate with our employees around the world.
Team meetings and one-to-one meetings are complemented by formal
processes through works councils in parts of Europe. We seek to maintain
constructive relationships with labour unions.
We conduct an annual engagement survey among our employees. In
2013 approximately 37,000 employees in more than 70 countries gave
their views on a wide range of business topics and to identify areas where
we can improve.
We measure how engaged our employees are with our strategic priorities.
The group priorities index is derived from 12 questions about employee
perceptions of BP as a company and how it is managed in terms of
leadership and standards. We saw continued improvement in 2013 with a
score of 72% (2012 71%, 2011 67%).
Business leadership teams review the results of the survey and agree
actions to address identified issues. In 2013, safety scores remained
strong and there was an increase in employees’ understanding of the
operating management system, an area of focus identified in the previous
year. While the survey showed an increase in employee confidence in
BP’s leadership, work is needed to further strengthen this.