Siva Kugathas from ServiceMaster Clean AAA has been named Leader of the Year.
Just weeks after winning two awards at the BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards and being made a three-time finalist in the Customer Centricity World Series, Siva Kugathas from ServiceMaster Clean AAA has won a prestigious leadership award.
Siva was awarded the Leader of the Year at the UK Business Awards 2023.
The UK Business Awards ’23
The awards feature 20 categories designed to capture vital aspects of business in the UK.
Siva was nominated for his employee mentorship schemes and his dedication to his team.
The GOLD Leader of the Year award was the highlight of the night and celebrates exceptional leadership as a vital component of commercial success and celebrates the leadership of an inspiring, guiding and reassuring mentor – all of which Siva is in spades!
Award judge and Training Director for First Impression Training, Marie Cross, said of Siva and his accomplishment:
“Having chatted with him at the end of the day, and having heard his back-story (what a fascinating guy!), I’d like to give an extra high-five to Siva Kugathas of ServiceMaster Clean, who won GOLD for Leader of the Year.
What a total inspiration you are Siva, especially to other young, up & coming entrepreneurs who can learn so much from your incredible story of success!”
Siva joined ServiceMaster Clean in 2017 from a background in franchise business management and has grown a single unit in Guildford with 17 staff to a 14-territory empire with over 900 employees.
ServiceMaster Clean AAA’s Employee Experience Strategy
By introducing a rewards scheme and emphasis on team building, Siva has reduced staff turnover and has recruited over 150 new employees this year.
Through the mentorship scheme, senior-level staff have achieved prestigious accountancy, bookkeeping, admin and secretarial skills, and executive leadership qualifications.
Two of these included staff who received qualifications from Oxford University.
The mentorship of Siva’s staff has seen excellent results at all levels of his business.
Staff who initially began with us as cleaners have found ServiceMaster Clean AAA a great place to work and develop.
For example, all regional managers promoted or appointed this year have progressed internally from cleaning or area supervisor roles.
Over half of Siva’s sixteen area manager positions were promoted from cleaners – evidencing the success of his ability to mentor and support staff from an entry-level role to a role with more responsibility.
This is all highly unusual in the cleaning industry, not only because, often, cleaners do not progress within a company – usually due to the lack of internal structure to support their growth – but they also tend not to stay in any one company for too long.
Siva has created a stable workplace environment where his staff are happy to come to work and stay with the business for a long time, as they know that they are valued and will be supported should they aspire to develop their skills.
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