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Features and Benefits of Investors in People

Investors in People delivers proven bottom line benefits

Internationally Investors in People has grown to be a leading  people management business improvement standard because it delivers improved performance to thousands of organisations. 30% of the UK workforce is employed in Investors in People organisations. Internationally, Investors in People is in 75 countries and is used globally by an estimated 80,000 organisations.  Investors in People was also awarded the UK Superbrands award in 2010.

Currently over 35,000 organisations worldwide  have achieved Investors in People recognition. And an amazing 3,000 of these have been recognised for ten or more years! Take a look at our Case Studies.

In New Zealand the Investors in People Standard has been available since late 2000 and has already attracted a large client base across the public and private sectors. There are a growing number of businesses  in New Zealand who also recognise the advantages the Standard bring to their organisation including:

  • Proving Investors in People works - recent research demonstrates that Investors in People improves financial performance, increases profitability and helps organisations meet their strategic objectives.
  • Managing change in a downturn - research undertaken in 2008 stated that "Investors in People is a particularly useful framework for organisations undergoing significant or rapid change."
  • Business improvement focused - whatever your business priorities, Investors in People's framework can now be geared to ensure you get the best results against your business plan.
  • World class good practice - our framework has been developed over 18 years with some of the world's leading organisations. You can work with The Standard - the foundation of good management practice or go broader and deeper and be tested against the full framework.
  • Continuous Development - our advisers, assessors and self-check tools can tell you how well you are performing, suggest key performance indicators or  provide tailored business advice on where to best focus development activity.
  • Customer-led - Investors in People grew out of the 1990s recession and is designed by business for business. Our success as a voluntary framework depends on ensuring that employers find us flexible and easy to use.
  • A winning formula - in addition to helping them improve their business performance, some customers also work with us to stand out from their competitors, attract and retain the most talented people, or win new business.Superbrands

 

 

"Investors in People has given Estee Lauder Companies a framework to ensure that our people practices are aligned with what we want to achieve through our strategy and that we are focusing our resources in the right way."

Marie-Ann Billens, General Manager, Estee Lauder Companies New Zealand.