The Standard
The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool
designed to advance an organisation's performance through its employees.
A national quality standard, Investors in People sets a level of
good practice for improving a company's productivity by maximising
the potential of its people.
Investors in People gives you a framework to ensure that your employees
can reach their true potential. This is made up of three underlying
key principles - each in turn supported by indicators of good practice.
On the way to becoming an Investor in People, your organisation
will be measured against each of the PLAN - DO - REVIEW principles:
The success of the Investors in People Standard can be attributed
to the fact that it delivers the results and outcomes that support
any successful organisation. By comparison, most other business
improvement standards are process based and document driven and
as such pay little heed to the results and outcomes that these deliver.
These indicators specify the good practice performance criteria
to be achieved. All must be in place to satisfy an assessor that
an organisation meets the Standard in full. However, the benefits
start to accrue with an independent external review of existing
organisational practice. Investors in People is unique in a number
of ways, not least the review process itself, which relies on comprehensive
interviews with employees across the organisation to confirm the
outcomes of practice and policy, often with surprising results.
Achieving the Standard and being recognised as an 'Investor in
People' organisation involves a number of steps:
- Understanding the requirements of the Standard and its strategic
implications for your organisation
-Undertaking an organisational review against the criteria of
the Standard to identify any gaps in current practice
- Making the commitment to meet the Standard
- Planning and taking action to bring about change
- Bringing together the evidence for assessment against the Standard
- Achievement or recognition as an Investor in People
-Working to keep the culture of continuous improvement alive
Becoming an Investor in People is no easy option - but it is a
powerful one.
Please talk to us to establish the most appropriate steps and timeline
for your organisation
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