Partnerships with People

Investors in People

 
Characteristics of an Investor in People Organisation

• A clear and shared vision

• A clear and shared set of Critical Success Factors

• An ability to identify the core strengths of the organisation and to build successful teams

• An ability to react quickly and effectively to changes in the marketplace

• Consistent management practice

• A widespread commitment to excellence in quality and customer service

• Regular communication and extensive measurement of individual, team and organisational performance

"Working in Partnership with People" Profile HRD & Investors in People — beyond 2000
Stage 1 – Shared Direction The vision developed by top team The vision shared with all the people Jobs related to vision and long term goals Shared values Shared good habits Functional contributions agreed Participative planning enabled Build collective confidence Demonstrate you value everyone
Stage 2 – Shared Culture Share and agree corporate management style Localised management development Localised team building Blame is removed Culture is competitive Change is embraced
Stage 3 – Shared Learning People sign up to their own development Managers developed to achieve targets which stretch High performance is an expectation Training Plans Personal Development Plans for all Develop the person Manager becomes a "coach"
Stage 4 – Shared Effort Teams trained as effective units Discretion given to teams Teams have internal customer expectations Senior People "Walk outside the organisation" Ad-hoc teams used to facilitate corporate goals The team is the organisation
Stage 5 – Shared Information Good & bad news is relayed openly Processes for allowing ideas to be taken into account exist Information is shared between teams Structure of employee participation reviewed Employees taught how to contribute ideas Employees taught more widely about their organisation and how to contribute to it

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