The Approach

Responding to the challenges and pressure that organisations are feeling to meet targets, manage change and deliver more for less, the Investors in People approach gives you the opportunity to explore, in more depth, the areas that are most important for your organisation.

This means that you can use the Investors in People framework to get to the core of your organisational issues and priorities, helping you move forward and improve performance through people.

To become an Investor in People, you will need to meet all 39 evidence requirements of The Standard. However, you also have the opportunity to work with the wider framework to further support your organisational priorities and objectives – helping you to explore up to an additional 157 evidence requirements to improve performance.

For example, if your organisation has a priority to manage change, you could work with your assessor to focus on areas such as culture, leadership, skills and consultation across the whole framework to get the most value from your Investors in People experience.

But this is just one option – whether your priority is reducing costs, building leadership, increasing productivity or maximizing profitability, Investors in People can be tailored around you, meeting your organisational needs and any identified objectives.

By approaching Investors in People in this way, you may even find that your organisation meets more evidence requirements than The Standard. This could result in additional Investors in People recognitions of Gold, Silver or Bronze – further acknowledging your commitment to improving performance through people.

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