The Client
A management consultancy, working in the area of helping clients to manage change, particularly in the people area.
Towards Investors in People
Providing support to an organisation that is seeking to be accredited against such a standard. Providing additional resource and insight to research what is required, to plan what needs to be done, and to implement the internal processes and systems that are required to meet the standard.
Organisational Issues
• You want to achieve accreditation against a standard (e.g. IIP) but are not sure what is required to meet the standard
• You are not sure how to implement the necessary processes
• You don’t have sufficient internal resource to research the need and mange the required activities
• You are not sure how far to go with the documentation
Business Benefits
• Clear action plan and timetable
• Increased confidence of a successful outcome
• Hands on help in producing policies and documentation
• Smoother implementation of processes
• Not ‘overdoing’ the preparation
• External help to address changed standards and legislation
• Leads to enhanced external credibility
The product in action - a case study
The Need
The need was to identify what had to be done before the company could achieve the Investors in People standard and to put in place a plan to achieve that.
What we did
Eric and Sarah Thompson researched the requirements of the standard, and researched availability of consultants with expertise as to what specific systems and processes the company would require to meet the standard. Engagement of the consultant enabled a gap analysis to be carried out and a detailed plan developed to show what had to be done to meet the standard. Once the plan had been carried out, including the development of a number of internal processes and systems a dummy assessment was arranged to check for any final gaps before the assessment process was launched.
Consultant(s):
Eric Thompson
, Sarah Thompson
How the client benefited
IIP accreditation achieved in due course giving the company increased credibility in the area of its work.