The Investors in People Standard
Evaluation
An Investor in People understands the impact of its investment in people on its performance
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10 The development of people improves the performance of the organisation, teams and individuals |
The organisation can show that the development of people has improved the performance of the organisation, teams and individuals |
What this means in practice
The ultimate objective of Investors in People is to improve your organisation's performance through the development of your people.
This indicator measures how much your development activities have in fact improved performance.
To meet his indicator, you must be able to describe them improvement that development has brought to the performance of individuals, teams and your organisation as a whole.
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11 People understand the impact of the development of people on the performance of the organisation, teams and individuals |
Top management understands the overall costs and benefits of the development of people and its impact on performance People can explain the impact of their development on their performance, and the performance of their team and the organisation as a whole |
What this means in practice
You need to understand the benefit of the development of people and its impact on your organisation.
This indicator tests whether people really do understand the impact that investing in people has on performance.
To meet it, top management need to show that they all have a good understanding of both the costs and benefits of development activities. In other words, they need to show they understand the value of their investment and be able to explain why their commitment to people development is worthwhile.
People must also be able to understand the link between their development and its impact on performance.
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12 The organisation gets better at developing its people |
People can give examples of relevant and timely improvements that have been made to development activities |
What this means in practice
Continuous improvement is at the heart of the Investors in People Standard. No organisation stands still and it is important to carry on making improvements as your needs change.
This indicator tests how much you continue to change and improve your approach to developing people.
To meet it, your people need to describe what you have done to improve development activities whenever improvements were needed. You will need to show that you have considered each principle of the Investors in People Standard.