Commitment
An Investor in People is fully committed to developing its people in order to achieve its aims and objectives
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Indicator |
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4 The organisation is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity in the development of its people |
Top management can describe strategies that they have put in place to ensure equality of opportunity in the development of people Managers can describe specific actions that they have taken and are currently taking to ensure equality of opportunity in the development of people People confirm that the specific strategies and actions described by top management and managers take place and recognise the needs of different groups People believe the organisation is genuinely committed to ensuring equality of opportunity in the development of people |
What this means in practice
Equality of opportunity is a basic principle of Investors in People, and a conrnerstone for all good businesses. But this indicator is not about policing equal opportunities. It is a test of your commitment to ensuring that everyone has equal opportunity to develop in line with your aims and objectives.
To meet this indicator, you need to put your strategies for ensuring equality of opportunity into practice. You need to show that you recognise the development needs of different groups of people, including those with non-traditional working patterns, and support them.
You managers need to show that they give everyone equality of opportunity to develop in line with your aims and objectives.
People need to believe that their managers give them this equality of opportunity to do so.