The Stroke Association Achieves Investors In People Status, UK
March 30, 2017
The Stroke Association has been awarded the coveted Investors in People Standard. The charity joins over 30,000 ambitious organisations in the UK to achieve this accreditation. It recognises an organisation's commitment to improving its performance through the development of its people.
Jon Barrick, Chief Executive of The Stroke Association said,
"We're delighted to achieve the Investors in People Standard and it rewards all the hard work and dedication of our staff and volunteers.
"The Stroke Association has doubled in size in the last five years and we are an extremely ambitious organisation. The Investors in People framework will allow us to improve our performance even further. If we can develop our staff and volunteers we'll move even closer to our vision of a world where there are fewer strokes and for all those touched by stroke to get the help they need."
Over 80 staff members and volunteers were interviewed by Investors in People to help them assess the organisation. The charity was commended for surpassing the standard in eight areas including top managers making sure the organisation has a clear set of core values, ensuring the strategy of the charity is developed through the involvement of all and using key performance indicators.
Chris Humphries, Chief Executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, which has strategic responsibility for Investors in People, said:
"Congratulations to The Stroke Association on achieving the Investors in People Standard. In the current economic climate, it's more important than ever that organisations are able to get the best out of their people.
"The Stroke Association is a great example of how charities can inspire leaders, managers and employees at all levels to build their skills, improve their performance and achieve their potential."
Recent research, conducted by the Centre for Business Performance at Cranfield School of Management, showed that working with Investors in People increases profitability by enhancing managerial skills and increasing the performance of managers.
It also inspires a high-performance management culture and an effective learning environment, both of which help to improve performance.
Notes
Details of the eight areas where The Stroke Association surpassed the standard are:
1. Top managers make sure that that the organisation has a clear set of core values that support its purpose and vision.
2. Top managers make sure that the organisations strategy is developed through the involvement of managers, people and stakeholders and other sources.
3. Top managers make sure that the organisation has key performance indicators to improve its performance.
4. Managers can describe the organisations core values and what this means in the way they are expected to manage.
5. Managers can describe how they are involved in developing the organisations strategy.
6. Managers can describe the key performance indicators they use to improve the organisations performance.
7. People can describe the organisations core values and what this means to the way they are expected to work.
8. People can describe how they are involved in developing the organisations strategy.
About Investors in People:
- Investors in People offers a practical, flexible and easy to use framework for improving business productivity, performance and competitiveness in organisations of all types and sizes through good practice in people management.
- An organisation that has achieved Investors in People has been successful in adopting and maintaining its three fundamental principles:
- Plan - developing strategies to improve the performance of the organisation, from business goals to leadership strategies;
- Do - implementing those strategies, taking action to improve the performance of the organisation;
- Review - evaluating and adjusting those strategies, measuring their impact on the performance of the organisation.
- The UK Commission for Employment and Skills has strategic ownership of the Investors in People framework. Investors in People is part of the UK Commission's ambition to improve skills, employment and productivity across the UK.
- The Investors in People framework is delivered by a partner network:
1. In England, the network of Investors in People Centres.
2. In Scotland, Scottish Enterprise (SE) or Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
3. In Wales, the Business Skills Delivery Team at the Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, Welsh Assembly Government.
4. In Northern Ireland, the Department for Employment of Learning.
Source:
The Stroke Association