Investing in your People - Checklist

Following the Investors in People standard helps you show how committed you are to developing your staff and making them feel fulfilled and valued. Here’s how to get started.

Find your local delivery organisation through Investors In People on Tel 0300 303 3033 or www.investorsinpeople.co.uk.
Ask your local centre for a copy of the Investors in People (IiP) Standard.
Ask your local delivery organisation what guidance, help or financial support they provide, or for names of approved advisers.
Review your commitment to developing employees - in strategy and plans, and by providing opportunities, encouragement and recognition.
Confirm you have a clear business strategy and action plans, including how employee development will help achieve your objectives.
Assess the effectiveness of your induction, training and development and whether managers provide effective support.
Review how you evaluate the costs and benefits of development activities and their impact on company and individual performance.
Investigate employees’ understanding of development opportunities and activities, their effectiveness and your commitment to development.
Identify how you can continually improve development activities.
Assess in detail how your company measures up against the ten indicators of the IiP Standard.
Prepare an action plan to meet the IiP Standard, including appropriate training and development and performance management systems.
Identify the costs - in employee time, advisers’ fees and assessment costs - and likely timescales for achieving the IiP Standard.
Make a public commitment to achieving the IiP Standard, both to your delivery organisation and to your employees.
Explain to your employees what you are doing; take the action required, and build up evidence of how you meet the IiP Standard.
Arrange for formal assessment; consider planning a trial run.
Once accredited, maintain the IiP Standard and keep developing your business and employees; prepare to be reviewed within three years.