The Investors in People Standard has been radically overhauled and updated to be more challenging and relevant to the modern organisation.

What does the new Standard look like?

	The new Standard focuses on a range of people management issues, such as employee involvement and empowerment, reward and recognition
	The capability of leaders and managers is more closely measured
	Setting and communicating aims and objectives is now much more important
	The assessor will be looking to see how you plan to measure the impact of learning and development upon performance
	Robust evaluation is now essential
	There is no requirement for any form filling or paperwork.

What are the implications for your organisation?

Already working with the Standard?
If you are already committed to the Standard, or are Recognised as an Investor in People, then you need to know how your organisation compares to the new requirements in time for your next assessment or review. Most organisations, including those that are already Recognised, will need to do some things differently to meet the new version.

Thinking about working with the Standard?
If you felt in the past that Investors in People appeared too paper driven and bureaucratic, then the new version of the Standard will represent a major advance. As the respected benchmark of good people management practice in the UK, you may want to know in detail what you would need to do to start working with it and the potential business benefits of doing so.

How can we help?

We have developed a suite of tools with the Investor in People employer in mind - designed to help you to get and keep the Standard and achieve tangible business benefits. These include:

IIP Insight
360 Insight
Training and advice

IIP Insight is a staff attitude survey designed and validated by Assessors that will show you how close you are to meeting the new requirements of the Standard. IIP Insight can help you to:

	Understand your strengths and weaknesses against the new Standard
	Identify the business benefits of working with the Standard
	Tell you what the assessor is likely to find
	Plan any actions you need to take
	Check whether you are ready to go for your first assessment
	Feel confident of success at your next review

We can also identify which areas of your organisation are doing better than others and compare your results to our benchmark database – invaluable information if you are looking to attract and retain the very best employees.

Click here to find out more about IIP Insight

The new Standard focuses closely on leaders and managers, testing whether they are effective in leading, managing and developing people reporting to them. We can help you to make sure they are, by providing customised online 360° measurement and feedback for your leaders and managers. This can be based upon your own competency framework or alternatively you can use our 360 Insight model, which has been specifically designed to test the issues at the heart of the Investors in People Standard.

Click here to find out more about 360 Insight

IiP training and advice
Our team of Investors in People advisers and assessors can work with you to build the business case for Investors in People, identify the best approach to achieving the Standard in your organisation and get buy-in from your senior management team.

In addition, we can provide training in key elements of the Standard, such as business planning, performance management and people development.

Our IiP credentials
We have been working with the Standard at senior levels for over twelve years. Our consultants have advised and assessed hundreds of organisations ranging from large government departments and agencies, local authorities and multinational businesses to small family firms.

We are also strategic advisors to Investors in People UK and have unparalleled knowledge of how the Standard is developing. Some of our recent projects include:

Developing the Investors in People Leadership & Management Model on behalf of Investors in People UK Visit Investors in People UK's website to find out more about the model

Support in establishing the Investors in People Champions programme including designing and building the Champions website, designing case studies and E-Zines.

Click here to visit the Investors in People Champions website

Building a web based Assessment tool for Investors in People Profile on behalf of Investors in People UK.

Visit Investors in People UK's website to find out more about Profile

Call 0870 742 4810 now to find out more about how People Insight can help you. We would be delighted to discuss our services in more detail.