We invest in people
3-YEAR PEOPLE MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION
Assess how your organisation is performing against our We invest in people framework. We advise and support you to improve your workplace culture over time focusing on employee engagement, communication, organisational culture, and work practices.
Understand your organisation’s performance by leading, supporting and improving your people & strategy!
The future of work starts here..
Doing your best work. Knowing you’re in a place where you can grow. To get to the end of the day, and feel like you’ve achieved something. That’s what it means when We invest in people.
Our purpose at Investors in People is to make work better. We want to live in an inclusive society where every business pledges to support their most important asset – their people.
That’s why the ‘We invest in people’ framework was developed in 1991, supporting organisations worldwide to lead, support and improve their people for better business results and a more engaged workforce.
Thirty years later and we’ve made enormous progress, supporting over 59,000 businesses in 101 countries, making work better for over 12 million people.
Whether you’re a corporation, SME or startup, you’ll find plenty of information about how we help you measure success, benchmark against industry standards and create action plans for the future.
Your ambition at the heart of our framework
Constantly moving, constantly improving. Constantly keeping ahead. Critical elements for any organisation focussed on the future and committed to success.
Our We invest in people Framework provides a simple, yet powerful, structure to help you understand the effectiveness of how you lead, manage and develop your people, and how this can be sustained or enhanced to achieve goals and move forward.
Based on three key overarching principles of Leading, Supporting and Improving, our framework is made up of nine indicators each of which breaks down into three specific themes. Behind each of the indicators is a maturity model and criteria that define what it takes to reach each level of accreditation – Standard, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
Key benefits include:
We give your people a voice..
Assessment provides an opportunity for all your people to have their voices heard. We gather cultural data and first-hand feedback from across your organisation to provide insights to help shape future plans and improvement activity.
We measure and recognise your progress..
Using our unique progression-based maturity model, we recognise achievements and evaluate and measure how you have advanced over time through our four accreditation levels: Standard, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
We help you understand areas for improvement..
Our assessment feedback report provides detailed analysis with objective and independent insights on your strengths and areas for improvement. We then work with you to identify actions to help improve your culture and performance.
The We invest in people framework
We use our We invest in people framework to understand how you lead, support and develop your people at work.
You need an organisation that is trusted to provide you with an accreditation for your organisation against a framework that measures performance.
At Investors in People we’ve developed and refined our accreditation process for almost 3 decades to help leaders, employees and companies work together to create an effective environment.
1. Leading and inspiring people
Leaders make the organisation’s objectives clear. They inspire and motivate people to deliver against these objectives and are trusted by people in the organisation.
2. Living the organisations’ values and behaviours
People and leaders act in line with the organisation’s values at all times. They have the courage and support to challenge inconsistent behaviours.
3. Empowering and involving people
There is a culture of trust and ownership in the organisation where people feel empowered to make decisions and act on them.
4. Managing Performance
Objectives within the organisation are fully aligned, performance is measured and feedback is used.
5. Rewarding and recognising high performance
Recognition and reward is clear and appropriate, creating a culture of appreciation where people are motivated to perform at their best.
6. Structuring work
The organisation is structured to deliver the organisation’s ambition. Roles are designed to deliver organisational objectives and create interesting work for people, while encouraging collaborative ways of working.
7. Building capability
People’s capabilities are actively managed and developed. This allows people to realise their full potential and ensures that the organisation has the right people at the right time, for the right roles.
8. Delivering continuous improvement
There is a focus on continuous improvement. People use internal and external sources to come up with new ideas and approaches, supported by a culture that encourages innovation.
9. Creating sustainable success
The organisation has a focus on the future and is responsive to change. Leaders have a clear understanding of the external environment and the impact this has on the organisation.
How it works
The steps in the visual below summarise how we will work with you when conducting a wellbeing assessment. This methodology focuses on a typical accreditation journey but its principles can be adapted and tailored to meet your organisation’s needs.
Hover over the icons to find out more about each step in the process.
We talk to you
We listen to your people
We report on our findings
We provide support and direction
We invest in people Case Studies
Our community is central to Investors in People alongside our frameworks, accreditations and the practitioner network.
Below you can read some of the amazing stories of innovation from a selection of clients across a variety of sectors.
We invest in people + We invest in wellbeing
Employee wellbeing has become a crucial part of the people agenda in recent years. We invest in wellbeing has been developed and designed to integrate with our We invest in people accreditation framework as a combined survey and assessment.
This will allow us to recognise how you proactively align your people and wellbeing priorities because a thriving workplace begins with proactive efforts to support both employee wellbeing and experience.
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The benefits of working with Investors in People
..and the chance to share your story with our community of over 1.25 million people and a community of over 3,500 organisations
* – source: Investors in People Community Impact Survey, 2024
** – source: Gallup Meta Analysis Q4, 2024
*** – source: IIP & Emotional Logic Strategic Stakeholder Report, 2021
