Projects

IES is running two online surveys for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) that will provide a snapshot of the current state of the veterinary surgeon and veterinary nursing professions. The 2019 results will be compared with previous surveys carried out by IES, the most recent being in 2014, and be fully reported on.

IES has been commissioned to run a series of workshops on HR analytics, workforce planning, talent management and succession planning for the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA).

IES has been commissioned to run a series of workshops on HR analytics, workforce planning, talent management and succession planning for the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA).

Duncan Brown from IES was commissioned to help run a two-day reward strategy masterclass for senior HR and reward professionals working in universities and colleges. The masterclass focused on how to develop reward strategy, exploring the issues, challenges and solutions.

IES delivered a series of workshops with Blue Edge Consulting for a leading technology company. The workshops provided an introduction to the latest thinking from the world of neuroscience and its application to personal effectiveness and leadership.

This was a joint project between 63 HR Directors in the NHS, with support from NHS North West and IES. In 2008, a model of World Class HR & OD, supported by a self-assessment methodology, was developed by IES. To inform the self-assessment, online surveys of internal HR ‘customers’ have collected views against the key dimensions of HR and OD as: a deliverer of internal services; a facilitator of people management and development; a provider of a policy and practice framework; the guardian of organisational values; and achieving a strategic focus and business alignment. IES is returning in 2010 to design and facilitate peer support workshops, conduct additional HR Customer surveys and co-ordinate dissemination.

IES designed and delivered workshops for HR staff to help understanding of organisational design principles and approaches, and help them perform basic organisational diagnostic tests on change proposals.

IES engaged in a six-month development programme for the HR leadership team of a large local council. This had six coaching sessions combined with three workshops designed to help the team identify their vision for the future of HR, their personal strengths and how they could work better as a team. In parallel, IES assisted IDeA and PPMA in their objective of ‘Raising the standards of HR professionalism in the public sector’ by helping to design a self-assessment tool for senior HR professionals to determine how well they are performing and progressing against a national set of agreed indicators that describe the minimum standard requirements to deliver modern, strategic HR services.

IES worked with the NHS North West in undertaking an HR Capacity and Capability Review. The overall aim was to ensure that HR outcomes support the effectiveness and success of NHS organisations in providing world class services to people in the North West. IES produced a definition of ‘World Class HR’; a self-assessment methodology based on the factors that underpin world class HR practice; analysing web-based survey data on behalf of NHS organisations in the North West; and facilitating a series of intensive action planning workshops for HR Directors and key local stakeholders.

NHS Employers run a series of workshops to support the Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) workforce agenda. IES delivered an evidence-based, practical session on how to work with individuals’ strengths to build employee engagement and workforce productivity.