Projects and case studies

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  • Leadership Brain workshops

    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.

  • Employee Survey for the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education

    IES was asked to run an online employee survey on behalf of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (the OIA). The OIA ws a small (but growing) organisation of around 40 employees, and this was the first employee survey. The...

  • Workforce Planning for Plan International

    IES supported the implementation of a Workforce Planning Pilot Project by providing coaching to the four countries participating, including dealing with questions, reviewing documents and providing feedback, and by developing a case study to...

  • Case Studies on Pay Progression

    On behalf of the Review Bodies it supports, the Office of Manpower Economics commissioned IES to explore pay progression mechanisms (the mechanism by which an individual moves up their pay range) to enhance understanding of how they work and how...

  • Plan International: Talent Management

    IES helped Plan International, a major children's charity, to address its succession and talent management challenges worldwide. Regional, Country and Functional Directors were involved from the start in reaching a shared understanding of the...

  • Review of Rapid Spread Methodology

    Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust commissioned IES to review the second phase of the rapid spread methodology, which was initially implemented in pilot sites in York and Southampton to introduce high impact actions (HIAs) to reduce...

  • Work Organisation and Innovation

    This project identified how innovations in High Performance Work Practices can improve employee outcomes and organisational performance in a range of sectors and countries.The project examined how such innovations may support organisations to...

  • Support given to families with young children

    IES carried out a rapid review of the support given to families with young children. This formed part of a wider review being carried out by QinetiQ for MoD. There were three activities: a description of current and potential future government...

  • Working Towards World Class HR

    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,...

  • Independent Review of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework

    IES carried out an independent review of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework, an important skills development process covering more than one million NHS employees.The resulting recommendations for improvements to the KSF were agreed by the NHS...