Projects and case studies

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  • Effectiveness and Return on Investment of a leadership development programme

    IES was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of a development initiative for emerging leaders during 2010/11. The programme aimed to develop a community of senior leaders into executive coaches who, once trained, would provide coaching to...

  • Joint L&D procurement - a case study

    As part of on ongoing programme to help with the spread of ideas and knowledge about shared services across local government, IES created a case study of the joint procurement of an L&D managed service in the four boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich,...

  • Wigan Council HR facilitation

    IES was asked by Wigan Council to facilitate their HR team discussions on:the future structure of the functionrelationships with other Boroughs on sharing services

  • 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...

  • NHS North West SHared Services Workshops

    IES assisted NHS trusts in the North West to work towards cross-organisational partnership working, where appropriate, through facilitated workshops.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Sharing Professionals Across Organisational Boundaries

    With pressure on public finances, organisations look to find innovative working practices to save money. Capital Ambition asked IES to explore how some London Boroughs (sometimes with local NHS organisations) are sharing professionals or teams...