Projects and case studies

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  • Engaging for Quality with NHS London

    IES worked with NHS London (the Strategic Health Authority for inner and outer London) to scope its future activity in the area of employee engagement. NHS London wanted to maintain the engagement momentum, following the Work Foundation's study to...

  • Career Paths of Chief Executives

    IES worked with NHS Yorkshire and the Humber to identify and understand the diverse career paths that chief executives of NHS trusts take in reaching this position. The aim of the project was to make public the variety of these paths, to encourage...

  • Advice on HEFCE's HE Workforce Framework

    HEFCE asked IES to act as a 'critical friend' in drawing up its Higher Education workforce framework document, which is intended to provide support to HE institutions as they draw up their plans for the future. This mainly comprised assessing the...

  • Career Development of Civil Service Social Scientists

    Many organisations need to develop the careers and potential of specialist professional groups as well as managers. The Civil Service employs around 1,000 social researchers, spread over many departments and agencies and usually embedded within...

  • Seeing the Link Between HR and Organisational Performance

    This work for the National Health Service Improvement and Innovation Agency evaluated research on the functional contribution of HR/OD and associated professionals to organisational performance, as well as the impact of more general people...

  • Developing HR Leaders

    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...

  • Why People Get in the Way of Change

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHSI) is the body that tasked with bringing about sustainable improvement within the NHS. The 'No Delays' team focused on how delays to patient waiting times (from referral to being seen by a...

  • IDEA Succession Planning

    IES supported the IDeA (the Improvement and Development Agency) in a consortium approach to improving the practical application of succession planning in local authorities. Wendy Hirsh of IES worked with two county councils and two, much smaller,...