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Investors In People
A double success
Sisk’s Board and Management Team are in no doubt that
the company’s most important asset is its people, you!
Investors In People is a framework that helps As the UK had already reached the Standard, it was
organisations turn this statement into a reality. agreed that the company would aim high and go
Its primary aim is to help companies like Sisk for Gold.
improve their performance through the management
and development of staff. To do this, you undertake The results have just come in and they are beyond all
a rigorous assessment to demonstrate a certain our expectations!
standard. If you meet that standard you are awarded
with an Investors In People (IIP) accreditation. Ireland have achieved The IIP Standard!
The team received some incredible feedback,
There are several levels of accreditation a company including very positive comments about just how
can achieve. far the business has come since the previous year. In
particular the assessor pointed out the PDP reviews
The Standard: A foundation level which is the and how useful they are for staff and managers, the
benchmark for a very well run organisation. level of communication and engagement across the
Companies must meet 39 requirements to business, the strong commitment to zero and the
achieve this. level of support towards Chartership. In addition the
Bronze: An additional 26 requirements must be met. apprenticeship programme was highlighted as being
Silver: An additional 76 requirements must be met. appreciated by everyone across the business.
Gold: An additional 126 requirements must be met.
For Ireland this has been an incredible journey. There’s
A History of IIP and Sisk still plenty to do to improve, but the assessor said that
this was one of the most impressive companies he’d
In 2011, Sisk’s UK IIP accreditation came up for renewal. seen in terms of improvement in such a short space
Since the last assessment the Standard had changed of time. Had we have gone for a higher accreditation
somewhat and when applying the assessors told the there is no doubt we would have achieved it.
team some improvements needed to be made. The
team had a year to make these improvements before Well done to everyone involved.
retrying, which we did, and with success. In 2012 the
UK part of the business was awarded IIP Standard In the UK, the team achieved the Gold Standard!
Accreditation. An outstanding result that went beyond all our
expectations. To put it in context, only 3% of
In Ireland, the team had never before been assessed companies in the UK have achieved this. We
for IIP. Last year when applying for the accreditation, demonstrated excellence in a number of key areas
Ireland underwent a mock assessment. The feedback including supporting staff, engagement, training, social
from IIP was positive but stated that there was still a responsibility and above all personal development.
long way to go and improvements needed to be made.
With that in mind the longer term plan for both the UK We are very proud of everyone who took part in the
and Ireland was to achieve Gold by 2017. assessment process in the UK and Ireland but above
all we are very proud of YOU. Without every single
When applying for accreditation you have to specify member of the Sisk team this would not have been
which award you would like to achieve. Once accessed possible. What a way to start 2015!
you can only meet that level or lower, you can’t
achieve any higher. For example, if you went for Silver For more information you can visit
accreditation, you could achieve Silver or Bronze, but www.investorsinpeople.co.uk
not Gold.
In December 2014 the HR team agreed that as
Ireland was new to the process and had only recently
undergone a mock test, they would aim for the
Standard accreditation.
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A double success
Sisk’s Board and Management Team are in no doubt that
the company’s most important asset is its people, you!
Investors In People is a framework that helps As the UK had already reached the Standard, it was
organisations turn this statement into a reality. agreed that the company would aim high and go
Its primary aim is to help companies like Sisk for Gold.
improve their performance through the management
and development of staff. To do this, you undertake The results have just come in and they are beyond all
a rigorous assessment to demonstrate a certain our expectations!
standard. If you meet that standard you are awarded
with an Investors In People (IIP) accreditation. Ireland have achieved The IIP Standard!
The team received some incredible feedback,
There are several levels of accreditation a company including very positive comments about just how
can achieve. far the business has come since the previous year. In
particular the assessor pointed out the PDP reviews
The Standard: A foundation level which is the and how useful they are for staff and managers, the
benchmark for a very well run organisation. level of communication and engagement across the
Companies must meet 39 requirements to business, the strong commitment to zero and the
achieve this. level of support towards Chartership. In addition the
Bronze: An additional 26 requirements must be met. apprenticeship programme was highlighted as being
Silver: An additional 76 requirements must be met. appreciated by everyone across the business.
Gold: An additional 126 requirements must be met.
For Ireland this has been an incredible journey. There’s
A History of IIP and Sisk still plenty to do to improve, but the assessor said that
this was one of the most impressive companies he’d
In 2011, Sisk’s UK IIP accreditation came up for renewal. seen in terms of improvement in such a short space
Since the last assessment the Standard had changed of time. Had we have gone for a higher accreditation
somewhat and when applying the assessors told the there is no doubt we would have achieved it.
team some improvements needed to be made. The
team had a year to make these improvements before Well done to everyone involved.
retrying, which we did, and with success. In 2012 the
UK part of the business was awarded IIP Standard In the UK, the team achieved the Gold Standard!
Accreditation. An outstanding result that went beyond all our
expectations. To put it in context, only 3% of
In Ireland, the team had never before been assessed companies in the UK have achieved this. We
for IIP. Last year when applying for the accreditation, demonstrated excellence in a number of key areas
Ireland underwent a mock assessment. The feedback including supporting staff, engagement, training, social
from IIP was positive but stated that there was still a responsibility and above all personal development.
long way to go and improvements needed to be made.
With that in mind the longer term plan for both the UK We are very proud of everyone who took part in the
and Ireland was to achieve Gold by 2017. assessment process in the UK and Ireland but above
all we are very proud of YOU. Without every single
When applying for accreditation you have to specify member of the Sisk team this would not have been
which award you would like to achieve. Once accessed possible. What a way to start 2015!
you can only meet that level or lower, you can’t
achieve any higher. For example, if you went for Silver For more information you can visit
accreditation, you could achieve Silver or Bronze, but www.investorsinpeople.co.uk
not Gold.
In December 2014 the HR team agreed that as
Ireland was new to the process and had only recently
undergone a mock test, they would aim for the
Standard accreditation.
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