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Mode Training strikes IiP gold
Mode Training has achieved the prestigious Investors in People (IiP) Gold Standard award following an assessment in November.
IiP organisations must show how they meet 37 different criteria to maintain their status. The gold standard demands an additional 126 evidence requirements covering everything from work life balance to strategic planning.
Good practice
Assessor Maureen Edwards noted various elements of good practice at Mode Training:
- Committment: a culture of trust, leadership, motivation, passion for organisational success
- Leadership: experience, support, sharing of knowledge and skills
- Culture of openness & trust: staff have trust in the director to take the organisation through change
- Culture of ownership & responsibility: clearly understood by all staff at all levels
- Change management: thorough staff consultations held over job roles changes
- Team work: Mode Training seen as “one big happy family” by staff. They are aware if a colleague is feeling low and needs extra support.
- Ownership and involvement: learners encouraged to suggest new ideas to marketing the organisation
Strong leadership
Maureen reported that staff see Mode's senior management team as supportive and encouraging, noting that: "Training programmes are well managed, staff are highly motivated, well trained and are strongly committed to improving the quality provision they deliver to their students.”
IiP champion
Mode Training director, Debbie Tagoe has been asked to become an IIP champion to promote the standard to other businesses:
"It's a real honour to be an advocate for IiP. It's a standard that underpins the philosophy of our organisation. Achieving the gold standard shows that IiP principles are wholly intrinsic to our operations."
