All staff feel that they receive the highest possible levels of support and encouragement to undertake focused training and development for the benefit of both themselves and the organisation for which they work. There are extremely robust planning and monitoring processes in place, resulting in very clear and specific objectives at all levels. Full involvement of staff in these processes has resulted in strong ownership of them, with all staff being highly focused on the achievement of key results for themselves and the organisation, and extremely clear regarding what they have to do in order to achieve them. There is very strong teamwork in place, with all staff feeling highly valued and strongly motivated to achieving success with comments such as 'I'm always thanked for a job well done, no matter how small, and this makes me want to give my best' being typical. In particular the decision to allocate individual training budgets to staff is seen by them as a demonstration of the high priority that is given to their training and development and a reflection of how highly their contribution is valued.
Staff are clearly proud to be part of the organisation and what it is striving to achieve.
There is a strong training and development culture in place, with all staff being empowered and motivated to further their own training and development aspirations and to share their skills and expertise with others. Clearly the development of the CPD Standard and Award is an exciting initiative which you will want to incorporate for use by your own staff when it is finalised. Despite the small size of the organisation, there are extremely high quality business planning and development processes in place, which ensure that all efforts are highly focused and targeted on achievement of business outcomes. Communications, both formal and informal, are open and effective, and all staff are highly motivated to contributing to the success of the organisation. There is a clear commitment to continuous and focused training and development of staff evident, with all staff being strongly encouraged and motivated to using the wide range of high quality training and development opportunities that are available to them in furtherance of business success.