Codify achieves Investors in People status
Aberdeen based software solutions company, Codify, achieved
Investors in People (IIP) status this month (4 September), a
milestone which recognises the business's good practice in
developing its people over the past six years. In compliance with
IIP requirements, the review found that Codify was not only meeting
but exceeding the IIP Standard in a significant number of
areas.
The IIP standard is a business improvement tool designed to
advance an organisation's performance through its people. "IIP uses
a flexible framework, adaptable for any organisation's
requirements, and helps a company to follow and practise a planning
cycle based on the three principles of planning, doing and
reviewing," explains Codify's Business Manager, Emma Thomson.
"Achieving IIP status essentially required us to demonstrate
that we can plan strategies to improve performance, actively
improve performance and assess the effects of the improved
performance on the company," continues Emma.
"Following the review, we were pleased to hear that our company
was found to demonstrate a strong business planning process, with a
culture of openness pervading the whole organisation. The review
also revealed that staff are positive and optimistic and that new
staff are easily absorbed within the company, with effective
management and team involvement in decisions also recognised as
particular strengths.
"The award provides an excellent framework for Codify to work
both within and towards," continues Emma. "In fact, we found that
it mirrors much of what we already do, in terms of existing
policies and practice regarding staff appraisals, supporting staff,
communicating effectively with them and providing opportunities for
appropriate training and development."
"Codify will profit from achieving IIP status in a number of
ways, such as implementing more focussed operational and strategic
objectives, having a clearer appreciation of the costs and benefits
of staff development and a supportive framework for achieving
excellence in people development.
"In addition to being good news for the company as a whole, IIP
status also gives our employees a number of added benefits such as
a more focussed approach to personal development, regular
appraisals, and improved feedback from managers," Emma
explains.
