Most of us will spend around 80,000 hours at work in our lifetimes. For some, work is simply a means to play at the weekends. It’s all about the pay packet at the end of the week. But for an increasing number of us, work plays a more holistic role in our lives. The 5-2 week-weekend ratio really matters to most, and if we’re going to commit that much of our life to work – we better be happy there. However, finding an employer that holds those same values is the bigger challenge.
For Poole based Composite Profiles UK, their belief in a happy workforce goes beyond the boardroom. They have invested more than 10 years of consistent resource into creating a happy workforce and interdependently a happy workplace. And that’s why in March 2020, Composite Profiles were recognised by Investors in People with their highest and rarely awarded ‘We Invest in People Platinum Accreditation’.
“We’re thrilled! It’s taken more than 10 years of working closely with the Investors in People team and framework. We’ve taken their advice and guidance and added in a sprinkling of our own ideas and flare” celebrates MD Mark Norton.
Investors in People operate in 77 countries and Composite Profiles now joins a prestigious group of just 300 companies globally, who are collectively leading the way in valuing their teams as one of their most important business assets.
Mark Norton adds, “for me, it’s not all about ticking boxes and creating policies in the boardroom though. Jonathan [Investors in People practitioner] interviewed members of the team and there were anonymous surveys to complete too, so you can only really achieve the Platinum standard if it’s genuinely embedded in the culture. I see it as a ‘thank you’ really from the team to the business for making it a happy place to work.”
Jonathan Saunders from Investors in People highlighted, “their plans, values and talent assessment, and their supporting processes and documents are among the very best I have seen…….. innovative things like the ‘Appreciation Tree’ is great”
Investors in People has helped improve the working lives of more than 11 million people within 15,000 organisations across 77 countries, and Composite Profiles is supporting a fortunate 26 of those 11 million from their head office in Dorset.