Festo Training and Consulting
IiP Gold Status for Festo
Fleet, 15thJuly 2013:Festo, an innovator in pneumatic and electric drive technology, has been awarded Gold Status from Investors in People, putting the company in the top 3% for world class business performance through its people. Festo has held an Investor in People (IiP) award since 2006 and has also achieved a Sunday Times Best Companies accreditation.
The award was given following a comprehensive audit by Investor in People assessors who evaluate a company's performance and approach to its people through ten key areas which include Business Strategy, Leadership and Management, Continuous Improvement, Recognition and Reward and Performance Management. This is then evidenced across 165 sub-criteria through a series of interviews with staff at a variety of levels within the organisation.
Key areas of strength that were identified by assessors included Festo's embedded culture of training and coaching and the quality of leadership was referred to as ‘inspirational' and ‘motivational'.
The final report states: "All employees at Festo have a sense of inclusion in planning, communications, innovation and operations. Knowledge and skills are shared and information is freely available in an environment where people value being involved and part of the decision making process.
"People have a strong sense of feeling valued and appreciated. They feel they have constructive and supportive feedback which helps to develop skills and expertise, as well as being well informed and involved."
Gary Wyles, Managing Director of Festo Training and Consulting comments: "We are delighted to have been recognised for the hard work and inclusivity within our organisation. Festo is committed to the development and progression of its staff and being awarded the IiP Gold standard shows how much we value and support our staff with structured training and coaching. This has been instrumental in bringing about strong business performance."
Investors in People is the UK's leading people management standard specialising in transforming business performance through people. Less than 3 % of recognised Investors in People achieve a Gold status - about 300 in total.
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Further information please contact:
Veronica Hannon - Transform Communications
Mob: 077 52875285
Email: veronica@transformcommunications.co.uk
Kimberley Gray - Transform Communications
Tel: 0118 969 4904/07884 405835
Email: kim@transformcommunications.co.uk
About Festo
Festo is a leading international supplier of automation technology with a turnover in 2011 of over €2.1 billion. Festo employs more than 15,000 people worldwide and is a proven innovator and problem solver in the field of pneumatic and electrical automation where it has established itself as the performance leader.
Festo Industrial Automation'sinnovative strength is demonstrated through the introduction of around 100 new products being launched every year. The company invests 9% of its turnover in R&D resulting in over 2,900 patents held worldwide. For more information about the company's products and services, please visit:www.festo.co.uk.
Festo Training & Consultingspecialises in the development of people, organisations and technology skills. Offering a range of open courses, structured development programmes and tailor-made, customer-specific projects, Festo trains over 42,000 delegates worldwide every year. More information on the training and consulting services can be found atwww.festo-didactic.co.uk.
Festo's Bionic Learning Networkencapsulates the innovative nature of Festo, raising awareness and attracting talent to the company. Exploring the links between nature and technology opens up new areas of innovation and demonstrates complex ideas in a stimulating and enjoyable way. Festo works with an alliance of internal R&D, external educational establishments and specialist companies, to advance the development of bionic solutions for automation applications of the future. For more information about Festo's Bionic Learning Network, please visit:www.festo.com/gb/bionics