Excellence Through People (ETP)

"Excellence Through People is a Human Resource Management Standard that can be used to identify ways of improving organisations performance to an even higher level and as a framework for continuous improvement."

Description:

Excellence Through People (ETP) is Ireland's National Standard for human resource management which was established in 1996.

The Excellence Through People (ETP) standard is a business improvement tool designed to further an organisation's performance through its people.

There are two main objectives to the ETP standard:

1. To act as a business improvement tool as well as being a driver for change and innovation.
2. To promote employee learning, development and involvement in line with the organisation's goals.

In Ireland, there are currently 600 organisations employing in excess of 150,000 people accredited to Excellence Through People.

Excellence Through People (ETP) standard comprises of eight (8) sections and three (3) levels of achievement: Standard, Gold and Platinum.

The eight sections of ETP standard are:

1. Business Planning and Quality Improvement
2. Effective Communication and People Involvement
3. Leadership and People Management
4. Planning of Learning and Development Training and Life-Long Learning
5. Review of Learning
6. Recruitment and Selection
7. Employee Well-Being.

The Benefits:

• Improves financial performance, increases profitability and helps organisation achieve their strategic mission.
• Assists organisations who are undergoing significant and rapid change particularly in the current recessionary times.
• Studies have shown that the adoption of ETP is more likely to achieve organisational goals and meet their strategic objectives.
• Excellence Through People embeds a strong change culture and provides a useful framework for business undergoing significant and rapid change.
• Using the ETP framework organisations believe that increased productivity can be achieved.
• Adoption of ETP helps raise employee skill levels.
• Provides a framework for continuous improvement and employee engagement.
• Improves staff retention and recruitment.
• Structured approach to improve the effectiveness of:
  • Communications
  • Learning and Development
  • Leadership and People Management
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Business Planning.

How PQM Can Help?

• Power Quality Management Limited (PQM) has a proven track record of assisting organisations achieve Excellence Through People by:
  • Analysis of current position of organisation versus the Excellence Through People standard at each level.
  • Design appropriate initiatives for areas requiring improvement to enable successful implementation.

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Note: This web page is not intended to provide comprehensive coverage of the subject, merely a brief introduction to provoke thought and to lead to a more in depth understanding and application of the topic, either through further reading - or from me as your management consultant, executive trainer or personal coach in a consultancy project, training course, workshop or seminar.