How employees are recruited, trained, and treated
The culture of any business is shaped by who is hired and how people are developed and promoted. It has an added focus in a purpose-led business which sees itself as a social organisation where the development of people is a fundamental element of what the business exists to do.
Some questions to consider:
- How is alignment to the organisation’s purpose and values used in hiring decisions and in the way the company describes itself when recruiting?
- How is the centrality of purpose brought to the fore in the induction of new joiners and the continuous training of employees?
- What qualities and attributes are looked for and cultivated in aspiring leaders?
- Who gets promoted? And why?
- What importance is given to bringing in diverse perspectives and experience?
- What do employees need to do to be successful?
- If an employee faces difficult life circumstances, how are they treated?
- How are redundancies handled? What thought is given to helping people to develop and find new work?
- What benefits are provided by a business to employees?