Quotable Quotes

Will Haire, Permanent Secretary, Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland

"These new standards will help employers create positive work places.  They will encourage professionalism and will help us build better skills strategies.  They are a vital part of building top class organisations with excellent working cultures.“ (NI Launch event November 2005)

Ivan Lewis speaking at the national launch of the standards in November 2004

"So I very much welcome these standards. They set the benchmarks for effective management and leadership. What capable managers and leaders should be able to do.

In doing so they help underpin the Government’s skills and innovation strategies. They provide a mechanism to move our management and leadership performance up a gear. "

Sir Paul Judge, President, Chartered Management Institute (foreword to the 2004 NOS)

"First and foremost, the standards provide a benchmark of good practice to which anyone with management responsibilities  can refer at any time. More than that, however, they offer a practical resource to aid decisions in everything from day-to-day matters like recruitment to long -term issues such as recognition and development of future leaders."

Ian Bainbridge, the Organisation and People Development Manager, Nifco UK (quoted in one of our case studies)

“We want to be a world class outfit – so we want our people to raise their game.  This requires setting recognised standards we want them to reach… this is why we want their development to be based on a national standard”.

Jane Davidson, Welsh Assembly Government's Education and Lifelong Learning Minister. NOS Launch Wales July 2005

"They set out agreed world-class standards of performance for management and leadership.  They are the benchmarks for the skills needed in this area – what competent and effective managers and leaders should be able to do."

Updated: 22-Aug-2006