Wessex Institute Values & underpinning Behaviours

Wessex Institute Value - Description / WI Behaviours associated with Collaboration: / Wessex Institute Value - Description / WI Behaviours associated with Delivery:
Team working; Learning and Trust
Work with others, sharing skills, knowledge and experience, learning from each other, developing trust and contributing to the wider NIHR. /
  • Seek to work with and learn from others to achieve our goals
  • Take ownership and be responsible for collaborative learning
  • Communicate openly and honestly
  • Develop supportive relationships with each other
  • Empower those around us
  • Be open in how we make decisions
  • Give recognition and thanks when it’s due!
  • Be respectful of each other
/ Timeliness; Flexible approach and Efficient
Being accountable for fulfilling contractual obligations and promises to stakeholders in a timely, efficient way. Improving ways of working and demonstrating flexibility in our approach to new challenges. /
  • Set clear expectations with our stakeholders
  • Agree realistic deadlines
  • Take shared responsibility to deliver what we do
  • Be flexible in how the task is completed
  • Be approachable and welcome new ways of working that improve performance
  • Communicate and share best practice with others
  • Question what we do and challenge wasteful practices

Wessex Institute Value - Description / WI Behaviours associated with Excellence: / Wessex Institute Value - Description / WI Behaviours associated with Knowledge:
Quality and Creativity

Identifying and meeting stakeholder expectations, finding creative approaches to deliver to an appropriate and agreed level of quality and in doing so maintaining Pride in the WI and a reputation for achievement. /
  • Take pride in what we do!
  • With stakeholders, define ‘quality’ in our own areas of work
  • Identify measures and stories of success and track them
  • Audit and learn from what we do so that we continuously improve
  • Encourage innovation and ‘thinking outside the box’
  • Give and seek feedback from colleagues and stakeholders
  • Embrace change
  • Involve patients and the public where possible in the work we do.
/ Creating, Acquiring, Sharing and Using knowledge

Actively building our understanding of the research sector and keeping up to date in our areas of expertise. Sharing and using knowledge to strengthen the WI’s research management capability. /
  • Take responsibility for increasing our own knowledge & understanding
  • Support each other to acquire additional knowledge
  • Network with relevant stakeholders
  • Create opportunities to share experiences/personal knowledge with others on a regular basis
  • Use our acquired learning to enhance best practice
  • Be proactive and put into practice what we have learnt

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