Organisational Development Tool - Ambit

Introducing a new way to assess, benchmark, challenge, maintain and improve performance in your organisation

Ambit is an online diagnostic tool designed to help you appraise how your organisation is performing in relation to essential aspects of organisational life.

It’s easy to use and offers clear insights – providing you with a baseline for developing your improvement strategy and reassurance on where you are doing well.

“We found Ambit easy to implement within the organisation. Because it’s user friendly, our response rates were excellent. The final report was clear and easy to understand, with exceptional support from the Ambit team throughout the process.”

Darryn Allcorn, Director for Workforce and Development, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

Why choose Ambit?

Convenient: Ambit offers a clear and simple diagnostic process via a quick, easy to use online survey.

Effective: It gives you access to guidance and support from our team of knowledgeable, experienced research and business development experts – from the interpretation of report findings to innovative suggestions for actions that could lead to improvement.

Flexible: Ambit offers three levels of analysis and reporting, depending on your needs and resources, so you can choose the level of analysis that is right for your organisation.

Choose Level One - our complimentary report

A complimentary online survey that gives you a snapshot of your organisation – where you are doing well and where you may need to improve performance

• Initial headline report and analysis consisting of the consolidated and collective responses of all participants.
• Delivered within 10 days of the survey closing.
• Follow-up call with the Ambit team.

Choose Level Two

A deeper analysis of the data gathered through your Level One report, focusing on your organisation’s priority areas

• As per Level One, but with more of an in-depth review and analysis of data and results.
• In-depth focused review including demographic breakdowns, cross-tabulation of results, industry / sector comparisons, data visualisations, advanced statistical analysis, final report with benchmarking data and recommendations.
• Follow-up call with the Ambit team.

Choose Level Three

Enhanced analysis incorporating qualitative data – designed according to your specific needs – with guidance and support from the Ambit team, based on the level of interrogation and analysis you require, for example:

• Interviews
• Focus groups
• Further detailed survey work
• Evaluation.

Ambit in practice

1. You’ll be asked to rate a series of statements relating to your organisation. The questionnaire takes 30–40 minutes to complete.
2. You’ll get an idea of how your organisation is performing against the following core areas of organisational life.
   1. Workplace culture
   2. Vision and strategy
   3. Planning
   4. Efficiency
   5. Work organisation
   6. Continuous improvement
   7. Customer focus
   8. Networking
   9. People development
   10. People management
3. You’ll receive an Ambit report that will help you identify areas of strength and areas of potential improvement. One of the Ambit team will then be in touch to discuss next steps for your organisation.

“Ambit findings were invaluable in reinforcing areas for development. They helped us to clearly identify how teams were feeling and how they were supported. We also found it useful to integrate Ambit insights with our own data, such as staff surveys and engagement scores.”

Darryn Allcorn, Director for Workforce and Development, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

Find out More:

Download further details on Ambit here.