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Management Development

Meeting: 18/01/2017 - Human Resources Committee (Item 531)

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Minutes:

The Head of Human Resources and Organisational Development submitted a report on the new management development programme, as detailed.  She explained how this would support senior management in terms of their future development potential.  She also explained that the programme had undergone wide consultation and outlined the framework of the programme.

 

Councillor P Ruffles welcomed the fact that the programme recognised “customers at the heart” of what the Council did.  He sought and was provided with the following clarification regarding the role of the 21st Century Public Servant as a “storyteller”.  ‘Storyteller – the ability to tell a story in an effective and plausible way is crucial.  Being able to fashion and communicate options for the future, however tentative or experimental, will be critical in engaging service users, citizens and staff in redesigning services.  This may involve not just traditional modes of communication but increasingly, better use of new and multimedia resources’.

 

In response to a query from Councillor M Stevenson regarding feedback, the Head explained the role of Personal Development Reviews (PDRs) in this process and that the Management Development Programme would be reviewed during and at the end of the programme.

 

In response to a query from Councillor J Goodeve, the Head explained that the “Here to Help” initiatives had been incorporated within the Council’s new priorities and values and was now instilled within performance reviews.  In acknowledging this, the Chairman commented that he preferred to see a “golden thread” attached to initiatives which helped to evaluate them.

 

The Committee approved the report, as now detailed.

 

RESOLVED – that the Management Development Programme, as now submitted, be approved.