Category conferences
Story of success
This morning was the ninth workshop in the Whitehall and Industry Group’s Innovation in Delivery series, and the topic of discussion was ‘The Ingredients of Effective Commissioning’. I’ve been to several events on a similar theme over the last 18 months or so, but this one stood out for the quality of speakers, the real […]
ME AND MY SHADOW
The beauty of local government is that it does so much. The problem of working in (or, in my case, with) local government, is that we can never hope to experience it all. From social services and street cleansing, to libraries and registrars, each role is diverse and unique and requires a different set of […]
DRESSED FOR SUCCESS
About six months ago, I set up a network, “young and in gov” for bright, ambitious people working in and around local government. When we held an event in Hertfordshire recently, three talented officers from the County Council came to speak to us, and shared the lessons they’ve learnt from their combined years in […]
I TALK THE WAY I WANT TO TALK
As kids we all will have felt the pain of being left out of a conversation because we weren’t up to speed on the latest TV programme or whatever. Almost half a century on, I still vividly remember when, for a period, cars became the main talking point in the school playground. My family didn’t […]
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD?
A couple of weeks ago at the second Young and in Gov event (which Rebecca Cox from the LGA captured brilliantly in her recent blog), we asked everyone in the room to write down something they had achieved in their local government role recently. The idea was that, in a room of peers, we would […]
THE POWER OF EQUALITY
Young and in Gov’s wall of success – 21st March 2013 I love a good business manual. I first read ‘Who Moved My Cheese’ when I was 15 and struggling to cope with managerial changes at the restaurant I waitressed at part-time, and have been known to quote the Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People […]
WE ARE YOUNG, WE ARE FREE…
For anyone who has followed my posts on being “young and in gov”, I thought I’d give a quick update on the details of what we’ve got planned for the next meet up, and please get in touch if you’d like to get involved or come along: Thursday 21st March, 630pm – 8pm BDO LLP, […]
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES – COME ON!
The other day in a meeting I asked a Head of Service what his vision for the future of his department was. He replied that, if he was honest, he was holding out for redundancy so hadn’t really thought about it. Admittedly this is an extreme case. I consider myself privileged to work on a […]
GUEST BLOG: REFLECTIONS ON #CLLRCAMP
I was pleased to be part of #cllrcamp on 12th January 2013. It was a great opportunity to share knowledge and experience and explore the potential of social media in local government with fellow councillors. About 100 of us gathered at Facebook HQ on a Saturday, representing pretty much the full English spectrum –most political […]
SKILLS TO PAY THE BILLS
This week Norfolk County Council announced that their Chief Executive, David White, will be standing aside in April 2013 to make space for a successor with the different skill sets needed to fulfil the Council’s corporate plan. This change in the Council’s most senior management appears quite amicable and has been described by Mr White […]
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