I spent Tuesday morning at the Senior Managers’ Conference, talking to members of the Wider Leadership Team and the Operational Management Team and I wanted to share some of the feedback with you. Deputy Leader County Councillor Ian Parry kicked off the morning talking about our achievements in the past twelve months. He reminded us that the way we are approaching things in Staffordshire is impressive and innovative, and we are starting to turn heads.
I was also pleased that Gareth Morris, head teacher of Flash Ley Primary school was able to join us to speak about the work that is going on, not only to improve the school but also to include the local community. He was particularly inspiring when talking about the leadership approach he had used to help his staff team implement change.
Overall it was a very positive morning, and I hope your managers will take time to feedback some of the points we discussed.
I was pleased to kick off the latest round of Your Voice sessions last week. It is always good to hear about what is important to you, how you think things can be improved. Something that came out strongly in the previous round was that you wanted to hear more detail from your managers about what is going on, and in response we are about to set up a new Team Brief – look out for this in June.