Partnership vision andits focus for 2014/15

23 April 2014

Alan Tomlinson Strategy and Change

Salford City Council

Aims

Agree what to put in a vision for the City Partnership

Agree what the Group will focus on in 2014/15

Preliminary contributions - what should be the vision’s nature and purpose?

• Part of core business• Overarching strap-line• Articulated - now needs delivering• Divergences and convergences • Shape changes in culture • Statement of intent as city leaders• Deliverable and measurable progress• Take risks - do things differently• Make things better with less

Preliminary contributions - what should the vision focus on?

• What aspirations will people have?

• Values – equality – sustainability – cooperation

• Assets• Wellbeing• Education and training

• Employment• Attracting business

– social value • Generating wealth• Growth

Preliminary contributions - how should we pursue the vision?

Partnership• Make vision relevant to everyone • Demand top level commitment • Reframe thinking • Hold to vision • Overcome silos

Leadership• Use authority • Take decisions and make things

happen • Engage and enable staff• Drive changes in culture

Public engagement• Seek out those we hear badly • Help people to improve their

experiences and realise their capacities

• Buttress community resilience

Nature and purpose? What? How?

• Part of core business

• Overarching strap-line

• Articulated - now needs delivering

• Divergences and convergences

• Shape changes in culture

• Statement of intent as city leaders

• Deliverable and measurable progress

• Take risks - do things differently

• Make things better with less

• What aspirations will people have?

• Employment

• Wellbeing

• Values• social value• equality• sustainability• Cooperation

• Assets

• Education and training

• Attracting business

• Generating wealth

• Growth

Partnership• Make vision relevant to everyone• Demand top level commitment• Reframe thinking• Hold to vision• Overcome silos

Leadership• Use authority• Take decisions and make things

happen• Engage and enable staff• Drive changes in culture

Public engagement• Seek out those we hear badly• Help people to improve their

experiences and realise their capacities

• Buttress community resilience

Summary of preliminary contributions

Main points from preliminary contributions

Some ideas on public service development

So, what’s it to be?

Sharing views

• Set of post-it notes with the top five elements from the preliminary contributions written on them

• Blank post-it notes to add additional factors that you want included in the vision (one per post it)

• Order these on the board ranked from most important

Elements of a vision

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

>5th

Applying views

• All of the elements from preliminary contributions and from the discussion will be used to generate a vision for sharing with the Partnership Forum

• In 2014/15 the Group will focus on the top three or four elements