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When I talk about creating a learning culture, it can feel a bit amorphous and hard to get hold of. The culture we work in can manifest itself in many ways - our behaviours, how we interact with one another, the mindsets that frame our thinking, as well as the physical things that are around us in our work environment. If we haven’t experienced working in a learning culture, how can we start to create one? I draw on my own experiences to paint a picture. Click on the pic for more…..
To say that creating environments where people learn, everyday and always, is one of the most important things for leaders to do is a strong statement and one that I firmly believe. Before I get into what a learning environment looks like and how to create one, I want to take a step back and start with why I believe this and why it’s such an important leadership skill to develop. This time round I get into why it’s important, the benefits it brings and how it helps to build confidence in the workplace. Click on the pic to read more……..
I’m celebrating my first anniversary in business!!!! It’s a year since I found the courage to leave my well-paid job in the public sector and work for myself. I can honestly say I’ve not looked back for a second. I love it!! I’m a big reflector so it only feels right to take a step back one year on and think about what I’ve learned. Four key chapters in my learning journey that changed my life course, the way I do things and the way I think about learning. I’m putting this learning to good use and helping leaders to create learning environments that play such a crucial part in creating workplaces where people can thrive……..click on the pic to read more
In this final blog of the series, I step back and reflect on the big themes that have emerged from diving into some of the reasons why adults social care is experiencing workforce pressures. Through the journey I’ve been on with Andrew Burridge, NWADASS, we’ve explored some of the immediate actions that are with any of our gift to take to improve recruitment practices as well as diving deeper to explore some of the system issues impacting on workforce recruitment and retention and what some of the longer term solutions could be. Click the pic to read more…..
This week I’m thrilled that Linda Hutchinson of LHAlliances has agreed to guest blog for the penultimate of this mini series. Linda is the leading expert on alliance contracts in public sector in the UK. Linda is a highly experienced senior professional with twenty five years’ experience in frontline health services. She has a strong track record of innovation and delivery of major change programmes in university, health, government and regulatory sectors. Here Linda writes about the role that Alliance contracting could play in helping to alleviate workforce pressures in Adults Social Care in the longer term.
The case for adopting a strengths based approach to delivering public services is compelling. Shifting from a deficit approach of what’s wrong to a compassionate, enabling approach that starts with what matters improves lives and increases our independence. It’s no wonder that public services are increasingly looking to adopt a strengths based approach as not only does it improve outcomes, it reduces demand for costly public services which after more than a decade of austerity feels like a no brainer. Click the pic to read more…….
Last week, I explored how to attract the right people to work for you and gave you some practical tips and techniques to increase your chances of success. Attracting the right people is only the first part of securing quality employees. How you respond to their interest is crucial. It’s always crucial and in current times when competition for great applicants is rife it’s even more crucial. Click on the pic to read more……..
Adults Social Care needs more staff. Demand is rising and the social care sector is creaking but we don’t want to attract just anybody. Attracting the right people with the right values and attitudes is essential to success. In this weeks blog, I tell you how to up your chances of attracting the right people to work for you. Click the pic to read more…….
