Janis Butler's HR & OD Directorate

Improving visibility and communications across HR and OD

Background

• 2016 - HR & OD directorate go though iMatter for the first time.
• The four lowest scoring items in the 2016 Directorate Components Report related to the relationship between staff and the wider organisation.
• Following a discussion with the Senior Team, it was agreed to organise a Directorate-wide development event, to help improve these scores.
• Two separate events were run, to allow all Directorate staff to attend one event.  The Senior Team attended both events.
• The 2017 Directorate Components Report show improvement across all four items.

A small planning group, comprising individuals from across the Directorate, was established to develop an agenda for the day. The aim was to:

• address some issues raised in the iMatter report
• hear from our newly appointed interim HR &OD Director, and
• get to know our senior team better.  

A element of personal development was included, and we invited speakers from Staffordshire University to address the theme of ‘Resilience’.On the day, we heard from the interim HR & OD Director, the Senior Team and guest speakers. Staff had the opportunity to meet colleagues from other departments, across the Directorate.

We developed a Flash Report, following the event, which summarised the themes from each event.

We agreed to hold a further event in December 2017.  The main theme will  be ‘Quality’ - ‘What does quality look like for HR & OD and how do we measure it?’

Read more about our story (and our cakes) - download our slide pack by clicking on the button in the right column.