1. National work, local impact
Graeme McDonald
Managing Director

2. Policy update

4. Brexit Elections ‘No deal’ civil contingencies
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Cohesion and communications

6. Unsure of timing and impact on FFR and business rate baseline
General assumption 2019/20 funding will roll forward to 2020/21
Series of discussions with partners and Government culminating in financial publications or submissions in June/July
S/T focus on certainty, stability and flexibility
Longer term focus on sustainability
Spending review

8. Future vision
Need to focus on the long term as well as ‘surviving’ the spending round
Opportunity to bring professional bodies, tiers and regions together around a core vision for the future of the sector
Build a more powerful brand and case across Whitehall and Westminster
Green Paper responses: Social care & Prevention
Summit: future organisations; future places; future communities; future workforce

10. Develop Solace continuous professional development policy
CPD framework: knowledge, skills, behaviours & ethics
Improve understanding of the profile and diversity of current and future leaders
How to guides: recruitment and onboarding
Embed learning in Solace events, website resources and wider leadership and organisational development offer
Future leaders

11. Personal development

12. Personal development
Coaching and mentoring; career coaching; 360 feedback; independent appraisals; action learning sets
Skills days: finance; strategic leadership; commercialisation; political skills; elections; role of the NED
Development days: aspiring to be a HoS; aspiring to be a director; new director’s briefing; new CEO briefing
Contact:

13. Leadership and organisational development

14. Leadership & organisational development
Long –term individual programmes: springboard; total leadership; ignite
National/regional programmes: graduate; executive apprenticeships
Organisational development programmes
National Leadership Centre integration
Contact:

15. Contact Events: www.events.solace.org.uk
Policy:
Personal development:
Organisation development:
Interim management:
Executive recruitment:
Graeme McDonald: