Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, which sought endorsement of the document ‘Unlocking Our Potential – an Organisational Development Strategy for Halton Borough Council 2016-2020’ (the Strategy).

The Strategy document was the successor to the People Plan. In line with the public sector generally, despite significant constraints in funding, the Council needed to maintain an effective, professional and motivated workforce, whilst at the same time creating opportunities for the workforce to maximise their potential. In formulating the Strategy the future needs of the community, our values and ways of working were considered as well as information on the workforce composition and feedback from the Staff Survey 2014.

          It was noted that the Strategy was built around the following 5 Key Strategic Aims and each contained a number of objectives and actions with linked outcomes and timescales which would enable progress to be monitored:

·       Workforce Skills and Development;

·       Recruitment and Retention;

·       Engagement and Recognition;

·       Health and Wellbeing; and

·       Innovation and Flexibility.

RESOLVED: That the implementation of the Council’s ‘Unlocking Our Potential – an Organisational Development Strategy for Halton Borough Council 2016-2020’ be endorsed and implemented in April 2016.