Public Service Leadership Scotland 2008
Leading In Challenging Times
Agenda
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P1: Plenary
Running time: 09:30 - 11:15
An expert Panel provide the latest in leadership thinking in a 105-minute session for all delegates. A scene-setting message from the conference chair is followed by five 15-minute presentations & an interactive 25-minute Q&A (from 10:50-11:15) involving speakers, session chair & delegates.
Speakers- 09:30 : Zoë van Zwanenberg MA BA MHSM MCIPD FRSA - Chief Executive : Scottish Leadership Foundation
- 09:35 : Keith Yates OBE - Chief Executive : Stirling Council
'In Search Of The New Scottish Enlightenment' ( it is a journey, not a destination).
- 09:50 : Derek Casey - Bid Director & Interim Chief Executive of the Organising Committee : Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
'Project Management Leadership'
- 10:05 : Mo Dockrell - Managing Director : Three Dee
'Leadership In High Performing Organisations' (Why leadership is not just driven from the top of an organisation / How to develop leaders 'from within').
- 10:20 : Gillian Thompson - The Accountant In Bankruptcy & Agency Chief Executive : Accountant In Bankruptcy
'Leadership In Times Of Change'
- 10:35 : Dr Judith McClure CBE MA DPhil FRSA FSA Scot - Convenor : SELMAS - the Scottish Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society
'Leadership As Service' (How we engage everyone involved in the team/service in delivering what is necessary on the ground - demanding, for instance, a particular kind of leadership & approach to targets. It also means a view of the leader as the one who empowers others to do what is necessary).
- 09:30 : Zoë van Zwanenberg MA BA MHSM MCIPD FRSA - Chief Executive : Scottish Leadership Foundation
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A1: Developing Potential : Delivering Performance
Running time: 11:45 - 12:45
Is there a 'best way' to approach the combined issues of people development & policy implementation? Should we focus on the individual, the system or the subject/object of the policy in a specific geography? Through live case studies, you can share in exploring the strengths & weaknesses, impact & sustainability of these different approaches, and whether there is a 'best way'.
Speakers- Jane Mudd - Deputy Chief Executive : Scottish Leadership Foundation
- Zoë van Zwanenberg MA BA MHSM MCIPD FRSA - Chief Executive : Scottish Leadership Foundation
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A2: Developing Future Leaders
Running time: 11:45 - 12:45
Are your leaders stepping up to the mark? Do they challenge & support others to aim higher…go further…improve performance & get results? In this session we will discuss why so many development programmes seem to achieve limited results, explore ways to ensure you get a ROI & find the key to releasing & developing the potential of your leaders.
Speakers- Norrie Gilliland - Director : Peoplematters
- Shona Mitchell - Managing Director : Peoplematters
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A3: Health & Safety Leadership: By Directors - For Directors
Running time: 11:45 - 12:45
Leading from the top on health & safety provides clear business benefits. When directors fail to lead, severe costs can be incurred - & corporate homicide legislation has raised the stakes. But help is at hand - the new guidance on leadership from the Health and Safety Commission & the Institute of Directors .
Speakers- Alan Morley - Policy Adviser, Business Involvement Team : Health & Safety Executive
- Alistair McNab - Head of Field Operations Scotland : Health & Safety Executive
- Rob Olsen - Policy Adviser, Business Involvement Team : HSE Policy Group,Cross Cutting Interventions Division Business Involvement Unit.
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A4: Challenging Times: How Does Your Board's Performance Match That Of A Top Corporate?
Running time: 11:45 - 12:45
This session will consider key governance changes in NHS Foundation Trusts to benefit Boards in Scotland & summarise PricewaterhouseCoopers’ approach to assessing the performance of Boards, individual Directors & sub-committees, along with key trends in Board effectiveness.
Speakers- Dr Jay Bevington - Governance Lead Practitioner - Performance Improvement Consulting : PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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A5: Leading Public Services Through Turbulent Change
Running time: 11:45 - 12:45
Building on research & work with public sector managers, this session will focus on the challenges facing public service leaders during major change programmes & initiatives. In particular, it will focus on how to influence & persuade public service employees to engage effectively & positively with change programmes.
Speakers- Professor Robert Pyper - Head, Division of Public Policy: Caledonian Business School : Glasgow Caledonian University
- Professor Rona Beattie - Head of Division of People Management & Leadership : Glasgow Caledonian University
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B1: Executive Coaching - How It Can Help Transform You & Your Workforce
Running time: 13:45 - 14:45
An internationally-experienced life, performance & career coach leads a live coaching session using transformational techniques made famous by hypnotist & author Paul McKenna. Delegates will be shown how to coach someone & how to enable them to fully resolve their issues.
Speakers- Carol Scambler - : Indigo Vision
- Carolyn Brown - Representative : Rock the Boat Consulting
- Fraser Murray - Managing Director : Rock the Boat Consulting
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B2: Developing The Talent Pipeline
Running time: 13:45 - 14:45
Only one in five CEOs has confidence their current approach to talent management can deliver the leaders they need. This session will draw on original research to show strategic talent management depends on focusing on demand, not just enhancing supply. Given the impending leadership crisis, it will also look at best practice in how to spot & nurture those with the potential for senior leadership.
Speakers- Anne Pearson - Senior Consultant : Hay Group
- Margaret Doran - Executive Director (Education & Social Work Services) : Glasgow City Council
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B3: Leading Rapid Improvement In The Public Sector
Running time: 13:45 - 14:45
A showcase of award-winning successes achieved through Rapid Improvement leadership within public sector organisations, including NHS, The Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise & local authorities, including delivering results, embedding capability & ensuring longevity. It will showcase a major innovation in rapid improvement & feature real cases, described by a leader who facilitated outstanding results.
Speakers- Professor John Parker - Director : IBP Academy
- Stuart Ross - Managing Director : Ross International
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B4: Leading From A Systems Perspective – Riding The Waves Of System Dynamics
Running time: 13:45 - 14:45
A systems orientation has many benefits for leaders. Seeing the wider system & the connections between different parts sheds light on what is helping & what is blocking change. Thinking systems, not just people, is a great antidote to the personalising that is prevalent in many organisations. Paying attention to 'Role, Goal & Context' can make a radical difference to taking up one’s leadership functionally in different contexts. Knowing that human systems go through predictable phases of development is enormously reassuring in riding the waves of system dynamics. This session will introduce key aspects of systems thinking & some of the practical applications of this for leading more effectively.
Speakers- Annie MacIver - Service Manager - Adoption & Permanency Service : Surrey County Council
- Rowena Davis - Managing Director : RDA Consulting
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C1: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities For Executive Education
Running time: 15:15 - 16:15
This session will focus on how (1) The trends are in customised leadership development rather than open programmes, briefer CPD for business & management, & innovations in knowledge exchange (2) The challenges arise from dealing with the scale & complexity of what's possible, & prices (3) The opportunities are in new partnerships for customised leadership development & innovative knowledge exchange. The session will then focus on the potential for organisational performance to enhance the effectiveness of public policy implementation; succeeding where it is effectively implemented & applied holistically both within government & across governmental activity.
Speakers- Elaine Collinson - Senior Lecturer: Department of Marketing : Strathclyde Business School
- Dr Robert Mackie - SBS Associate : Strathclyde Business School
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C2: Scotland's Public Services: The Leadership Brand
Running time: 15:15 - 16:15
Scotland is marking itself out as different - a small country which is distinctive & striving for excellence in a particularly Scottish way. Public services in Scotland are working more & more in partnership & are also competing in an ever tightening labour market. However, they still all retain their own traditional profiles & cultures. If we moved from the fragmented approach to a unified profile what messages would be sending & what benefits could we accrue - from recruiting graduates to retaining talent - but what challenges would this present in changes to HR practice & ultimately to such thorny issues as terms & conditions of employment?
Speakers- Andrew Cameron CBE QPM BA - Chief Constable : Central Scotland Police
- Ian Jardine - Chief Executive : Scottish Natural Heritage
- Sue Bruce - Chief Executive : East Dunbartonshire Council
- Zoë van Zwanenberg MA BA MHSM MCIPD FRSA - Chief Executive : Scottish Leadership Foundation
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C3: Leadership Across Boundaries
Running time: 15:15 - 16:15
Public service providers are being encouraged to work even more closely together, build partnership, reduce duplication of effort & learn from each other. How do leaders make this happen while retaining ‘brand’ identity, safeguarding organisational resources & competing for funding against potential partners?
Speakers- Helen May - Senior Programme Director : Common Purpose Edinburgh
- Pat Armstrong - Executive Director : Association of Chief Officers Of Scottish Voluntary Organisations
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