Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Town Clerk, and were encouraged to comment and provide feedback in relation to recent learning and development activity.

Members of the Sub-Committee who had attended the recently held “Decision Making and Influencing Change” session – the first offering of Quarter 1, were in agreement that the style of delivery and knowledge of the presenters was good,  which was enriched by their internal knowledge of the systems within the Corporation. There was acceptance around the late notice and circulation of invitations which may have impacted on Members ability to attend. It was envisaged that, going forward, Members would be notified of forthcoming sessions in good time. The recent session had been recorded and uploaded to the Members Portal; a full list of all Quarter 1 offerings was now also provided.

It was noted that the Quarter 1, Leadership sessions had a particular focus on skills for chairs, Members felt that there should be a balance between skills and knowledge offerings. 

The Chair suggested investigating a level of ‘soft’ appraisal for Chairmen to support them in the effective management of their committees which the Town Clerk undertook to explore in further detail.

The Chair talked of the benefits of an overall critical evaluation of Quarter 1 of the L&D programme, looking at what worked well and not so well; how best to engage learners, the creation of a “golden thread” to include key prompts, member behaviour and building on comments from the Court; these considerations would influence the content of Quarter 2 of the programme.

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