\ professional development
Members’ Development Panel
If you would like to discuss the professional
and technical development of members in
general, contact the Members Development
Panel.
For questions specific to your CPD, please
contact e: cpd@cipfa.org.uk
Paul Hector (chair)
Stoke on Trent Council
e: paul.hector@stoke.gov.uk
Barry Mather (secretary)
CIPFA assistant director
e: barry.mather@cipfa.org.uk
Leadership and
Joanne Evans
personal impact
Department of Health
e: joanne.evans@dh.gsi.gov.uk
CIPFA in partnership with the Society of District Council
Treasurers (SDCT) has recently completed the successful pilot Joseph Holmes
of a six-month leadership development programme for serving West Berkshire Council
s151 Officers and is mid way through what looks like an equally e: jholmes@westberks.gov.uk
successful programme for aspiring treasurers in district councils.
The need for leadership development opportunities for senior Grace Scanlin
officers has long been recognised but the opportunities to focus Grant Thornton
on leadership and personal impact are still hard to find. It was e: grace.jordan@gtuk.com
against this background that CIPFA and the SDCT began work
on a leadership development programme tailored to the specific Mark McBride
needs of senior officers in, or soon to be in, the top job. Belfast City Council
At the heart of planning for the programmes was the idea e: mcbridem@belfastcity.gov.uk
that district s151 officers are increasingly taking on wider
responsibilities than just finance. They need to be credible Ian Owen
leaders, able to make an impact on their chief executives, Vodafone UK
other officers and elected members as well as external e: ian.owen@vodafone.com
partners and government. The job requires a huge variety of
skills on top of technical mastery of all things finance to do Tracey Purvis
with the authority. Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Helping people with this range of responsibilities requires e: tracey.purvis@suht.swest.nhs.uk
an approach that is flexible enough to meet their needs and
sufficiently rigorous and challenging to match their expectations. Steve Rowley
This pointed to the benefits of an action learning approach Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
which takes real leadership issues and uses them as a basis for e: StephenRowley@wirral.gov.uk
individual and group learning. As well as the action learning sets,
the programmes hear from council leaders, chief executives, s151 Juliet Simpson
officers and leadership experts each giving their perception on Newcastle University
the role of the treasurer. These sessions help inform the groups’ e: juliet.simpson@ncl.ac.uk
and individuals’ reflections on their leadership.
We are now reviewing with SDCT how we can use the Paul Treadaway
knowledge we have gained from the pilots to create e: paultreadaway@btinternet.com
sustainable leadership development programmes which we
hope to start to roll out in the autumn. Katherine Bennett
Meanwhile, if you would like to be kept informed of e: Katherine.m.bennett@uk.pwc.com
progress, please contact the CIPFA lead for the leadership
development programmes Brendan McCarron on Sophie Brown
01249 783 489 or brendan.mccarron@cipfa.org.uk e: Sophie-brown@auditcommission.gov.uk
CIPFA | Spreadsheet magazine | JUNE 2009 17
spreadsheet_June09_V6.indd 17 28/5/09 08:33:03
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24