Project Reports

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Every Aspire Cohort culminates in the presentation of a series of project reports which are available to download as a pdf. These reports are the result of significant commitment, time and effort of the cohort delegates working in groups, but they also offer a valuable research resource, with a current and practical focus.

The projects cover a range of issues and we invite you to read and reflect on these reports and consider how they could be used to inform change within your own organisations. Aspire alumni will be happy to talk to you about the thinking and findings of their projects, so each report includes contact details if you want to find out more.

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Cohort 10 (South West)

In this cohort an existing Head of HR & OD highlighted a key challenge for their organisation as the focus for a project and then undertook a project sponsor and mentor role.

Report Topics

PDF Image  The role of the HR Business Partner in enabling Digital Transformation
PDF Image  #Employer Branding – Why should it matter to the Fire Rescue Service
PDF Image  Because you have to be able to sleep at Night – Purposeful Public Sector Leadership in a Digital Age  

Cohort 9 (Wales)

In this cohort an existing Head of HR & OD highlighted a key challenge for their organisation as the focus for a project and then undertook a project sponsor and mentor role.

Report Topics

PDF Image What ingredients are required to retain employees discretionary effort
PDF Image How can Local Authorities attract, recruit and engage 16-24 year olds
PDF Image A Guide to Income Generation for Local Authority HR Services
PDF Image How can we use technology to configure HR Services differently in future – Presentation  

Cohort 8 (North)

North West logo newIn this cohort an existing Head of HR & OD highlighted a key challenge for their organisation as the focus for a project and then undertook a project sponsor and mentor role.

Report Topics

PDF Image 20 years on is the HRBP model still relevant
PDF Image Recruiting the 21st Century Local Government Manager
PDF Image Research shows the culture in public sector is shifting 

Cohort 7 (North)

North West logo newIn this cohort an existing Head of HR & OD highlighted a key challenge for their organisation as the focus for a project and then undertook a project sponsor and mentor role.

Report Topics

PDF Image Brokering the Deal – A New Psychological Contract
PDF Image Commercial HR Brand
PDF Image Is Having an Ageing Workforce a Problem or an Opportunity 

Cohort 6 (North)

North West logo newIn this cohort an existing Head of HR & OD highlighted a key challenge for their organisation as the focus for a project and then undertook a project sponsor and mentor role.

Report Topics

PDF Image Key Considerations for Successful Integration

PDF Image Appendix-1-Infographic

PDF Image HR Parenting – Enabling or Disabling Managers?

PDF Image Appendix B -Survey Results
PDF Image Appendix C – HR Open Questions
PDF Image Appendix D – Manage Open Questions

PDF Image Temporary Talent Transfer – How do we ensure our employees develop the necessary skills to meet changing public sector requirements?

Cohort 5 (West Midlands)West Midlands Employ87A06C Colour

In this cohort an existing Head of HR & OD highlighted a key challenge for their organisation as the focus for a project and then undertook a project sponsor and mentor role.

Report Topics

How do you engage with the workforce to be change ready for digital transformation?

PDF Image A Practitioner audit of a 21st Century Public Sector Manager

PDF Image Who wants to be an Executive Officer? A review of the factors affecting recruitment and retention into the ‘top jobs’ 

Cohort 4 (West Midlands)West Midlands Employ87A06C Colour

In this cohort an existing Head of HR & OD highlighted a key challenge for their organisation as the focus for a project and then undertook a project sponsor and mentor role.

Report Topics

PDF Image Commissioning and Reward – Outline a model approach to reward and recognition that facilitates an effective commissioning local authority.

Death of the Appraisal – “Accepting the ‘death of the appraisal’, what next for local government to sustain a performance culture?”

PDF Image Role Profiles – “Ripping up job descriptions and replacing with generic role profiles – how far can we go and what can be achieved in Local Government?”

PDF Image Commercially Thinking Managers – What interventions and support are necessary to enable Public Sector managers become commercial thinkers?

Cohort 2 (West Midlands)West Midlands Employ87A06C Colour

In this cohort delegates selected a key challenge from a shortlist as the focus for their project and then used their own organisations to reflect on the issue.

Report Topics

PDF ImageEffective Strategic Business Partnering in a Fire and Rescue Service Context

PDF ImageSecuring a Sustainable Community Care Workforce with Staffordshire and Stoke

PDF ImageBusiness Partnering in a Commercial Local Government Environment

 

Cohort 3 (London)LGA logo

In this cohort an existing Head of HR & OD highlighted a key challenge for their organisation as the focus for a project and then undertook a project sponsor and mentor role.

Report Topics

PDF ImageDigital Strategies will become vital for both residents and employee interface not only for channel shift but doing as much as possible on line. What has been effect on those councils that have a digital strategy in place? What could we learn and improve on? Will a digital strategy create the opportunities to further configure services differently?

PDF Image  With devolution being the current buzz word, how would local government integrate with strategic partners both public and private? Is the time now ripe for “super councils”?

PDF ImageHow do we encourage and develop more commercially based skills within our workforce with a focus on unfamiliar territories such as income generation and traded services?

PDF ImageFocusing on such research as the ’21st Century Public Servant’, what will future public servants be made of? How can we encourage the culture and behavioural changes required and the development of associated skills?

PDF ImageAppendix 1 – Stakeholder Analysis

PDF ImageAppendix 2 – Graduate Report

PDF ImageAppendix 3 – Survey

PDF ImageAppendix 4 – Survey Findings