Here we are on Friday again and this week has been excellent. It’s always good to finish the week on a high.
The DTR team met for half a day yesterday to define how we will balance our budget next year and deliver the £5million reduction that we need to contribute to the overall corporate position and investment in front line services. We now have a plan for how we will achieve this and the service directors and I are working on the implications for our customers, communities, the business, politicians and of course our reputation. I am so pleased that we have retained our services in house and are able to do this – redirecting spend into our priorities and front line services. If we had contracted these services out, or if we were in a shared service arrangement, then these savings at these levels would be unavailable to our communities and the rest of the business.
I chaired the Shaping the Future Board earlier in the week where we reviewed the work on our new values and behaviours. This is a great piece of work and will help us to change the culture of the organisation over time in line with the aspirations described in our Business Plan. There has been a huge amount of staff engagement in developing this and I thank you all for getting involved and for setting out the behaviours that will help make Wiltshire Council a really great place to work in. This will be rolled out and communicated progressively through the autumn but will also feature as part of our team away day on Monday.
I spent some time coaching and mentoring two young managers in the team this week. I love this aspect of my job – developing others, and frankly it is the most important part of any senior leaders role. Growing managers and leaders is something that great organisations do and I would encourage others to make the time to do this. The return on investment is massive!
Finally, we have our autumn team day on Monday in Devizes. This is a chance for the whole team to get together; to review where we are, what’s happening, to celebrate successes and talk about our objectives for the next six months. Always enjoyable and challenging, I look forward to seeing you all on Monday. Sharpen your pencils for those tricky questions...
For daily updates, comment and opinion on all sorts of things, you can follow me on Twitter, @drcarltonbrand.
Have a good weekend and speak again next week.
Carlton
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Carlton Brand, Corporate Director Wiltshire Council
Dr Carlton Brand
Carlton Brand, Corporate Director Wiltshire Council
About me
Dr Carlton Brand has worked in local government since 2004 and joined Wiltshire County Council in 2007.
During Carlton’s time as Corporate Director at Wiltshire County Council he co-led the transition to the new unitary Wiltshire Council. As part of the ongoing transformation process he led on the implementation of an ambitious new business management programme utilising SAP to underpin the new organisation; the introduction of systems thinking (lean) to transform service performance for customers; and procurement reform amongst his many other corporate responsibilities. In the last couple of years he has developed a new organisation model for the council which is based on hubs and campuses, working with partners such as the Police around the community areas.
Carlton is passionate about developing future leaders and has led the development of a coaching and mentoring programme across the council in order to develop leaders and enable managers to share their skills and experience. Himself a fully accredited executive coach and leadership mentor, Carlton is a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
Carlton enjoys engaging and sharing ideas with partner organisations and other councils through his activities with South West Councils, SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) ACCE (Association of Council Chief Executives) and CCN (County Councils Network) among others.
Prior to joining Wiltshire, Carlton was Corporate Director for Resources at St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk where he led on performance improvement through systems thinking and the efficiency/cost reduction agenda in response to the Gershon review, amongst others.
For the first twenty years of his career, Carlton worked for Ford Motor Company; first as a design engineer in product development and latterly as a senior manager leading large teams of engineers on the concept, design, development and launch into manufacturing of major new model programmes such as the Ford Focus. Carlton has worked widely across Europe, the USA and Japan in many Ford and supplier engineering and manufacturing facilities.
Married with two sons he enjoys all forms of motor sport, cricket, fishing and astronomy.
During Carlton’s time as Corporate Director at Wiltshire County Council he co-led the transition to the new unitary Wiltshire Council. As part of the ongoing transformation process he led on the implementation of an ambitious new business management programme utilising SAP to underpin the new organisation; the introduction of systems thinking (lean) to transform service performance for customers; and procurement reform amongst his many other corporate responsibilities. In the last couple of years he has developed a new organisation model for the council which is based on hubs and campuses, working with partners such as the Police around the community areas.
Carlton is passionate about developing future leaders and has led the development of a coaching and mentoring programme across the council in order to develop leaders and enable managers to share their skills and experience. Himself a fully accredited executive coach and leadership mentor, Carlton is a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
Carlton enjoys engaging and sharing ideas with partner organisations and other councils through his activities with South West Councils, SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives) ACCE (Association of Council Chief Executives) and CCN (County Councils Network) among others.
Prior to joining Wiltshire, Carlton was Corporate Director for Resources at St Edmundsbury Borough Council in Suffolk where he led on performance improvement through systems thinking and the efficiency/cost reduction agenda in response to the Gershon review, amongst others.
For the first twenty years of his career, Carlton worked for Ford Motor Company; first as a design engineer in product development and latterly as a senior manager leading large teams of engineers on the concept, design, development and launch into manufacturing of major new model programmes such as the Ford Focus. Carlton has worked widely across Europe, the USA and Japan in many Ford and supplier engineering and manufacturing facilities.
Married with two sons he enjoys all forms of motor sport, cricket, fishing and astronomy.
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