A packed agenda for today's leadership team meeting

Today is the first corporate leadership team meeting of the summer with lots on our agenda. The three corporate directors will meet together first for a catch up and to discuss a number of issues. We will then be joined by colleagues to review and agree the corporate work programme for the next year or so before moving on to discuss the status of the Corsham campus, the programme to open the facility in the summer and any other associated service issues we need to agree to ensure a smooth transition to the new community working model. This will be an exciting new way of working in the county with lots of learning to inform subsequent campuses as they are designed, built and opened.

We will then join cabinet members where we will review our adult care personalisation performance and future plans, future area board development proposals, our current leisure contract and future development options and also funding for one of our voluntary sector partners. We will also discuss with cabinet operational issues from last week and the week to come to ensure we’re on top of any issues emerging across the county. So a mix of vision, strategy, operations and tactics – the four ingredients to running any business enterprise.

This afternoon we move on to discussing a number of key people policy changes: standby call out; drugs and alcohol testing; management savings; job family approach; and members travel. All of these will need to be delivered in the coming year to ensure we are managing effectively and efficiently.
 
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