Elections and appraisals

Easter is now behind us, the evenings are lighter and I’m enjoying my bike outside now. My first time trial of the year is in two weeks and I’m hoping to get under 25 minutes for 10 miles. I’ve been training all winter so fingers crossed. I’m trying to shed another 4-5 kg just to be sure.

 

We’re now in full swing with preparations for the May 5 Police & Crime Commissioner election and the June 23 EU referendum. Thank you to all those of you who have volunteered to work on both these important events (over 1,000 staff, ex staff and others). It will be fun as always, especially as we will be counting overnight and not finishing until very late (or very early if you prefer). The elections team is doing a fantastic job preparing as always. Candidates are now nominated and we’re printing ballot papers, poll cards and the like. I shall be leading a training evening in Devizes next Monday for count supervisors and others so see some of you there.

 

This is the time of year for appraisals, although personally I prefer to have a continuous conversation throughout the year about performance, behaviours and aspirations as well as any challenges emerging. I have my formal appraisal next week with the leader so I have spent some time this morning preparing my objectives, outcomes and performance measures. I want to encourage you to do this too. Every member of staff should have a formal appraisal so if you haven’t had yours for ’15-16 please ask your manager. The new grow system on the intranet is a great tool to enable this.  

 

Speak again soon. For daily updates, discussion, personal opinion, comment or just to connect or keep in touch you can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/drcarltonbrand.

Carlton