Allsector management and leadership programme Led by SkillsActive

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All-sector management and leadership
programmeLed bySkillsActive

• 26 July 2007
• Northern Ireland

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Programme Progress

• John Thorpe

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Advisory Panel / Leitch key points
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SfBn Strategy
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Step 1 Align with the Leitch Review

• Engage with LM Advisory Panel
• Steve Studd Panel Member
• Liaise with CfE (Michael Davis)
• Respond to Advisory Panel requests
• Engage with LM Steering Group
• Work with MSC to develop ML qualification
  strategies

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Step 2 Act as a coherent network

• Resourcing plan agreed with network
• Build communications process
• Build joint plan based on Sector Skills
  Agreements
• Contribute to the Network Capability Programme

http//www.sfbn-mandl.org.uk/SSC_status.htm
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Step 3 Engage with SME employers
David, I have been really delighted by the
response from the email sent out by you. I have
been getting about 5 applications through each
day! We are busy processing them all and
qualifying their eligibility. I will review the
outcomes next week, but in the meantime, I just
wanted to say a big thank you to for your
support. I will do formal thanks to Mike next
week, when we have processed all the
applications. Janet  Robbins Regional Manager
Leadership Management Business Link, South
East England

• Early 07 experience suggested greater focus
  needed
• Understand how IDB and Train to Gain broker
  organisations operate by Region and Nation
• Ensure our offer is clear and understood
• Capitalise on Employer Engagement Pilot as it
  emerges

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Employer Engagement
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Employer Engagement
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Step 4 Capitalise on national programmes
Northern Ireland

• Brand new strategic approach from government
• Building Management capabilities within context
  of business planning
• Result of consultation document Leading the way
• 16 key actions
• Right at the heart of the Skills Strategy for NI
  Success through Skills
• M and L a key priority
• Emphasis on partnership
• Fits nicely with the SfBN position
• Understanding demand
• Improving skills levels
• Improving quality and relevance of provision
• Tackling barriers to involvement and investment

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Step 4 Capitalise on national programmes
Northern Ireland

• Further discussion on SfBN contribution but as a
  starter for 10 !
• SfBN contribution
• SSAs
• In partnership with the MLN
• Sectoral baselines and actions
• Employer forums
• National Occupational Standards and Sector
  Qualification Strategies making full use of M
  and L
• Respond to consultations of government
  interventions
• Contribute to formulation of Regional employment
  and skills action plan

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Step 4 Capitalise on national programmes with
partners English Regions

• North (NLA)
• 10 Centres programme, Action Learning and
  Coaching, Portal, NLA launch, June 19
• SEEDA
• ESF funded programmes, good response from SSCs
• London
• Engaging with Brokers workshop, July 11.
• South West
• RDA/LSC review of priorities, June 29
• East of England, West Midlands, East Midlands
• Discussions underway

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Step 5 Maintain momentum on projects

• Solutions 4 Business
• SummitSkills taking forward (Stephan John)
• Action Learning
• NI, HI, SEEDA, London, NLA (David Black)
• NOS
• Qualification Strategies (Kion Ahadi)
• Inspirational Leadership
• Capitalise on the DTI programme and refocus on
  the needs of the network (Nigel Crouch)

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Step 6 Complete the SSA review

• Focus on top solutions emerging
• Working with people
• Leadership
• First level management

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Step 7 Communicate the programme value with
compelling messages
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Going forward

• Leitch/Advisory Panel
• SSA completion
• Shared solutions
• Standards
• Action Learning
• Solutions 4 Business
• Inspirational Leadership
• First level management
• Working with people
• Additional resources
• Countries
• Regions
• Communications
• Employer Engagement
• Intermediaries
• Brokers
• SSCs
• Quality Assurance

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Work programme in Northern Ireland?

• Regular slot for M and L on this Forum
• Set up a Joint NI Stakeholders meeting to ensure
  a joined up approach
• To liaise with all SSC NI leads regarding their
  SSA NI Action Plans and specific ML priorities.
  draw up a short report
• Discover what is currently happening
• Input to the development of the key actions
  contained in the strategy to en sure fit for
  purpose with Sector/Network position
• An Action Plan for NI?

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Programme Web site
http//www.sfbn-mandl.org.uk/
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Actions on you!!

• Find out who your M and L rep is, talk to them
  and brief them re NI issues to bring to the next
  M and L Forum on 4th September
• Look at your SSA and identify M and L issues in
  NI
• Have a look to see if there are good solutions
  under way in your sector that we can share around
• Feedback to Laurence and/or on what you think we
  should be doing as an all sector programme in NI

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