Organisational development (OD) supports transformational and cultural change.
OD is a whole system approach to change, it is not about quick-fix solutions but takes a long-term holistic approach to improving organisational performance and effectiveness. This is achieved through building the capacity to work more innovatively and collaboratively in order to achieve the organisation’s strategic goals.
The principles we work by are:
- A focus on improved outcomes and tackling inequalities.
- The need for public services to work together.
- Using joint approaches to prevention,
- The need to deliver integrated services.
OD uses interventions to make system-wide, permanent changes in the organisation. Some of these include:
- building continuous learning and embedding reflective practice in the organisation
- large-scale change interventions
- systems thinking
- dialogue practice
- appreciative inquiry
- action inquiry
- coaching
- collaborative leadership development
IS support
The IS provides:
- direct support to build capacity to use different OD interventions
- supporting councils with their leadership development
- links to experienced people in other organisations who can support learning
- opportunity to learn and share practice through the local authority OD network
- elected member development
Our Leadership Resources platform contains links to free online courses aimed at managers and leaders in local government. Developed in partnership with Open University (OU), Resources are organised under three categories – Leadership, People Management and Change, Transformation and Innovation. We have also included links to some IS articles and resources that are related and may be of interest.
With our partners at Collective Leadership for Scotland we provide support for collective leadership facilitation and practices.
For more information on or support with any of these issues, contact Amanda Spark or David Barr.
Phone: 07815 732048
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Workforce Planning
Workforce planning aims to ensure the people and workforce strategies are aligned with the future direction of the organisation and the changes that lie ahead, so that the right people with the right skills are available at the right time.
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Scenario Planning Toolkit
Scenario planning supports and informs the strategic planning process by providing a set of tools for thinking about the future and exploring possibilities of what that might look like.