Capital results
May 8, 2008 – 4:00 pmCapital results OPM principal Clive Miller looks at using co-production and social capital to create the outcomes people really want.
Capital results OPM principal Clive Miller looks at using co-production and social capital to create the outcomes people really want.
The creative challenge in performance management
May 8, 2008 – 3:48 pmThe creative challenge in performance management by Helen Brown, OPM Principal. I once took a group of senior NHS managers on a study visit to a global company. They were particularly interested in how people in that company were motivated and rewarded, and
A future for London
May 8, 2008 – 3:24 pmA future for London. Phil Copestake explains how the London Collaborative developed future scenarios to help London's public services work together more effectively.
Commissioning community health services
May 8, 2008 – 2:57 pmCommissioning community health services. Strategic commissioners need to think carefully about which commissioning responsibilities they delegate to practice based groups and which they retain. OPM Principal Judith Smyth looks at ways to proceed.
Local area agreements
May 8, 2008 – 2:20 pmOne borough council shares its successful approach to deciding priorities. by Colin Sumpter Improving outcomes for local people means selecting the most relevant measures to include in the Local Area Agreement (LAA). All local authorities are facing – or have faced – the challenge of finding the best ways to make these decisions.
Across the divide: evaluator and commissioner perspectives
May 8, 2008 – 2:02 pmAcross the divide: evaluator and commissioner perspectives. Phil Copestake, Deputy Head of OPM’s Analytical Studies Unit, looks at how working relationships can influence the success of an evaluation Sound theory and process are fundamental to the completion of evaluations of public service projects, organisations and interventions of any scale, but the way that the relationship between evaluator and commissioner develops – and is managed – can be a key factor in achieving success.
How to get the most out of coaching
May 8, 2008 – 1:16 pmHow to get the most out of coaching. Helen Brown, an OPM principal, has been an executive coach for leadership for many years. Here she looks at the best ways to approach coaching. This article appeared in the NHS Staff Journal - In View - Issue 16, January 2008
Carbon Conversations update
March 25, 2008 – 5:00 pmWe asked the question … and emerged with some fascinating insights On 20 March, OPM and the Environment Council brought experts from across the fields of local sustainability together to ask: How can local strategic partnerships and local authorities create sustainable communities that work socially, environmentally and economically? And, more crucially, how can they do it while rising to the challenge of a low carbon future?
Carbon Conversations
March 7, 2008 – 12:32 amWe pose the question ... How can local strategic partnerships and local authorities create sustainable communities that work socially, environmentally and economically? And, more crucially, can they do it while rising to the challenge of a low carbon future? On 20 March, OPM and the Environment Council are combining our expertise to hold a free half-day event with a difference. At it, we will unveil an approach we've developed to help local government organisations unleash the potential that already exists in their current powers and ways of working. And we'd like to invite you along.
Leadership of Place: Sol Davidson interviewed
December 5, 2007 – 1:36 pmOPM's Sue Goss talks to Sol Davidson. Executive coach Sol Davidson works with chief executives and leaders in local government and the private sector. We asked him about his unconventional approach to leadership of place.