The work on succession planning was commissioned shortly after the DCS leadership programme was announced in December 2008 because of fears that the turnover of......
03 September, 2013
Back in 2012, one of the NDTi’s Associates, Simon Whitehead, coined the phrase ‘austerity with integrity’ in a discussion about how we behave in the......
03 November, 2016
By Meera Spillett, Associate, The Staff College. Following on from the previous Think Piece, this paper suggests that there exists a uniting concept, that when......
29 January, 2018
Since the launch of the Leadership Development Programme for Directors of Children’s Services in 2009, over 120 DCSs have taken part in it. This evaluation......
24 May, 2013
A report following the Applied Leadership Seminar Extended roles and systems leadership, Nottingham, 4th – 5th December 2012 This 24 hour seminar was held in......
23 May, 2013
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03 November, 2016
By Meera Spillett, Design Advisor to the Black and Asian Leadership Initiative and former DCS. The reality across children’s services in England and Wales is......
14 February, 2014
The second in a series of briefing papers about the impact of succession planning in the regions. Perhaps the most highly regarded feature of the succession......
13 June, 2013
The third in a suite of briefing papers from the VSC about the impact of succession planning in the regions with a specific focus on......
10 April, 2014
Government policy offers new freedoms to the public sector that have enhanced the responsibilities of practitioners and make new demands on the systems tackling the......
24 May, 2013