Motivating staff – Why?

Inspector Robert Vestey Change Management TeamGloucestershire Police

Public Sector Challenges

• Value & Accountability

• Strategic

• Practical examples (good & bad!)

Public Sector Challenges

• Financial reward vs. vocational

• Minimum supervision

• Strong performance = promotion?

• Conflicting employment issues– PC / PCSO / Police Staff

STRATEGIC

• Chief Constable’s Vision

– Authoritarian? (Directive)

– Inclusive? (Dialogics)

– Communication and outcome

STRATEGIC

Home Office Targets

Defined Success

FEEDBACK

FEEDBACK

FEEDBACK

Investors in Excellence & People

BUILDING A TEAM

• Empowering motivated staff

• Challenging de-motivated staff and singing about their skills

MOTIVATING PEOPLE

Workforce Awards

MOTIVATING PEOPLE

• Treating people the Same?– Child protection

• Development plans?– frontline policing

• Value added Job Chats

Develop

Monitor

Assess

Empower

Train

Accredit

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Developing the individual..

..develops the Organisation

COMMUNICATION

“Putting people at the heart of policing services and giving them a real say in how they are policed is at the heart of the police reform programme”Baroness Henig, chair of the Association of Police Authorities 2004

“We're forgotten down here” Forest INA 2004

I’M HAVING AN AWFUL TIME!

•Any Questions