We Are Derian Forum
Hi everyone,
I wanted to say a big Thank You to everyone who made time in their day to attend the We Are Derian Forum recently, I understand that the attendance was the highest ever, which is brilliant, and I am grateful for your time. I hope it was an hour well spent for everyone.
I have been reflecting on the discussion and reviewing the format of the meetings. I should let you all know that your feedback, thoughts and views shared on the day were captured with me, and I’ll be working through these over the coming weeks, and hopefully, were we can, you’ll see change.
Going forward I’d like to use forum in the following way….
- Firstly, an open invite to anyone who wants to attend. (work demands allowing), rather than one representative per team. This is a chance for me to speak to staff from across all areas so please come along
- CEO Update. I’ll spend the first 15 minutes communicating and sharing what’s going on, all things Derian. This will be an update on our financial position, developments to the strategic plan, current challenges, achievements, trustee meetings etc etc etc
- We’ll then have 15 mins of sharing information. This seems to have been really useful previously so you’ll get the chance to share information from your team or area of work, and hear from others about what’s going on or what’s coming up.
- The final section of the meeting will be where we debate a topic or an idea which impacts across the organisation. This can be suggested by anyone in advance or could be something that I bring. Examples for this could be the current appraisal system, a review of our values, a discussion on employee benefits, discussing our IT and technology, reviewing facilities, equipment and resources, etc etc. The idea here is that by chatting organisation wide themes we can collectively make decisions or come up with ideas that should improve The Derian Experience for all.
I will remain the Chair, I think it’s important for me to be able to have time with staff in an open forum setting regularly.
The above isn’t set in stone though, so please drop me a line back and let me know your thoughts….. positive and constructive J
Thanks everyone
| Best wishes
Karen
Karen Edwards OBE |