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4 November 2009
Radisson Edwardian,
Bloomsbury Street, London
£175


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Mary Lockwood-Miller
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01344 634 165
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Whole Systems Go Report

Whole Systems Go News Release

Cabinet Office Review of Public Service Leadership Development Summary Report

Public Service Leadership First Annual Conference
COLLABORATE TO INNOVATE
4 November 2009
 Radisson Edwardian, Bloomsbury Street, London

09:00 - 09:30 Registration and refreshments
Opportunity to view Public Service Leadership Programme and Website
09:30 - 09:40 Chair's Opening Remarks
David MacLeod, Sunningdale Institute Fellow and Visiting Professor CASS Business School
09:40 - 09:55 The PSL - The Difference Leadership Can Make
Rod Clark, Chair, PSL, Chief Executive & Principal, National School of Government
09:55 - 10:20 Keynote speaker - Increasing efficiency and effectiveness: Delivering improved outcomes through collaboration
Peter Housden, Chair, Leadership Development, Review Steering Group & Permanent Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government
10:20- 11:20 Public Service Leadership – Open Panel Discussion and Debate
“What is distinctive and unique about the public service?”
“What do we mean by public service leadership?
“What role can leadership academies play in delivering improved public service outcomes?”

David Archer , Writer on Collaborative Leadership & Director, Socia
John Benington, Joint Author of "Whole System Go!" "Improving leadership across the whole public service system", Professor of Public Policy and Management, Warwick University & Sunningdale Institute Fellow (tbc)
Rod Clark, Chair, PSL
Keith Grint, Professor of Public Leadership & Management, Warwick University
Andrea Hill, Chief Executive Suffolk CC and Member of the LGA’s National Regional Improvement and Efficiency (RIEP) Partnership Chief Executive’s Group
11:20 -11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:45 Parallel Workshops* A: National Level

Workshop 1
Collaborating across Whitehall – Lessons from Cross-departmental PSAs
Felicity Harvey, Director, Prime Minister's Delivery Unit
Kate Josephs, Deputy Director, (Performance policy and Communities), Prime Minister's Delivery Unit

Workshop 2
Public Service Partnership in Scotland - The National Community Planning Group
Mark McAteer, Director of Governance and Performance Management, The Improvement Service

Workshop 3
Leading Collaborative Partnerships - Establishing a Welsh Public Service Academy
Jo Carruthers, Deputy Director, Public Service Management Wales

Workshop 4
New PSL Cross Public Sector Top Leaders Programme
Sara Williams, Strategic Advisor – Strategy, IDeA

Workshop 5
Making the Top Team One Team
Mark Hammond, Chief Executive, West Sussex County Council

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch & Opportunity to see Website
13:45 -14:45 Parallel Workshops* B: Leadership of Place

Workshop 6:
Collaborating across the Region – Innovative working in the East of England
Pat Rockall, Chief Executive, Babergh District Council and Michael Attwood, Suffolk County Council

Workshop 7:
Total Place – Worcestershire Leading the County
John Tizard; Programme Lead and Director, Centre for Public Service Partnerships, University of Birmingham
John Atkinson, Managing Director, Leadership Centre for Local Government

Workshop 8:
Leading in Partnerships and Beyond Authority,
Julia Middleton, Chief Executive, Common Purpose

Workshop 9:
Leading Cities (civic leadership and engagement)
Ewart Wooldridge, CBE, Chief Executive, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

Workshop 10:
A ‘Local Solutions’ Approach to School Leader Succession Planning
Mark Pattison, Executive Director, Succession Planning, National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services and Dr Judy Larsen, National Succession Consultant, National College of Schools and Children's Services

14:45 - 15:15 Tea Break
15:15- 16:15 Parallel Workshops* C: Leading Solutions to ‘wicked’ issues

Workshop 11:
The CLORE Social Leadership Programme
Dame Mary Marsh, Director

Workshop 12:
Children’s Centre Leaders Leading an Integrated System
Sue Webster, Children's Centre Leader Network Co-ordinator

Workshop 13:
Cross Sector Partnership Peer Support
IDeA National Lead Peer
Councillor Gerald Vernon Jackson, National Lead Member Peer (Liberal Democrat) LDeA and Jeremy Crabb Associate, Board Level Development, National Health Service Institute for Innovation and Improvement

Workshop 14:
Communities and Local Government – Take Part programme for promoting active citizenship and civic participation
Stuart Hoggan, Acting Director Local Democracy and Participation

Workshop 15:
Kids Taskforce "Partnership through desire helping children and young people learn how to stay safe"
Sharon Doughty, President and Neil Evans, Vice President of the Kids Taskforce
16:15 - 16:30 Chair's Closing Remarks - The Way Forward
David MacLeod, Sunningdale Institute Fellow and Visiting Professor CASS Business School
16:30 - 16:45 Urban Regeneration - Making a Difference: a visual demonstration of collaborative leadership in action.

Introduced by Ewart Wooldridge CBE, Chief Executive, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE)
16:45 -18:00 Drinks Reception

*These interactive workshops are based on case studies which clearly demonstrate collaborative leadership in action either via a specific collaborative leadership development initiative or via an initiative where collaborative leadership has had a real impact in improving public service delivery and outcomes.

A short presentation outlining the background, the issues at stake, the impact and the collaborative leadership lessons will be followed by a facilitated discussion, in which participants will be able not only to learn from but also help shape the future of such initiatives.

This programme will be updated on a regular basis; please check back for updates.