This is certainly not an unreasonable question. Over 1,000 people have attended the Institute’s unique course on the Law of Consultation since 2012 – some of them more than once. However, there’s been a very good reason for that. Our profession has changed considerably since Avoiding Consultation Fatigue, the first course was written in 2004. […]
One area of consultation, and it’s a huge one, which the Institute has never really explored is Employee Consultation. It is full of statutory obligations and the added layer of Trades Unions involvement. The vigorous debates happening right now as teaching unions discuss the safety issues around re-opening schools is a pertinent example. Having constructive
The views of employees… Read More »
Will it change the information that’s required? If we had possessed a crystal ball at the end of December 2019 and peered in to see what life would be like three months later, could we have believed that the country would be in virtual lockdown, our NHS fighting desperately to save those with the most
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Every profession spawns a unique vocabulary, often supplemented by acronyms and initialisations bewildering to an outsider. Attend a meeting of Health Professionals and you will be bombarded by a complex internal language, perfectly comprehensible to those working in that field and mind-bending if you do not. This led us to open the chapter on Health
Mind your language… Read More »
A Call for Evidence, launched on 27 May by the Department for Education, seeks information to support character education and development for children and young people. This will enable the promotion of a wide range of activities designed to prompt attributes such as kindness, generosity, a sense of justice, respect, integrity and humility. Education Secretary,
Ditch gadgets…and climb trees in 2019 Read More »
When someone asks you the “What do you do?” question, do you find it tricky explaining the myriad facets of a consultation and engagement expert? The next question, if they are still hanging on in there, is probably, “Wow! That sounds really interesting – how did you learn to do all that?” Your honest answer,
Are you still learning? Read More »
Consider the last public meeting you attended. Did you feel it was a satisfactory event – both from the viewpoint of the consultor and those who gave up their time to come along and hear what is happening? If, on reflection, you have concluded that it was not awfully satisfactory, why do you feel that
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With thousands of hopeful candidates standing for election this May, it is a good time to give them a reminder to take care with any commitments they make, which could eventually involve a public consultation. Why is this important? To understand the answer to this question we have to go back 15 years and explore
Legal pitfalls for over-enthusiastic prospective councillors Read More »
A number of consultation managers, bearing scars from public meetings which have been less than satisfactory, may well wish the answer was “Yes!” However, it would be wrong to consign a dialogue method regarded by Darryl Holiday of the City Bureau, Chicago, as “…the bedrock of civil society” to the dustbin of Past Engagement Techniques,
Is the Public Meeting dead? Read More »
Please do not snort derisorily and mutter darkly about the impossibility of such a thing. On a damp Wednesday evening, about forty people gathered to celebrate a small, but for the GP practice involved, very significant achievement. The venue was a brand new surgery, replacing an unsuitable, somewhat ramshackle building from which the practice had
A good news story from the NHS…and plaudits for patient involvement Read More »
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