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Inventing the FutureSystems & Success
Ian Pryce
Principal & Chief Executive, Bedford College
Outline of Day• Purpose & Context
• Finance
• People
• Quality
• Information
• What is success?
Purpose and Context
• Aims & Values
• Change & Pace
Mission• The Hedgehog concept
• Passion
• People
• Economics
Values
• The How
• Must be shared and lived
• Be careful what you wish for!
Rollercoaster Leadership
Change Like Never Before• Technological change = making the improbable possible• Political change = market and labour mobility• Generational change = less conformist, more individualist• Business change = companies like “tents” not “pyramids”• Older workers + birth-rate decline = inverted workplace
The Frantic Sector• Qualifications
• Inspection change
• Quality frameworks change
• Funding systems change
• Funding priorities change
• Provider base change
Systems & Success
FINANCE
By the end of the session you will know….
• What drives your costs and income• The freedom you have to use resources
allocated• How to ask for more, or work with less!• How to impress your friends with your
financial literacy!• How Finance and the Chief Executive
measure your performance in financial terms
Income and Cost “drivers”• Financial statements reflect activity
• What makes you spend more?
• What brings in the money?
The One Critical Difference
“Money is both an input and output in the
private sector”
“Money is never an output in the public
sector”
Improving the Student Experience
• Quality of staff
• Quality of environment
• Quality of learning materials
• Course organisation
Reflected in achievement, progression, feedback
Resources allocated on:• Student numbers
• Course hours
• “Equipment heaviness”
• Current staff salaries and contracts
Judgement!• Student recruitment, retention,
achievement• Student feedback• Management of resources allocated• Good communication through year• Work within regulations• Sought work within resources allocated• Well planned spending
The 5 key questions• Do we make a surplus?
• Do we have working capital?
• Do we eat cash or make it?
• Are we investing?
• Is our surplus good enough?
Financial Strategy• A critical document
• How much freedom?
• How much flexibility?
Systems & Success
PEOPLE
Get People• Job description v Person spec
• Process review especially the purpose of a process
Keep People• Welcome and first impressions
• People have a name
• Induction
• Feedback from leavers
• Welfare and social activity
Managing People• Probation
• Disciplined people v Control
• Communication and visible management
• Attendance
Developing People• Self-developers
• Focus on skills they need for this job and next
• Development isn’t the same as training
Level 5 Leadership• Ambitious for the cause
• Professional will
• Personal humility
Dynamism
Morality
Corner Cutting
Problem Solving
Personal Responsibility
Public v Private (respective strengths)
Planning v Delivery
Stewardship v Financial results
Shared accountability v Personal performance
Consistency v Innovation
Diffuse power v Direct power
Education v Skills
Job Description v Person Specification
The Challenges where “private” skills help
• Action Bias• Real prioritisation• Resource Management• People Management• Negotiation• Selling• Problem resolution• Using Data
The Rewards• Doing Good• Intellectual Challenge• Big budgets (money and people)• Safe employment (still)• Flexible employment• The Leadership satisfaction• Strong focus on equality and diversity
Emotive Issues• Putting students first means putting staff
second!?
• Does the plan mean anything to an individual?
• How do we deal with dissent?
Systems & Success
QUALITY
Quality• To what end?
• Responsibility
• How much can you do?
Bedford College Quality team
• Student Data analysis- retention/achievement
• Observations and 3 to 2 programme
• Self-assessment
• Course review
• Curriculum review
• Programme area MOT
• Self-assessment report
• Surveys and feedback
• Process review/EFQM
Measures• Of performance
• Of process
• Comparators
Systems & Success
INFORMATION and
SUCCESS
How do you define success?
• Learner Success
• Financial Strength
• People
• Planning Process
• Environmental
• Quality assurance
Information
• Right Information
• Right Time
• Right Way
• Used….
• Used to succeed
Performance• Alignment with strategy
• Key performance indicators
• Quantitative & Qualitative
• Hit the target, miss the point
Bedford College: Ensuring consistency 1
Aims
ObjectivesValues
Policies and procedures
Bedford College: Ensuring consistency 2
Strategic Plans
Operational Plans
Personal Objectives
Communication• The “non-verbal” myth
• Showing you care
• One College, Many Teams
• Keep it simple
Improvement
Remote Leaders• Create vision
• Create Belief
• Communicate change
• Energise
Improvement
Local Leaders• Engage employees
• Create motivation
• Manage anxiety
• Lead people through change
The Importance of Feedback
• Performance reports• Student and customer feedback• LSC review, Ofsted etc• Course review• Team Meetings• Student representatives• Platform• Open Door Policy
Reputation Management
• Reputation is never reality
• Reputational risks are many
• Weak links, bad apples
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