Local government is changing and in response to the Government White Paper ‘Strong and Prosperous Communities’, more and more councils are recognising that the development of effective leadership for its councillors is critical in delivering local government reform.
The rationale for developing Members is at once compelling and responsive to the changing needs and nature of local government in the 21st century. The demand for new skills and knowledge combined with the need to develop and master these skills now and in the future will become the factor that defines the success of leaders to steward.
We embrace the National Charter for Member Development and the IdeA Political Skills Framework. As a listed supplier of the Leadership Centre for Local Government and an approved centre of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) we offer accredited and non-accredited Member Development programmes that can attain the National Charter for Member Development, and achieve the CMI Diploma in Pubic Service Leadership.
Working together, we would assist you to bid for the finances to achieve your plans, identify free provision, design and deliver a solid, sustainable development programme, which Members own and engage in; and the Council can build into its learning portfolio, including:
Our approach blends learning styles with development, bespoke coaching and mentoring.
These courses aim to provide training for elected members of local authorities in all aspects of planning that they face, whether as ward representatives, members of development control committees or as members of a council’s executive/cabinet. The outlined courses have drawn strongly from the syllabus Training in Planning for Councillors published in 1999, Training in Planning for Councillors, and underpinned by the IDeA Member Development Framework.
For a list of training courses please click here.
To facilitate Member Development, MAON organises a programme of masterclasses based on the identified needs of the council to provide subject matter learning. Masterclasses are designed to:
For a list of Masterclasses please click here.
As well as delivering training events we also offer a consultancy service. The following list shows the type of consultancy projects we can help you with: