1. www.hertsdirect.org Hertfordshire County Council How to create a winning L&D strategy Angela Connolly - Senior L&OD Officer

2. www.hertsdirect.org Our Challenge “We want Hertfordshire to remain a county where people have the opportunity to live healthy, fulfilling lives in thriving, prosperous communities” Excerpt Corporate Plan

3. www.hertsdirect.org Enabling Performance and Potential ‘Our vision is to provide high quality learning and development opportunities to enable colleagues to create a County of Opportunity and Council for the future’ Excerpt Herts HR L&D Strategy

4. www.hertsdirect.org 4 Strategic Priorities: 1. Talent, Succession Planning and Leadership 2. Management Foundations 3. Young and Vulnerable People 4. Organisational Development 3 year People Strategy: Want to join Want to stay Want to be the best

5. www.hertsdirect.org Leadership Development Coaching & Mentoring On-Line Learning Platform

6. www.hertsdirect.org Leadership Development

7. www.hertsdirect.org 23 coaches in internal pool Dec 2013 - joined the EELGA Regional Coaching Pool Developed coaching agreement July 2014 - 1 st cohort ILM5 coaches qualified Aug 2014 - went live with on-line resource page for coaching and mentoring Sept 2014 - 2 nd cohort ILM5 coaches started training Peer mentors matched between cohort 1 and 2 Promote masterclass events at University of Hertfordshire Coaching supervision group sessions

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11. Future Focus

12. www.hertsdirect.org "In these challenging times for the public sector, our success is totally dependent on the commitment and dedication of the talented people who work here. We couldn't meet our targets for savings, service improvement and organisational change without making the most of their potential and we couldn't do that without the learning and development team. They've made a significant contribution to our transformation programme by supporting us to do things differently to build our capacity through a range ground breaking programmes that have a clear focus on outcomes for the organisation". John Wood, Chief Executive. Hertfordshire County Council

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