Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision to Chief Minister's Department: Leadership Development

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A decision made 10 March 2017:

Ministerial decision reference MD-C-2017-0019
Decision summary title Restructuring Provision Bid – Leadership Development
Decision summary author	Finance Manager - Corporate Group	Is the decision summary public or exempt?		Public
Report title Restructuring Provision Bid – Leadership Development
Report author or name of person giving report	Finance Manager - Corporate Group	Is the report public or exempt?		Public
Decision and reason for the decision The Chief Minister accepted a non-recurring total budget transfer of £1,540,000 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure to fund Leadership Development within the Public Sector Reform Programme, with indicative funding being £560,000 for 2017, £490,000 for 2018 and £490,000 for 2019. At the beginning of the Reform programme, the requirement for the Corporate Management Board (CMB) and Council of Ministers (COM) to work closer together as a leadership team was acknowledged. To support this approach CMB and COM have had regular strategic sessions and workshops during 2015 and 2016. Executive leadership development has now been delivered to CMB and next in-line for development are senior managers. The next phase of leadership development is required to address practical leadership skills for senior and middle managers to specifically drive performance and initiate, drive and sustain change.
Resource implications The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £1,540,000 during the Medium Term Financial Plan (2017 – 2019), with indicative funding of £560,000 for 2017, £490,000 for 2018 and £490,000 for 2019. The Restructuring Provision revenue head of expenditure to decrease by an identical amount, and the temporary FTE in CMD to increase by one. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017 - 2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required Research and Policy Officer to advise Finance Manager – Corporate Group that this decision has been approved.
Signature			Position Senator I J Gorst Chief Minister

Date signed			Effective date of the decision