by Glenn | Sep 16, 2025 | Best practice, Future challenges, Organisational development, Performance, Professional development
๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ Organisations ๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ. Hereโs the behaviours I’ve seen from ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ economic development organisations: ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐...
by Glenn | Sep 15, 2025 | Best practice, Organisational development, Performance
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐.โฃ (and it will make or break your economic development initiatives)โฃ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.โฃ โ Simply having a “mission...
by Glenn | Aug 10, 2025 | Best practice, funding, Organisational development, Performance, Professional development
Getting Your Local Economic Development Funding Approved can be a Challenge if You have no or Little Experience in This! Based on our ๐๐น๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, here are key tips for success: 1๏ธโฃ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐: Know your organization’s...
by Glenn | Aug 10, 2025 | Best practice, Organisational development, Performance, Professional development, Skills
๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฃ Local ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ: 1 – Set clear objectives for your local economy, programme, service or agency 2 – Develop winning ideas for your local economy 3 – Write a successful board or committee paper for your...
by Glenn | Aug 10, 2025 | Best practice, Professional development, Skills, Stakeholder
We’ve all been there – “Glenn, we (you) need to write a board paper about this local economic development initiative, its due in tomorrow by 5pm. I’m assuming you can get on with this no problem?!” But writing a board paper from zero...
by Mylocaleconomy | Jul 21, 2025 | Best practice, Combined Authorities, Competency, Devolution, Restructuring
๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ญ. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. CAs were completely new, untested in their local areas, given new funds, powers & responsibilities. ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐. Many CAs...
