BOPDHB Checkup July 2016 | Page 16

What do you want to hear from the CEO and the Exec Team, and in what format? Your opinion is wanted. In May we held a Staff Engagement and Culture Workshop and communications was very much on everyone’s minds as discussions ranged about how to make our good organisation, great. Following the format of May’s workshop we are looking for volunteers to attend the focus groups who represent a vertical slice of the organisation. For those unfamiliar with this concept it’s getting a mix of people who are representative of the organisation, not only by profession and role, but also gender and age. So if necessary we may need to target volunteers from specific parts of the organisation to ensure this mix. As the saying goes “if you want to change - look to your people”, and part of our formal communication is the Staff Forum which has been attended by less staff in more recent times. The discussion will have to start with; does the Staff Forum continue, or not? If the Staff Forum continues, does it continue in the same format or not? We want you to think about what you want to hear from the CEO and the Exec Team, and in what format? In other words we want you to decide the future of the Staff Forum. It is anticipated that there may be several ideas/formats and content suggestions on what and how, you want the CEO and Exec Team to engage with you. To gather your ideas we are holding two focus group meetings in: • Tauranga: Wednesday 27 July, 12.30pm – 2.00pm in the Tauranga Conference Centre So, if you’re keen to be part of deciding the future of the Staff Forum – to be or not to be, how and content, please email gail. [email protected] to register your interest by 12 noon Wednesday 20 July. • Whakatāne: Friday 29 July, 12.30pm – 2.00pm in the Whakatāne Clinical School Meeting Room 1 Deciding the future of the Staff Forum is one small agenda item in the communications stream. Service Improvement Unit’s Fiona Burns will facilitate the sessions which will make recommendations to come back to staff through the August Staff Forum. Contribute to Checkup If you would like to contribute articles to Checkup, or want to suggest a story, email Communications Advisor Stephanie Byers via [email protected] Checku Bay of Plenty District Health Board staff new s p Name Bad Change ges – Day 201 6 3 – page DHB’s got tale nt or not! – page 8 Take a Bre Fresh Air ath of This May 15 – page 1 May 2016