DISTRICT VIEW

摘要

What do members of your workforce really think of you? The '100 best councils to work for' listings have just been published. Essential reading for all chief executives! The idea is based on The Times newspaper's '100 best companies' list. I thought long and hard about whether we should apply for this more than two years ago. Although it's great to see what staff really think of the council as an employer - what if we didn't do very well? What if we came 99th on leadership from the chief executive?? Scary though that thought was, we at Chorley DC, took political soundings, got the buy-in of all parties and - importantly - of our staff, braced ourselves, and took the plunge. For those who haven't yet, I would highly recommend it. Based purely on anonymous staff surveys - 60% of employees filled in either an electronic or hard copy survey at Chorley - there is no chance of massaging or strategically spinning the results. The questions probe into departments and measure staffs views on overall vision and direction, quality of line management, personal leadership, team working, pay, health and wellbeing, job satisfaction and morale.