All Managers’ notes on BSF… to share with your team

-July 2013-

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1. All UK staff should now have received a letter informing them of the salary band and

migration process under the transitional arrangements for the New UK salary framework. The implementation of the bands is underway for most divisions. For Communities & Supporters Division (CSD) who are still undergoing restructuring as part of the Supporter Partnership Programme and for Campaigns who are taking a look at the work of their team; migration will commence after decisions have been reached.

2. Implementing the Supporter Partnership Programme (SPP): The response to the consultation paper was emailed to colleagues in CSD, External Communications and Campaigns on 28th June. Thanks to those who participated in the consultation. Feedback was collated which informed the decisions made by the Leadership Team for the Catholic Community.

3. External Communications Function: A process workshop scheduled for late July is being organised for stakeholders across divisions to test and evaluate the new processes. The workshop will look into the design, oversight and delivery of External Communications strategy and how the function works with management teams from other divisions.

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ACTION: If you agree with the band that your role has been allocated to, please

sign the copy of your letter and return this to Liza Tong in Human Resources.

ACTION: Please visit the Remit and Resourcing of Teams and Posts page for more information.

Manager’s resources for this month

Leading Change: There are

other ways of learning rather

than the hard way.

Sometimes, the easiest solutions are

right in front of us, with simple tools

and uncomplicated methods.

Years of experience in an organisation

can give us the confidence of knowing

the fine details of how things work,

when and who you need by your side

to make things happen. However, this

confidence can turn into a dangerous

attitude of ‘this is the only way things

work here’.

To successfully lead change, as

Managers it is important to inspire

and enable others to do work

together effectively to realise shared

goals. This means people need to be

trusted and they need to trust you as

a leader.

As a change leader it is important to

think what people are seeing and

feeling when we communicate. We

have received enough feedback to

know that overloading colleagues

with messages especially if they are

full of corporate jargon won’t work.

Using very general messages without

considering what information is

relevant to whom is not effective

either. Communications is about Skill

and Will – take a look at the questions

in the box to the right.

We probably have the SKILL… ‘I am a good listener’,

‘I promote dialogue’, ‘I can influence people’, ‘I

coach my team’… etc.

But do we understand why we need to

communicate effectively? Do we have the WILL to

do it?

- Am I ready to assume responsibilities when

necessary?

- Am I ready to delegate?

- Will I commit myself to listen and consider

other ways of making things happen?

- Am I being heard / trusted?

- Am I being explicit in what is happening and

why these changes matters?

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Did you miss July’s Staff briefing?

We apologise for the connectivity problem we had last week

streaming our Staff Briefing. We have an audio available for you to listen to the announcements

and presentations for July. Access to the audio through this link: July presentations audio>

Need help?

1. Remember to use our BSF Change Management Support for Staff

2. The Internal Communications Team or your HRA can also be contacted directly if you

need any extra support in terms of communicating or engaging with your team.

3. Also, lots of learning resources are available in Einstein, online access no matter where

you are based.

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