Collaborative Working Champions

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Collaborative Working Champions

Collaborative Working Champions [members only]

Project Objectives

This is an action learning group of Be members keeping themsleves up-to-speed with the latest developments in collaborative working and able and willing to provide mentoring support to other members.

Project Description

Meeting quarterly the group's purpose is to:

• Close the gap between board-level policy and practical action (i.e. "walking the talk")
• Provide a forum for working-level 'share and learn' (or 'collaborate to compete') activities, by sharing presentations on companies' latest experiences, good and bad, for mutual learning at corporate and individual (CPD) levels
• Enable members to carry a level of endorsement with third parties as "Be champions"
• Provide a resource (speakers) for Be members and third parties on collaborative working
• Develop a simple 'code of conduct' for Be members working collaboratively
• Further develop and disseminate the business case for collaborative working
• Produce a check list of common issues raised by firms considering collaborative working - say 6 key diagnostic questions
• Produce a 'pack' to help with the championing role, to include the above checklist, eg standard slides, glossy business case report ('Be inspired' from the other perspective)
• Develop a 'charter' summarising the requirements of a 'collaborative working champion' - what, how and who
• Training for collaborative working champions - 'train the trainers'
• 'Free' coaching and mentoring support - say 20 half-days free of charge initially provided by Kevin Thomas on behalf of CWC, to differentiate from eg learning club or CWC mainstream training activity
• Quarterly 'share and learn' meetings in July, Oct, Jan and April
• Start to create 'action learning sets' of say 3 champions in a team
• Feedback mechanisms linked to Be website including a bulletin board overseen by CWC