Will you go to the ball with me?
The county council needs board members to steer its new economic strategy, but it will depend on meaningful partnerships to succeed. Simon Merrell, of Merrell People, looks at how you achieve that.
Gloucestershire’s Economic Strategy 2024-2034 has been very overt on the importance of key partnerships. Figure two in the strategy outlines who Gloucestershire’s key partners are and the role they will play in delivery each of the four strategic priorities:
Sustainable growth
Inward investment
Employment and skills
Business innovation and support
The strategy is rightly ambitious and incredibly exciting. Leaders across the county (and beyond) will no doubt be looking at the signals and opportunities contained within the 72 pages. Very few organisations can do anything without their own partnerships.
Supply chains, experts, consultants, administrators, and even competitors can all be part of our success.
How do we create the right partnerships for us?
What do we need?
This questions often requires us to stop what we are doing and think about our organisation. Our horizon might not stretch to the 10 years that Gloucestershire’s Economic Strategy covers, but we should think about the que…
