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Build your own SMART objectives with our toolkit

โ€œ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†.โ€ โ€œ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต.โ€ โ€œ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ.โ€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ? In 31 years of economic development work, Iโ€™ve learned one hard truth: ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ. Sharpen up your objectives ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ โ€“ download the workbook by registering here. The single feature that separates successful initiatives [โ€ฆ]

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Create high-performing organisations with a high impact: lessons for the new Combined Authorities in England

๐™‡๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐Ÿญ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. CAs were completely new, untested in their local areas, given new funds, powers & responsibilities. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†. Many CAs struggled to establish this on the rapid timescales involved. A challenge, I know, but the [โ€ฆ]

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Is your business and stakeholder engagement too low? tips and advice to address this

๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ To maximise participation in workshops, interviews, and surveys, pitch relevant questions and repeat online events. Consider purchasing business samples from marketing databases to expand reach. ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ตโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ: ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€: ** Tailor questions to different groups.** Piggyback on existing meetings and eventsโ€ฆ [โ€ฆ]

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