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The culture change programme called Team Jersey

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WQ.146/2023

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER

BY DEPUTY C.S. ALVES OF ST. HELIER CENTRAL QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 3rd APRIL 2023 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 12th APRIL 2023

Question

“Regarding the culture change programme ‘Team Jersey’, which was initially planned to run for 3 years and involved hiring UK consultants, will the Chief Minister advise –

  1. how long the programme has been running for;
  2. how much hasbeen spent to date onthe programme; and
  3. what evidence, if any, exists of any change that has taken place as a result of the programme?”

Answer

  1. The programme timescale was from September 2018 to March 2021, a total of 31 months. In view of the Covid 19 pandemic impact, a programme extension of 12 months was agreed, with final closure in March 2022, prior to the General Election in June 2022 and the formation of a new Government in July 2022. Elements of the programme have been taken forward into business-as-usual activities.
  2. Final expenditure: £5.8m, which included the programme extension up to March 2022.
  3. Team Jersey’s Programme Director presented a closure report to the Programme Board.

As part of the legacy activity, the programme wider organisation supported and implemented a people and culture plan per department to continue work on developing internal teams and values.

As part of the evaluation, each workstream presented an evaluation and benefits statement as follows:

 

Workstream

Benefits & Evaluation

Leadership Programme

90% of participants rate the programme as “Good” or “Very Good”.

89% of  participants  would  recommend the programme to  a colleague.

86% attendees have report that they are applying their Team Jersey learnings to their leadership practice.

Colleague Programme

85% of participants rate the programme as “Good” or “Very Good”.

81% of  participants  would  recommend the programme to  a colleague.

55% of attendees have reported that they applying their Team Jersey learnings (22% had not been on a previous session when surveyed)

Attendees report that they were more confident in their ability to create a positive workplace culture.

Team Jersey Leads

94% of participants rate the training as “Good” or “Very Good”.

92% of participants would recommend the training to a colleague

 

People  &  Culture  Plan Support

 

 

We asked 16 people from departments who had worked with Team Jersey in the implementation of People & Culture plans for their  feedback  on  the  consultancy  support  their  department received. Responses were received from 11 of those individuals. 100% of respondents “Agreed” or “Strongly Agreed” with the statements;

  • “Consultancy support received from Team Jersey was useful to help us identify prioirities, create a People & Culture plan and embed it.”
  • “I would recommend the use of Team Jersey consultancy support”