Agenda and decisions

to approve the minute as a correct record.

(i)       to note the reason outlined in the planner for the delay to item 8 (Flexible and Smarter Working Policy and Guidance); and

(ii)       to otherwise note the planner.

(i)       to note that officers would provide detail to Members outwith the meeting in respect of the number of returned evaluations for courses where this information was available;

(ii)       to note the suggestion from Members that there could be Elected Member involvement in future in the leadership and development programme, through introductory meetings between officers and various Members which would allow Members to engage with new leaders;

(iii)      to note that officers would ascertain whether working with Trade Unions was specifically included within the People Manager development programme, and that if not, to note that officers had undertaken to work with Trade Union colleagues on introducing this;

(iv)      to note the continuing progress made on developing leaders and managers and the assurance provided within the report that this programme equipped managers to deal with the challenges ahead; and

(v)      to note the introduction of the Accelerator Scheme as part of the Aspiring

Leaders programme 2024-25 and how this would contribute to supporting people with Protected Characteristics to progress their people management ambitions with Aberdeen City Council, increasing the pool of diverse candidates at leadership level who were suitably qualified and ready to undertake senior posts.

to note the report.

The Committee agreed to defer this report to the January meeting, as the Integrated Impact Assessment had not been published ahead of the meeting.

(i)       in relation to page 96 of the report and the graph which displayed the data for the total number of near misses from 2022/23 and 2024/25, to note that officers would liaise with colleagues in Data Insights to ascertain whether future reports could separate out the data for the Education cluster to determine whether the dip in figures was as a result of the school holidays; and

(ii)       to otherwise note the report.