Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey's new chief executive named
Luton BC’s Kevin Crompton is set to be unveiled as the new chief executive of Haringey LBC,
Mr Crompton’s name should be submitted for approval before the end of the month.
He is to succeed Ita O’Donovan who has been in the post since March 2006.
More details are expected to be announced later today.
Source: Local Government Chronicle
Mr Crompton’s name should be submitted for approval before the end of the month.
He is to succeed Ita O’Donovan who has been in the post since March 2006.
More details are expected to be announced later today.
Source: Local Government Chronicle
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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A bit more of his bio from the Haringey Council website:
Kevin, 53, is a former teacher. Before joining Luton in 2005, he was Corporate Director of Education and Children’s Services and Director of Children’s Services with Solihull Metropolitan Council.
Under his directorship, Solihull began the development of children’s services prior to Every Child Matters, and was a pathfinder Children’s Trust.
Kevin has also worked for local authorities in Surrey, Birmingham, Brent, Hackney, Lambeth and Wandsworth.
He directed the Mini Enterprise in Schools project [again] between 1985-90 and was part of the team that cultivated professional development standards for teachers and head teachers.
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Don't you just love the LGC's term "unveiled"?
Hope it doesn't all end in another defrocking.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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I wonder by what coefficent the salary involved will exceed that of the Prime Minister. I wonder if we will get to learn of the settlement terms of the departing Chief Executive, the one who presided over the Baby P period and who said that lessons had been learnt (that appeared mainly to be lessons in PR).
The general attitude of the council seems to be that these kinds of questions are secret and/or private matters. Has the era of massive settlements ended or is the inflated bonus/'compromise agreement culture in full swing?
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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The man himself, out to save our borough.
From Liz's link;
Mr Crompton has worked in eight local authorities and has a strong background in Children and Young People’s Services, as well as much experience of working in multi-cultural communities. Kevin, 53, is a former teacher.
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Permalink Reply by Omotn on
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Looks as though Haringey has followed the herd mentality and appointed a Chief Executive who has done the job elsewhere, despite the evidence that
1) this makes local authority chief executives much more expensive
2) the difference it makes to the LA's CPA is sweet FA
Nice to know we are part of a trend.
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The Audit Commission report you link to Omotn is fairly obvious in its points but, as the following point says it means talent within the council isn't being nutured for promotion to this role of Chief Executive;
Individual local authorities – There is no statistical evidence
that existing chief executives are more effective at delivering
improvement as measured by CPA than promoted first tier
officers. Yet there is a perception that appointing a chief
executive with a CPA track record is fundamental to delivering
improvement. This has increased the demand for existing chief
executives amongst weaker authorities; stronger authorities
appear more able to identify and develop their own talent.
There are direct cost implications for individual authorities as
recruiting existing chief executives is markedly more expensive
than retaining an incumbent or promoting. There are also costs
for the authorities in the resulting vacancy chain that have to
deal with additional salary and recruitment costs.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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I'm right with you on this Omo. I always refuse to board a bus if the driver has a driving licence. And especially someone with experience on buses. Sadly, Arriva tends to follow the herd mentality - completely denying us passengers any laughs and surprises.
If I ever need another eye operation I'm hoping Jamie Oliver will consider the job.
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OoH Ar me old Al , Me old beauty
I think you may have stumbled on something there despite yourself. There was a report a little while ago of a bus company recruiting none but PSV licensed foreign drivers, Polish, probably. Well obviously the Daily Mail was up in arms, but if the reports were true, with some justification. If bus companies can recruit qualified drivers from abroad, then there is no need to train local lads and lasses in the skill, hence an increase in NEETS, and carried to its ultimate conclusion, the end of apprenticeships, training schemes, etc. It never would be carried to its ultimate conclusion, but in the meantime some disquiet. So in respect of Chief Executives, if we can only ever recruit one who has already been a CE then given natural wastage (death, illness, maternity leave, getting a job in the real world) all the LAs would end up chasing the one remaining CE who would then be scoring money for old rope. So for a healthy , dynamic, vibrant forward looking, world class, ideas-driven LA we do need to create a pool of capable (I will admit bus drivers and CEs both need to prove their capability) potential CEs, acting as senior managers in LAs ready to step up when needed.
Or perhaps in the absence of a countervailing argument we could make do with heavy handed and somewhat beside the point sarcasm and just a touch of Omo-phobia.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Give the man a chance!!
He hasn't even started yet - don't be so negative.
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Nothing against the man at all (except perhaps his CV) - he may be an excellent chief executive (and we could all take SOLACE from that). The complaint is against Haringey, its complete lack of imagination, and the implication that there is no one already employed there who is capable of doing this job.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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They don't often have that mentality when they employ school principals.
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