Hello All,

I have been tasked with re-invigorating our staff consultative group. In an ideal world this group would communicate events throughout the business to their constituents, bring forward any ideas regarding staff facilities, staff welfare etc. I feel that one of the reasons this wasn't a success previously was that we haven't got the buy in from our managers. I believe some representatives didn't feel they were able to work on projects, there is also confusion on what a representative is allowed to do and what is expected. I am hoping I can educate managers and representatives with briefings as well as a job description to ensure expectations and the scope of the role is defined. I feel that another step would be to make the SCG more visible throughout the company such as representative pictures on the intranet, department representatives mentioned during company inductions etc. Once I have promotional material and have educated the managers I would like to start inviting people for nominations for their departments as we currently have vacancies.

I welcome any suggestions / words of advise if you have been in a similar situation. I would really like to make this a success and if anybody would be willing to share material their company uses or give me some pointers I would really appreciate it.

Many Thanks,

Laina