Multiple Participant Assessment

for the National Procurement Strategy 2018

The LGA assessment involved a single consolidated response per organisation

The same diagnostic framework can be deployed to engage and understand multiple perspectives across an organisation

About the multiple participant assessment

This assessment is specifically designed to enable individual organisations to:

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Engage multiple stakeholders within 1 organisation

Invite people from across an organisation to learn about, contemplate and assess the Things That Matter and What Good Looks Like

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Identify and address differences in perception across an organisation

Easily spot any important differences in perception that might indicate areas of best practice to draw on and provide support to others

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Facilitate organisation wide consensus about the Ideal Future State

Spark a conversation about where the organisation would ideally be and what steps can be taken to get there

Engage multiple stakeholders within 1 organisation

Invite more people to provide their perspective on the organisation through scores and comments.

Engage more people on the Things That Matter.

Motivate more people around greater visibility about What Good Looks Like.

Facilitate change through more effective dialogue on a common agenda and shared language.

Dashboard Reporting to identify differences in perception across an organisation

Instant access to dashboard management reports.

Identifies Strengths and Areas for Improvement.

Highlights important differences in perception, which could indicate areas of best practice to be shared and/or need for clearer communication/training on the Things That Matter.

Facilitate organisation wide consensus about the Ideal Future State

Having engaged more widely on the Things That Matter and started to establish a shared language…

… it is easier to have constructive conversations to better understand differences in perception and to gain consensus of where the organisation presently is and where everyone would like it to be.

Balance relative priorities and outline the most appropriate improvement actions.

It can additionally be used to help individual organisations to:

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Gather a body of knowledge

Surface, gather and publish examples of best practice and related guidance

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Target resource deployment

Establish where and how to best focus resource and expertise

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Act as a relationship broker

Identify and introduce people / teams that would mutually benefit from sharing expertise

As with the national LGA assessment, the multiple participant assessment is intended to further help you to:

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Gain awareness

Understand and adopt an agenda and shared language based on the Things That Matter and What Good Looks Like for each

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Assess your present state

Investigate and assess how the organisation as a whole is currently performing. To act as a launch pad for any future aspirations

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Identify gaps to address

Contemplate and express possible desired future state for organisation using comments

For more information

Contact Rowena Ward (rowena.ward@sps-consultancy.co.uk)