Transcript ARCH and ARCH Tenants Group

Association of
Retained
Council
Housing
• Is a national association solely
dedicated to Council Housing
• Aiming to get the best deal for councils
and their tenants.
• We are here to secure a future for
council housing.
Does this by…
•Representing collective interests of retained stock
councils
•Lobbying government for a strong retained stock
sector
•Helping members meet the challenges and seize
the opportunities of the recently reformed council
housing finance system and other government
initiatives
•Demonstrating the benefits of retained stock in
meeting wider local and national priorities
•Promoting best practice
•Listening to the views of tenants
ARCH Tenants
Group
• Meet four times a year
• Our Chair and Vice Chair are Directors on the ARCH
Executive Board
• There are currently 22 tenants on the Tenants' Group
Summary of Tenants Group role
• Meet and discuss topical issues affecting
Council tenants
• Feed in ideas and suggestions to ARCH
Executive
• Develop content for conference each
year
• Raise profile of ARCH
• Represent Tenants Group as Directors
ROLE
CONTRIBUTION
ALLOWABLE WEAKNESS
PLANT
Creative, imaginative, clever, able to
see things in unusual ways, good at
solving problems
Ignores details, doesn’t care about rules,
too preoccupied to communicate well
NETWORKER
Extrovert, enthusiastic, reaches out
beyond the team, good at selling and
networking, brings in new ideas.
Over-optimistic, loses interest once their
first enthusiasum has faded.
CO-ORDINATOR
Confident, a good chairperson,
balanced, promotes decision making,
delegates well, leads from behind
Maybe seen as manipulative, offloads
personal work onto others
SHAPER
Challenging, dynamic, thrives on
pressure, has courage to overcome
obstacles, action-oriented
Easily provoked, can offend people’s
feelings, may be seen as pushy
REALIST
Analytical, sees all the options, can spot
the flaw in the argument, makes good
judgements
Does not inspire others, may come
across as over-critical and wary
TEAMWORKER
Co-operative, likeable, good listener,
diplomatic, builds bridges. Can ‘cement’
a the team
Indecisive in crunch situations
IMPLEMENTER
Disciplined, reliable, efficient, turns
ideas into practical tasks, plans, and
gets things done
May be inflexible slow to respond to new
opportunities, conservative
FINISHER
Conscientious, worries about timetables
and deadlines, not happy until the task
is complete
Tends to worry unnecessarily, reluctant to
delegate
What makes a good team?
Tenants in Partnership
• Here is an example of how some of the tenants of Hinckley and
Bosworth Borough Council working in partnership with the local
services turned a one problem area into a popular estate
Please find below the link to
youtube.com
•videohttps://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=VcPBxL
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•Thank you for your
interest
Now we will do the
Belbin Exercise and
find out what skills you
bring to your team
• Please do get in touch if you think I could be
of any help to your group.
• If you have a success story please let me
know. I am hoping to gather good news
stories to counteract the Benefit Street Story
• Ann Harris 01455 635717
• [email protected]