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Raffaela Goodby

Current Role: HR Business Partner- Engagement, Reward & Recognition

Room 101: Whinging, ear wax, spitting, litter

Couldn't live without: My beautiful daughters, smiling, hot tea, 3G

Contact

tel. 0121 675 2354
email. raffaela.goodby@birmingham.gov.uk

Twitter Feed @birminghambest @ppmawestmids

I have been with Birmingham Council for seven years and joined as a newbie 18 months after graduating from a Psychology degree. I joined the Council as a Human Resources Advisor working on Single Status, and a few years later was lucky enough to secure the job of developing and implementing BEST in its infancy.

I have been leading Birmingham BEST since the launch of the programme in 2006. I manage a number of projects on behalf of the Chief Executive and well as heading up the brilliant engagement and recognition team in our Equalities & Human Resources function.

My areas of expertise and passion are around employee engagement, culture change and transforming ways of working, the psychology of change and reward and recognition strategies. I am passionate about local government and about Birmingham and it's future.

I have just been elected as Secretary of West Midlands PPMA and I am looking forward to working with public sector colleagues both in the Midlands and nationally. I truly believe we need to work collaboratively in the next few years in order to deal with the unprecedented challenges we face in dealing with the budget deficit and managing the commitment, morale and motivation of our workforce.

Local Government employs unique & amazing people and I feel very proud that our approach offers people more opportunity to showcase their talent, and show the UK how unique and talented us Local Gov'ers are, and how much we care about the services we deliver!

Raffaela Linkedin Profile & Recommendations
CIPD Article January 09
IDeA Case Study on BEST programme
Speaking - Public Sector South West Employers
Speaking - Engagement 2.0
Speaking - PPMA Conference 09
CIPD Employee Engagement Conference 09
IDeA Employee Engagement Video 'Thank Goodness It's Monday'
Speaking- LGC Workforce Planning & Use of Resources
LG Comms Speaking Event Oct 09
NHS Conference - Leading Workforce Thinking
Young LA of the Year 2008
Localgov.co.uk article on twittering for engagement
PPMA Blog
Winners of National Training Award - West Midlands Region
Supporting the LGC Challenge 09
Birmingham City Council win national HR Award
Speaking - Employee Engagement Summit 2010
Public Service Review Article
Macleod Review Published - Case Study
Inside Government - Employee Engagement Summit July 2010
National Public Sector Employee Engagement Summit July 2010
NHS Employers - Employee Engagement Webinar September 2010
ACAS Employee Engagement Conference November 2010
NHS Employers Conference November 2010
Generation BEST Case Study Published 2010
Radical Change, Radical Leadership January 2011
LG Comms - Internal Comms & Engagement March 2011
Westminster Briefing - June 2011
Local Government Workforce Planning July 2011