Yes yet another 'hidden' face is revealed. Not literally of course but Hank Williams has 'something' to do with the creation process as he met with the three head teachers as you can see in this excerpt from Parkview Governor minutes Link
"Rob felt that the preceding headteachers shared a strong sense of purpose and a real will to make things work. The three heads and another member of staff had met with a Creative Partnership management consultant Hank Williams. A project is being set up to run sessions for the students to contribute to the planning of the Academy."
We also see this line in the minutes which is a little disturbing, in my opinion;
"The new consultation document had only just been finalised and Rob was happy to report that both the sponsors and the preceding headteachers had contributed to the drafting of it. Debate would be out in the open and the date for the consultation meeting at Parkview will take place on:"
Which would suggest that 'debate' such as it was wasn't opened up until the correct answers could be all but guaranteed!
The Hank Williams referred to in the minutes actually owns a company called Learning Curve.
Hank Williams has a company called Learning Curve
Link
This company describes itself as;
Learning Curve is a UK based management development consultancy which specialises in two areas of activity:
MENTORING
We provide an external mentoring service for senior managers and
executives. We also support organisations to design effective
frameworks for internal mentoring and to develop the skills of their
mentors.
HR TRANSITION
We support HR Departments to develop their capability to provide a high value consultancy service to their organisations.
So why is this company involved in the creation of a school?
Well digging a bit deeper we see
Learning Curve has extensive experience in helping HR Development Departments to plan their transition from service providers to business partners.
What this means, in english, is that he helps human resource or personnel departments manage transition.
Hank is also a published author with two books to his name entitled;
The Essence of Managing Groups and Teams
and
The Essence of Managing People
both written in the mid nineties and four papers on similar themes also written in the mid to late nineties.
So that the company the questions have to be;
Who is paying for it's services?
From which budget?
Why is it involved in the Academy Plan?
What services is it supplying to 'The Sponsors'?
Was it involved in the Friday 22nd 'transition' process that took place at Parkview?
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