It's been seven months since we launched our new electronic people strategy The Cupboard, and more than 5000 people have already had a rummage around to see what support and information colleagues need to get the best out of themselves and each other.

The newest addition is our brand new Recruitment Strategy, which is part of our Talent Management recipe card, which in a nutshell is how we will recruit, train up, manage and develop people who work here. 

Assistant Director, Charlotte North is our “Head Chef” for all things Talent Management in The Cupboard.

Charlotte said: “It’s been a busy, but exciting few months since we launched The Cupboard.

“The Talent Management recipe is based around four key areas that we think we need to get it right to manage our talent here at CHFT, and the new recruitment strategy is just a part of that.

“Those areas are: recruitment (getting great people to work with us); retention (keeping them at CHFT); performance management (making sure people know what’s expected of them and that they’re able to do the job) and development (helping people to be the best they can be).

“It’s important colleagues know how to progress here at CHFT and when we get this right it means everyone can have the opportunity to develop and become the best version of themselves."

Take a look at the full Talent Management Recipe here.

What else is new in The Cupboard?

*To make sure we know it’s working, we’ve started to measure the success of each of the recipe cards in The Cupboard. We’ll update the stats monthly so we can keep an eye on how well we’re doing. Using the Talent Management recipe as an example, the sorts of things we're measuring here are vacancy numbers; staff turnover and retention rates; promotions; and disciplinaries and grievances. But why not take a look at each card yourself?

**And for colleagues who want to create a presentation around anything around their people we also have a Power Point template you can use with The Cupboard branding. It's on the intranet here: https://intranet.cht.nhs.uk/workforce-od/the-cupboard/