Time concerns

"We do this kind of thing already - won’t this be duplicating work?"

"It sounds like using the enablers will take a lot of time. We don’t have time for this in our service."

"Everyone is too busy and overburdened in our service - how are we supposed to find the time to do this?"

Let’s get real is not designed to create extra work for people - or to create unnecessary duplication.

What is key is that organisations and teams find the time to get to know and understand what it means to work in a Let’s get real way. We ask that you spare some time to focus on the values and attitudes and performance indicators of the Real Skills.

The Let’s get real enablers are there as a resource, which only need to be used if required. Feel free to take a pick’n’mix approach to using the enablers. None, all or only some may be relevant to your service or team, depending on how your work aligns with the Real Skills and values and attitudes.

One aim of Let’s get real is that it provides a focus and structure for linking workforce development activities: education/training, HR strategies, organisational development, research and evaluation. Therefore, we hope that ultimately the Let’s get real framework will assist with the streamlining and simplification of all these processes by providing a strong and unifying foundation.

Page last updated: 27 January 2010