strategise / purpose and value for procurement and commercial teams
TLDR
For procurement and commercial teams who want to move beyond compliance. Helps you reconnect your work with purpose and public value, building a stronger more confident team that drives outcomes, not just processes.
Procurement and commercial teams are among the most accountable functions in any public organisation. Their work shapes how money is spent, how suppliers perform and how value is delivered to citizens. Yet development for these teams is almost entirely focused on compliance - the process, not the purpose.
This programme gives procurement and commercial teams space to step back from procedures and reconnect with why they exist: to generate value, enable innovation and help their organisation achieve its mission. It helps teams strengthen how they work together, how they define and drive value and how they align their commercial decisions with organisational purpose.
The session is ideal for procurement and commercial teams in government departments, local authorities and other public bodies who want to grow beyond the role of gatekeepers and see themselves - and be seen - as enablers of progress.
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To build a stronger sense of shared identity and cohesion as a team
To clarify how the team’s work underpins organisational purpose and public value
To connect compliance excellence with value creation and innovation
To define and drive value consistently across the procurement and contract lifecycle
To strengthen collaboration, communication and mutual confidence within the team
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A cohesive procurement or commercial team with renewed shared purpose
Clear alignment between commercial practice, compliance standards and organisational goals
Stronger collective confidence and credibility with internal stakeholders
Greater creativity in identifying and enabling value and innovation within rules
Practical steps for embedding purpose and value into everyday processes
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Full-day programme
Delivered virtually or face-to-face.Optional GC Index Team View
Profiles mapped into a Team Impact View to explore how team energy and contribution can best support purpose and value generation.Optional follow-up session (3 months later)
A 2-hour virtual session to:Review examples of value and innovation since the workshop
Reflect on alignment and stakeholder perception
Refresh commitments and next steps
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09:30 – Welcome and context
Why procurement matters: connecting compliance, value and purpose.
Framing the day: how the team contributes to public outcomes.
09:45 – Who we are as a team
Exploring the team’s strengths, communication styles and shared impact.
Group mapping: how we work together and where alignment can grow.
10:30 – Understanding our organisational purpose
Reflecting on the organisation’s mission and priorities.
Discussion: how our team enables that mission through commercial work.
11:15 – Break
11:30 – Compliance and value in balance
Examining where assurance and governance protect value, and where we can enable it.
Exercise: analysing one live procurement or contract to identify compliance strengths and untapped opportunities for value.
12:30 – Lunch
13:15 – Driving innovation responsibly
Exploring what innovation means in procurement: new suppliers, smarter engagement, improved collaboration.
Group work: small safe-to-try ways to enable innovation within existing rules.
14:45 – Break
15:00 – Our purpose and value statement
Co-creating a concise statement that captures how this team delivers both assurance and impact.
Agreeing behaviours and routines that keep purpose visible in daily work.
16:00 – Commitments and next steps
Individual and team pledges on sustaining shared purpose and value creation.
16:30 – Close
