A strategic thinking workshop is one of many topics covered in our wide range of public sector networking and education events. Check out what’s on offer. Photo: Supplied.
EL1 & EL2 Strategic Thinking and Advanced Problem-Solving Workshop
Date: 16 – 17 April, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Canberra
Level 2, 10 Moore Street, Canberra
Email: [email protected]
Due to popular demand, new dates have just been released for the EL1 & EL2 Strategic Thinking and Advanced Problem-Solving Workshop.
Overview
Develop the strategic thinking and advanced problem-solving abilities required of EL-banded officers.
- Apply practical outcome-driven models for strategic decision-making.
- Explore a systematic approach for problem analysis and strategy formulation.
- Understand your role as an executive leader in empowering others to address challenges.
- Overcome common roadblocks to resolve complex problems.
Speaker Sally Dooley is an engaging and experienced facilitator and executive coach. Over 20 years, Sally has worked with thousands of leaders and individuals in a wide range of leadership, team and personal development areas.
She is passionate about excellent leadership and helping to shape cultures that facilitate high performance and high wellbeing for sustainable growth. Sally has a master’s in training and development, and is an international bestselling author, TEDx speaker and speaker coach.
Organisational Change Management for the Public Sector Masterclass
Date: 16 April, 2024
Time: 8 am – 6 pm
Location: 24/288 Edward St, Brisbane City, QLD
Organiser: Crown Leadership International Group
Telephone: +61 2 9042 1717
Join an exciting in-person event on organisational change management in the public sector. This masterclass will provide valuable insights and strategies to navigate the complexities of change within government organisations. Whether you’re a manager, executive, or simply interested in this field, this event is a must-attend.
Discover effective change management techniques, learn from industry experts, and network with like-minded professionals. Gain practical knowledge and skills to successfully lead and implement change initiatives in the public sector. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to expand your expertise and make a positive impact in your organisation.
Working Effectively at the APS 6 Level
Date: 16 – 17 April, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Two three-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This program will assist you to understand the work-level standards, capability requirements and behavioural expectations at the APS 6 level.
The program focuses on the work-level expectations and capability requirements at the APS 6 level detailed in the APS Work Level Standards (WLS) and the APS Integrated Leadership System (ILS). To clarify the step-up in expectations, the program compares the APS 6 work levels and capability requirements with the APS 5 level.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 5 – APS 6.
Getting that Selection Right
Date: 16 – 17 April, 2024
Duration: Two face-to-screen sessions: one seven-hour session, 10 am – 5:30 pm; one 30-minute session, 10 am – 10:30 am
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This program helps members of selection committees conduct effective selection processes.
Examine relevant legislation and principles guiding staff selection and retention. Look at the three-stage recruitment process used in the APS. Create effective selection practices that include building rapport with applicants and managing judgments and evaluations.
Understand the roles of the selection panel in talking to referees, reaching a recommendation decision, writing a report and giving feedback.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 1 – EL 2.
Let go of perfectionism and learn how to thrive at work
Date: 17 April, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Expect less and achieve more!
Perfectionism is a dysfunctional trait for many women in leadership and can get in the way of achieving greatness.
Having high standards is healthy and motivating but striving for perfection is rooted in fear and self-doubt. Expecting flawlessness only leads to disappointment, exhaustion, and a fear of not being good enough. It erodes our confidence and increases stress.
Leaders who expect the best often set unrealistic expectations for themselves and their teams, leading to toxic cultures of blame and fear.
By letting go of your preconceptions of perfection, you can work more effectively and with greater impact. Attend this unique seminar to learn how a simple shift in perspective and mindset can dramatically change your productivity and influence.
Walk away with a new way of thinking about the way you work and tangible tools that will help you cultivate courage by letting go of self-doubt.
Attend and learn
- Set high standards, not unrealistic expectations, for yourself and your team
- Learn how to get comfortable with uncertainty and avoid becoming overwhelmed
- Cultivate self-compassion and the courage to be yourself
- Release your attachment to what people think and find your voice
- Stop letting self-doubt become self-sabotage
- Become a more effective leader by being perfectly imperfect.
Claire Harrison is your conscious leadership executive coach and facilitator. She is a tech and media industry business leader, holding senior leadership roles with realestate.com.au, Mamamia Women’s Network, Women’s Agenda, Business Chicks, Getty Images and News Corp.
Claire is a certified coach with a Diploma in Positive Psychology and a qualified mindfulness meditation teacher. Her areas of expertise include resilient leadership, emotional intelligence, mindfulness-based stress reduction and executive coaching with a focus on leadership and business.
She has worked with more than 2000 leaders in the public and private sectors across Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK and works with organisations to develop leadership capability. She has more than 15 years of experience leading high-performing teams and developing workplace culture.
Engaging Stakeholders
Date: 17 – 18 April, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Two face-to-screen sessions: one seven-hour session, 9 am – 4 pm; one three-hour session, 9 am – noon
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This program helps to identify the benefits of working effectively with stakeholders.
Understand the most appropriate stakeholders and the most appropriate form of engagement. Work through case studies and scenarios to develop the necessary analysis, planning, and engagement skills for working successfully with stakeholders.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 1 – EL 2.
APS 5-6 Leadership, Capability and Professional Excellence Masterclass
Date: 17 – 18 April, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Canberra, ACT
Email: [email protected]
Exceed your work-level standards, thrive in your role and unleash your leadership potential.
Aimed at APS 5-6-level officers and management, this face-to-face two-day masterclass will provide an opportunity to advance core skills and explore the leadership requirements for effective APS 5-6 professionals.
Practical, engaging and hands-on, this comprehensive masterclass will optimise your professional performance and accelerate your growth as a leader. You will walk away refreshed, inspired and confident in your leadership and the path ahead.
Built around the core capabilities and characteristics set out by the APSC, the session will equip you with the key tools to thrive as a public sector leader and tackle your career with drive and resilience.
Benefits of attending
- Build leadership authenticity, understand your values and boost confidence to lead high-performance teams
- Learn how to communicate with influence and build trusting relationships
- Develop self-awareness and empathy to become a more effective leader
- Master strategies to break out of being busy and become a more strategic leader of your team
- Build resilience in yourself and others to navigate challenging situations
- Shift from being a manager of process to a leader of people.
Facilitator Daniel Murray is Australia’s leading expert on strategic empathy. He blends the worlds of business strategy, leadership and emotional intelligence to support business and community leaders to drive high performance by creating more motivated and empowered teams.
Daniel shows business leaders how to foster organisational understanding, build deep, trusted relationships and create a culture of commitment through mastery of empathy as a capability.
Understanding Government
Date: 22 April, 2024
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Duration: One eight-hour face-to-screen session
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This course provides an understanding of the system of government and its operations as fundamental to working effectively in the APS.
To successfully support ministers, parliamentary secretaries and the whole of government, all APS staff need to have an understanding of the role of the APS and the processes that underpin the Australian system of government and, correspondingly, their roles and responsibilities within this system.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 1 – APS 6.
Working Effectively at the EL 1 Level
Date: 22 – 23 April, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Two three-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: [email protected]
Executive-level positions bring new and demanding leadership and management challenges. This program describes the broad role requirements of EL 1s through the APS Work Level Standards (WLS) and deepens your understanding of the capabilities and behaviours identified in the APS Integrated Leadership System (ILS) critical to high performance at the EL 1 level.
Learn how to confidently and appropriately respond to the challenge of higher expectations and more complex responsibilities.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 6 – EL 1.
Leading Hybrid Teams – SES
Date: 22 April, 2024
Time: 10 am – 11:30 am
Duration: Two three-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This course will assist APS leaders at the SES level to develop the skills and techniques to build an effective and productive hybrid team working environment.
In particular, this program will equip APS SES leaders with knowledge and frameworks to overcome the challenges, make the most of the opportunities associated with leading hybrid teams at a senior level in an APS context, and make flexible decisions in line with the intent of the APS Flexible Work Principles.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for SES 1 – SES 2.
Procurement Basics
Date: 23 April, 2024
Time: 10 am – noon
Duration: Two-hour face-to-screen session
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Procurement Basics aims to provide APS employees with an introduction to Commonwealth procurement – external site.
Awareness and understanding of the Commonwealth Procurement Framework is essential to ensure compliance when APS employees are required to commit and expend Commonwealth funds through procurement.
This course has been designed to build the procurement and contracting capabilities of employees as the Commonwealth seeks to deliver more strategic value-for-money outcomes when buying goods and services.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 1 – EL 2.
Contract Management Basics
Date: 23 April, 2024
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Duration: Two-hour face-to-screen session
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Contract Management Basics aims to provide APS employees with the fundamental knowledge and skills essential for the management of a Commonwealth contract.
Awareness and understanding of the Commonwealth Procurement Framework is essential to ensure compliance when APS employees must undertake contract management.
This course has been designed to ensure the application of principles, processes, and best practices that form the foundation for success.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 1 – EL 2.
