Check out the latest public sector networking and education events. Photo: Supplied.
APS 5-6 High-Performance Leadership Workshop
Date: 1 – 2 October, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Canberra
Level 2, 10 Moore Street, Canberra, ACT
Email: [email protected]
Don’t miss your chance to attend our APS 5-6 High-Performance & Leadership Workshop. Back by popular demand, it’s the perfect opportunity to set yourself up with the leadership and management fundamentals critical for you to excel in your government agency.
Overview
Develop core leadership capabilities to achieve success and excel in APS 5-6 roles and beyond:
- Identify and develop your capabilities as a confident and successful public sector leader.
- Build productive relationships and lead proficient, capable teams.
- Drive strategic change to improve procedures and meet agency goals.
- Learn about career planning and pathways in APS roles.
Speaker Liz Stephens is an experienced coach and trainer, with an extensive career in the public service. Following her successful command tenure at the 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Liz established Ripple Impact, drawing on her experiences to help others be their best selves.
In her ‘’day job’’, Lieutenant Colonel Stephens is a facilitator, coach and mentor at the Australian Command and Staff Course.
QLD Public Sector Grades AO 3-4 Essentials Skills Workshop
Date: 1 – 2 October, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Brisbane
24/288 Edward St, Brisbane City, QLD
Email: [email protected]
Your leadership journey starts here. Gain the knowledge and capabilities necessary not just to survive but thrive in the Queensland public sector. Empower yourself to make informed decisions, adapt to change, and get inspired to reach new heights of success with our workshop.
Join expert facilitator Miriam Henke as she guides you on a transformative path towards professional growth and development.
Overview
The starting point of your leadership journey:
- Enhance your professional competence to achieve results.
- Gain practical tools to communicate with impact and influence.
- Learn effective change management principles to support strategic direction.
- Be informed on career planning and pathways in the Queensland public sector.
Speaker Miriam Henke is an experienced executive coach and health psychologist with the ability to have a significant positive impact on people and results. She achieves this by bringing more depth and focus on particular challenges and collaborating with her clients on strategic solutions and personal growth.
In her consulting role, Miriam supports individuals, teams and organisations with bespoke coaching and training programs, particularly incorporating positive psychology and neuro-linguistic programming tools. With a special interest in mind-body medicine, Miriam is also the creator of The Mainspring Method.
3rd Annual NSW Cyber Security Showcase
Date: 3 October, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf, Sydney
Email: [email protected]
Each year, cyber threats and attacks become more sophisticated and increase in volume. Today’s hackers employ increasingly innovative methods to breach servers and infiltrate IT architectures. The Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD) Annual Cyber Threat Report for 2022-23 reported a 23 per cent increase in cybercrime reports in the financial year.
Public sector organisations in NSW must equip their employees to be more vigilant. Cyber security is no longer a function that sits within the IT department, it’s training skills, and knowledge, to the wider teams to assist with the organisation’s online safety procedures.
With a diverse speaker line-up of senior thought leaders in this space, the NSW Cyber Security Showcase presents unique perspectives from leading NSW government agencies, industry, technology providers, and academia.
Join your peers across the state as they explore key strategies to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber security incidents through capability and capacity uplift across people, processes, tools, and technology.
Company Secretaries Discussion: Crisis management and business continuity – QLD
Date: 3 October, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: Governance Institute of Australia
Level 8, 100 Creek Street, Brisbane City, QLD
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Crisis management and business continuity: Preparing your organisation for the unexpected by:
- Developing robust crisis response strategies and knowing when to engage the board.
- Implementing effective communication plans during emergencies.
- Creating and maintaining adaptable business continuity frameworks.
Bring your thoughts to the table. Join your company secretary peers for an informal roundtable exchange of ideas and practical advice. This is your unique opportunity to discuss current trends and issues in your role and an excellent opportunity to build your network.
The facilitators are Kirsten MacGregor, managing director, MacComms; and Fran Finucan, head of corporate governance and deputy company secretary, Virgin Australia.
VPS 3-4 Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving Workshop
Date: 9 – 10 October, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Melbourne
Level 1, 440 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC
Email: [email protected]
In today’s fast-paced and complex work environment, the ability to analyse problems, formulate effective strategies, and tackle challenges head-on is vital for driving optimal outcomes in your department.
Join us at the VPS 3-4 Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving Workshop. Over two interactive days, you will deep dive into evidence-based solutions to problems as well as plan and prepare strong arguments to contribute to better decision-making through rational thinking and analysis.
Overview
- Develop essential critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities required of VPS 3-4 officers.
- Apply practical outcome-driven models for critical thinking and problem solving.
- Unpack critical thinking as a mental process and set of action steps to address everyday problems.
- Leverage the skills of creative and lateral thinking in complex problem solving.
- Overcome common roadblocks to critical thinking and problem solving.
With more than 27 years’ experience in law enforcement, speaker Richard Farrelly excels in leading teams in high-pressure settings. He’s adept at fostering positive team cultures and has led successful projects in organisational change and leadership development. Notably, he modernised Victoria Police values and facilitated leadership programs for more than 4000 employees.
Since leaving law enforcement, Richard coaches leaders across diverse sectors, emphasising improved communication and team dynamics to enhance performance. He’s renowned for shifting mindsets and uncovering strengths within individuals and groups.
Managing Psychological Safety Through Change
Date: 10 October, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
We understand that navigating change can be daunting, especially when uncertainty looms large. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce our one-day Managing Psychological Safety Through Change workshop, designed to equip you with the essential skills and insights to thrive amid workplace changes while creating a psychologically safe environment for your team.
By participating in our workshop, you’ll not only enhance your ability to lead your team during times of transition, but also learn to build a culture of resilience and productivity within your organisation.
Overview
A practical guide for navigating team resilience and wellbeing in times of transition:
- Understand the concept of psychological safety and its direct impact on collaboration and performance.
- Learn strategies for integrating psychological safety into change management processes.
- Explore the role of leadership in promoting psychological wellbeing during times of transition.
- Craft an action plan to build resilience and trust among your team.
Speaker Dr Tessa Bailey, a registered psychologist, holds a PhD in worker psychological health and safety, earning the prestigious 2019 Ian Davey Award for her outstanding thesis at the University of South Australia. With expertise in human resource management, injury prevention and injury management, Dr Bailey served as a research fellow at UniSA, contributing to the Australian Workplace Barometer project.
Passionate about applied practice, she founded The OPUS Centre for Psychosocial Risk, collaborating with industry partners to develop integrated workforce health and safety systems. As a consultant, Dr Bailey empowers diverse organisations to create safe work environments that optimise both worker health and productivity.
QLD Women in Leadership Summit 2024
Date: 14 – 18 October, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Brisbane
Email: [email protected]
Don’t miss out on five epic days of learning, networking, and taking your leadership skills to the next level. Dive into inspirational real-life stories, thought-provoking expert sessions, and interactive panel sessions. Get access to Queensland’s best female leaders and ask them the questions you’ve been dying to get the answers to.
Our line-up of inspirational women includes speakers from Great Southern Bank, Queensland University of Technology, Energy Queensland and Taco Bell.
Overview
Giving you the knowledge, connections and resources to excel as a leader:
- Surround yourself with the state’s most progressive leaders.
- Unlock key strategies and expert insights to future-proof your career.
- Influence change in your organisation.
- Set goals, plan actions, and achieve excellence.
Accelerate Your Career & Break the Habits Holding You Back
Date: 15 October, 2024
Time: All day
Email: [email protected]
Take ownership of your future self and supercharge your career.
Career growth is about knowing your strengths and deepening them, using them and applying them. It is about finding ways to intentionally create opportunities to grow. When was the last time you made a tangible investment in progressing your career?
Often, we are so focused on our jobs, we don’t create space, time and energy to focus on our career. If we don’t pause to reflect and consider where we are, where we want to be, and how we are going to get there, we can be stuck on a treadmill. We don’t ‘’rise’’.
Simply put, what got you here won’t get you there. Women often face vastly different challenges as they seek to advance their careers and step up to lead on a bigger playing field. Seize this moment to put yourself first and find out how to rise as a female leader.
Mastering Difficult Conversations & Feedback
Date: 15 – 17 October, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Empowering you to have more genuine, effective and constructive engagement within your team and organisation.
Difficult conversations are tricky, but they cannot be avoided. It is essential for leaders to have the confidence to identify and manage problems at work early on, before they escalate. Without the confidence to navigate difficult conversations, leaders may find themselves avoiding or delaying and actually perpetuating the problem.
Generally speaking, this leads to more frustration, internal confusion and resentment and despite all this avoidance and delay, you still have to have the (now more) difficult conversation. The good news is that difficult conversations can be successfully managed and can achieve positive outcomes for all involved.
Handled well, they actually present an opportunity to:
- Resolve workplace conflicts appropriately and efficiently.
- Refresh and sustain high performance and engagement.
- Improve relationships within your team and reaffirm respect for you as their leader.
Attend this two-day masterclass to transform your own performance to navigate difficult conversations well and deliver excellent feedback.
Professional Writing Essentials for Government Workshop
Date: 17 October, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Are you tired of making careless spelling mistakes and grammatical errors in your writing? It’s time to level up your writing skills and make your words shine! Our Professional Writing Essentials for Government Workshop is here to help you.
Developing your written communication skills is essential to succeed in today’s increasingly fast-paced world. We show you how to produce accurate, clear and consistent documents in line with government requirements.
Overview
High-impact toolkit to transform your writing skillset in government:
- Make your written communication more impactful and engaging.
- Write with confidence and build skills to write clearly and concisely.
- Understand common writing mistakes and how to avoid them.
- Plan and tailor your writing to your audience.
Trainer Adrian Cropley is a certified strategic communication management professional and past global chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Widely recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts in strategic communication, he is the founder of the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence and CEO at Cropley Communication.
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Adrian has worked with clients all over the world on major change communication initiatives, internal communication reviews and strategies, professional development programs, and executive leadership and coaching. He is currently board adviser for IABC in Victoria and is on the RMIT University advisory board for the PR degree. He was named a Fellow of the IABC in 2020.
Ending Coercive Control & Family Violence
Date: 23 – 24 October, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Whadjak Noongar Country WA | Pan Pacific Perth & Online
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Forging whole-of-systems approaches to improve responses to keep women and children safe. Adopting a comprehensive response to reduce coercive control and violence.
System responses to family violence are often based on physical violence and are incident-based, yet we know that coercive control is based on patterns of behaviour. To keep women and children safe, urgent shifts and action are needed, at a system and practice level, to better understand and respond to gendered violence.
This conference will provide an important platform to unite changemakers and collectively address how we can forge new pathways. We’ll focus on how to shift from incident-based responses and towards collaborative wrap-around approaches.
Connect with peers across frontline services, government, peak bodies, legal services, academia and more to discuss the criminalisation of coercive control, whole-of-systems responses, and the prevention of violence.
