Microsoft-certified trainer and AI specialist Jagmohan (Jagg) Singh will turn complex technology into everyday professional tools at the online Advanced AI Prompting event until 14 October. Photo: Supplied.
Management in Action
Date: 6 — 21 October
Time: 11:30 am — 5 pm and 1 pm — 5 pm
Duration: One 5.5-hour and five four-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Virtual
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This program aims to increase managers’ confidence in using formal authority to achieve business outcomes. This will be done by examining managerial responsibilities in a series of workplace simulations and role-plays. Learners will be immersed in plausible scenarios to facilitate learning through practice. This allows the exploration of options and decisions without concern for real-time consequences.
This content has been provided by the APS Academy. The event is suitable for APS 5 — EL 1 and APS employees who are new to management, new to management in the APS, hoping to advance to a management position or in need of a refresher.
WA Women in Leadership Workshop
Date: 7 — 8 October
Time: 9 am — 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Perth
Email: i[email protected]
Overview
Enhance your effectiveness as a leader in an evolving professional landscape.
- Develop your individual leadership style.
- Build confidence to lead authentically and effectively.
- Learn the art of confident communication.
- Strengthen your ability to influence.
Over the past 20 years, trainer Natalie Lincolne has worked with more than 1000 leaders across corporate, government and small-business sectors, helping them build capability, enhance engagement and create high-performing workplaces.
Drawing on senior management experience and extensive work across local, state and federal government, Natalie brings practical insight into real-world leadership challenges.
QLD Public Sector AO 5-6 Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Date: 7 — 8 October
Time: 9 am — 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Brisbane
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Learn 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.
- Use a structured systems thinking approach to analysing problems and designing solutions.
- Leverage the skills of creative and lateral thinking in complex problem solving.
- Overcome common roadblocks to critical thinking and problem solving.
Trainer Michael Collins is a leadership and change expert with more than 25 years of experience in roles across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. As a trusted adviser, thought leader and seasoned practitioner in leadership assessment and development, Michael combines practical experience with academic insight.
EL2 — SES Leadership, Capability & Professional Excellence Masterclass
Date: 7 — 8 October
Time: All day
Location: Canberra
Email: [email protected]
The higher you climb the public sector leadership ranks, the more is demanded from your leadership. You will gain more responsibility, have more difficult and complex problems to solve, and will need to understand the distinctions between your own ideas and the role’s demands.
At this critical stage in your leadership journey, you need the skills and advice of someone who has been there before. Having led at the highest levels of the APS, including as deputy CEO and COO at Services Australia during its most challenging times, Russell Egan knows exactly what it takes from you, your mindset and your skillset to lead in the public sector environment.
Join Russell for two full days of learning and interactive activities to gain the perspective you need to lead at the top. This is a learning and development opportunity that cannot be missed, with an emphasis on capability, confidence and clarity, and a valuable blend of ideas, advice and practical tips.
Dare to Lead, Face-to-Face Program
Date: 13 — 15 October
Time: 8:30 am — 4:30 pm
Location: East Hotel, Kingston ACT
Booking-based popularity reveals the success of the Dare to Lead program, a globally recognised leadership development program based on more than two decades of research into courage, vulnerability, trust and leadership. It is designed to help leaders build stronger teams, develop authentic leadership skills and create courageous workplace cultures.
Based on the research of Dr Brené Brown, this courage-building program is designed to be facilitated by organisational development professionals. Brené defines a leader as “anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes”.
The three-day leadership program in Canberra looks to:
- Build courageous leadership skills.
- Improve team trust and accountability.
- Transform workplace culture.
- Use small groups for maximum practical learning.
It is delivered by a certified Dare to Lead facilitator who trained with Brené. While dates for the upcoming program are yet to be determined, join the waitlist for exclusive updates at Lead with Courage.
Advanced AI Prompting
Date: Until 14 October
Time: 2 pm — 3:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Design smarter AI interactions that challenge assumptions and deliver better outputs. Microsoft-certified trainer and AI specialist Jagmohan (Jagg) Singh has more than 18 years of global experience helping organisations adopt emerging technologies to improve productivity and performance.
With expertise across Microsoft Copilot, Generative AI, Microsoft 365, Teams, Power BI and digital workplace solutions, Jagg transforms complex technology into practical tools professionals can use every day.
Having trained more than 57,000 professionals across India and Australia, he designs engaging learning experiences that build AI confidence, streamline workflows and support smarter decision-making. Jagg combines technical expertise with practical business application to help teams successfully integrate AI into their work.
EL1-EL2 Women in Leadership Masterclass
Date: Until 4 November
Time: 9:30 am — 12:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Specifically designed for EL1-2 leaders and directors, this highly interactive masterclass will equip you with the tools and strategies to lead with greater impact and confidently take on more senior and complex roles in the public sector.
Learn how to overcome the common internal and external barriers to success faced by women in the workplace, enhance and refine your current leadership skills, and develop new capabilities to take the next step in your career. Set a career plan, seize progression opportunities, and learn how to purposefully lead yourself, your team and your organisation into the workplace of the future.
This interactive course is cognisant of the Executive Level Standards (ELS) and is designed to reflect and align with the expectations of these roles. It will support and enhance the capabilities and behaviours required of EL1-EL2-level roles.
Facilitator Kathryn Thomas has a global career of more than 20 years as a management consultant and learning leader. She specialises in unlocking performance for people and their organisations.
First Nations Women in Leadership Masterclass
Date: Until 5 November
Time: 9:30 am — 4:30 pm
Locations: Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin
Email: [email protected]
First Nations women hold vital roles as carers, teachers, healers and leaders in their workplaces, families and communities, so it is crucial that there are strong, capable and centred women in these areas.
The Hatchery has partnered with Ngemba woman, leader, speaker and facilitator Lil Gordon to deliver a series of immersive and culturally informed masterclasses to ensure First Nations women have the opportunity to reflect, connect and grow into the best versions of themselves and allow their work, life and community to truly thrive.
Using Lil’s framework of “the five Rs” — Respect, Reflection, Responsibility, Relationships and Reciprocity — you will find your driving purpose, reflect on your values, grow your confidence and cultivate your networks in order to build your story as a deadly First Nations woman in leadership.
Find your centre, chart your goals, lead people authentically and step into your power at this unmissable learning opportunity. Join Lil to learn how to create the world that you want to live in, one that will continue to grow and thrive for generations to come.
MasterCraft Series — The Courage to Listen: What Happens When Government Shares the Microphone
Date: 22 October
Time: 1 pm — 2 pm
Duration: One one-hour face-to-screen session
Location: Virtual
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
The Lived Experience Reference Group (LXRG) was established to ensure people with direct experience of government services can help shape how those services are designed and delivered. In this MasterCraft session*, we’ll share the story of the LXRG, including why it was created, how we built it, and the lessons we’ve learned along the way.
We’ll focus on the human side of the work: what happens when public servants move beyond consultation to build genuine relationships founded on trust, respect and shared purpose. Drawing on the experiences of both members and staff, we’ll discuss the challenges, opportunities and unexpected insights that emerge when people feel safe to share their experiences openly.
We’ll also explore where the LXRG is heading next and consider what its journey can teach us about embedding lived experience in decision-making across the public service. This session is ultimately about the power of listening and what becomes possible when people with lived experience are part of the conversation, not just the subject of it. This event is suitable for all staff.
Public Sector Women in Leadership Masterclass
Dates and locations: 23 — 24 November, Adelaide;
2 — 3 December, Sydney
Time: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Email: [email protected]
Build the leadership authority, presence and career clarity to lead with impact in the public sector. Take charge of the next phase of your career. You are already doing the work. Now it is time to lead on your own terms.
This focused two-day masterclass gives senior women in the public sector the tools, frameworks and confidence to step up with authority. You will define your leadership identity, sharpen your personal brand, build the communication skills to influence at every level, and leave with a concrete leadership impact plan you can act on immediately.
Facilitated by Alex O’Mara, who is a former deputy secretary in the NSW Public Service and has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience across government, this is not a theoretical program. Every session connects directly to the realities of leading in a complex, high-accountability public sector environment.
