Check out the latest public sector networking and education events. Photo: Supplied.
QLD Public Sector AO 5-6 High-Performance & Leadership Workshop
Date: 20-21 February, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Cliftons Brisbane
24/288 Edward St, Brisbane City, QLD
Email: [email protected]
Enhance your core skills and key leadership capability to achieve success and excel.
Overview
- Enhance your leadership capabilities as a confident and successful AO 5-6 leader
- Strengthen and mobilise unique talents and capabilities of the workforce
- Lead with focus and optimism in complex environments
- Career planning and pathways in AO 5-6 roles.
Speaker Martin Brooker, a distinguished veteran with 37 years of service in the Royal Australian Navy, boasts a career marked by command at sea and operational excellence in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and the Pacific. Retiring in 2015 as a commodore, he transitioned to become the founder and director of the Quench Group. Specialising in personal and organisational change, Martin draws on his rich leadership experiences and culture change initiatives. Recognised with awards such as the Conspicuous Service Cross and a Commendation for Distinguished Service, he shares authentic insights on leadership challenges. A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Martin serves as an R U OK? community ambassador.
Strategic Leadership
Date: 21 February, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Four three-hour, face-to-screen sessions
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Take an in-depth look at shaping strategy with a sense of purpose and direction, using information and opportunities, and showing judgement and common sense. Use environmental scanning and best-practice models and tools to help anticipate the consequences and trade-offs of actions.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for EL 1 – EL 2.
Professional Writing Essentials for Government
Date: 21 February, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
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.
Speaker Adrian Cropley is a certified strategic communication management professional and past global chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Adrian is 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.
4th annual Driving Risk-Based Regulation
Date: 20-21 February, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Hybrid
Email: [email protected]
Build a robust risk-based framework. Join us to enrich your understanding and shape the future of regulatory practices.
As the journey towards risk-based regulation matures for some regulators and begins for others, the 4th Annual Driving Risk-Based Regulation Conference is your opportunity to connect with regulatory peers, colleagues and experts from diverse jurisdictions. This event offers a unique platform to enhance your regulatory knowledge, exchange valuable experiences, and collectively navigate the path to a more effective risk-based regulatory approach.
QLD Government Professional Writing Essentials
Date: 22 February, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Brisbane
24/288 Edward St, Brisbane City, QLD
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Transform your writing skills with a high-impact toolkit for lasting success.
- 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.
Speaker Adrian Cropley is a certified strategic communication management professional and past global chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Adrian is 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.
The Emerging Leaders & Managers Toolkit
Date: 27-28 February, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Cliftons Perth
Parmelia House, 191 St Georges Tce, Perth, WA
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Learn essential leadership capabilities to step up and advance your career
- Understand your strengths, values and leadership style
- Learn the art of clear, confident communication
- Learn tools to effectively manage and lead through challenges and change
- Develop your personal action plan for success.
Speaker Natalie Lincolne has more than 20 years’ experience and a wide range of skills in driving improved organisational performance. Her passion is to partner with leaders who want to improve employee engagement, performance and productivity so that great talent is motivated and retained. Natalie has been working and consulting in the public sector (WA state, local and federal) since 2008, having transitioned from corporate senior management roles (NAB, Ansett). Natalie also works as a leadership coach and strategic facilitator in her own business and undertakes pro bono work in several not-for-profit organisations.
NSW Government Professional Writing Essentials
Date: 27 February, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Sydney, NSW
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Transform your writing skills with a high-impact toolkit for lasting success.
- 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.
Speaker Adrian Cropley is a certified strategic communication management professional and past global chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Adrian is 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. Adrian is currently board adviser for IABC in Victoria, international fellow selection committee, is on the RMIT University advisory board for the PR degree and was named a Fellow of the IABC in 2020.
Women in Leadership Summit
Date: 28-29 February, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Hybrid
Email: [email protected]
Breaking barriers, building bridges and celebrating empowerment, this summit is an opportunity to be inspired, grow and connect.
This summit has been tailor-made to inspire women to become remarkable leaders. It connects aspiring and current women in leadership with the collective wisdom of the leading women across Australia’s public sector, not only for their advice and insights but to uncover the authenticity of the woman behind the role. This summit is a unique opportunity to be inspired by them, follow in their footsteps and find the path to your own success. Immerse yourself in empowering discussions, spotlighting the latest topics that resonate with women and all public sector leaders, while embracing the profound spectrum of diversity that binds our leaders and teams.
Why attend?
- Be inspired by live virtual internationally featured speaker Hillary Rodham Clinton at the biggest Public Sector Women in Leadership summit
- Learn from the most senior and accomplished women in the public sector
- Take advantage of an unparalleled opportunity to network and genuinely connect with more than 200 peer learning and development leaders
- Gain insights on cutting-edge issues, real-world leadership problems and powerful lived experiences.
Working Effectively at the EL 1 Level
Date: 26-27 February, 2024
Location: Face-to-screen
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
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.
Essential Writing for Executive Levels
Date: 27-28 February, 2024
Location: Face-to-screen
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Essential writing for executive levels shows participants how to produce documents that are accurate, clear and consistent with government style requirements. This program is suitable for executive-level staff who are either undertaking writing tasks themselves, managing other employees on a writing task, are new to the APS or have transferred into a role where higher levels of writing skills are required.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for EL 1 – EL 2.
Leading Hybrid Teams – EL Levels
Date: 27 February – 5 March, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 1 pm
Location: Face-to-screen
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This course will assist APS leaders at all levels to develop the skills and techniques to build an effective and productive hybrid team working environment. In particular, this program will equip APS leaders with knowledge and frameworks to overcome the challenges and make the most of the opportunities associated with leading hybrid teams in an APS context, and to make flexible working decisions in line with the intent of the APS Flexible Work Principles.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for EL 1 – EL 2.
ACCELERATE2Facilitate
Date: 29 February, 2024
Time: 9 am – 2:45 pm
Location: Face-to-screen
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
ACCELERATE is a training program aimed at staff who deliver technical training, present information or facilitate the delivery of learning in a virtual environment.
The purpose of this ACCELERATE2Facilitate course is to provide participants with the opportunity to gain valuable skills and knowledge in facilitation techniques when delivering in a virtual environment.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 4 – SES Band 1.
Workforce Planning Start Up Program
Date: 29 February – 11 April, 2024
Location: Face-to-screen
Time: 9:30 am – 1 pm
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
The Workforce Planning Start Up Program focuses on building foundational strategic workforce planning capability across the APS. The program is delivered over four dates and focuses on the following topics:
- Setting up workforce planning and linking to business deliverables through engagement with the executive
- Linking workforce planning to business planning in an agile manner, and utilising labour market data to gather insights
- Storytelling with internal and external workforce data (focus on both quantitative and qualitative data)
- Implementation of workforce planning to drive business outcomes and deliver benefits.
Training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 5 – EL 1.
