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APS 5-6 Women in Leadership Masterclass Series
Date: 2 – 4 July, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Live stream
Email: [email protected]
Intimate, engaging and hands-on, this unique learning experience will cultivate your professional and personal development to optimise your performance and accelerate your growth as an APS 5-6 leader.
Specifically designed for women in APS 5 and 6 roles, the masterclass will give you key tools to thrive as a leader, work effectively in your role, and tackle your professional and personal life with passion and resilience.
You will be refreshed, inspired, and confident in your leadership and the path ahead.
Key benefits
- Shift from a management to a leadership mindset.
- Discuss how to nurture relationships and build your support network.
- Set action-oriented goals that achieve the results you want and need.
- Understand why self-awareness and self-regulation matter as a leader.
- Effectively manage competing priorities and get the most important things done.
- Communicate with influence, clarity, consistency and empathy.
Speaker Claire Harrison is an executive coach, facilitator, meditation teacher and the CEO of Claire Harrison.
She is a former 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 has a Diploma in Positive Psychology, and 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 and has 15-plus years of experience leading high-performing teams and developing workplace culture.
NSW Public Sector Grades 9-10 Data Literacy Workshop
Date: 9 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Influential data literacy skills for non-data professionals.
- Understand how good data translates into effective outcomes.
- Collect and analyse robust data.
- Learn how to manipulate data and select the most appropriate medium to visualise it.
- Inform team decisions through comprehensive analysis.
Speaker Rabia Khan is a public health and data specialist with more than 20 years’ experience in the global health sector, spanning Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Rabia excels in leveraging data and evidence to enhance health outcomes and reduce disparities.
She empowers people to drive positive change, make informed decisions, and amplify their impact through effective leadership, data utilisation and evidence-based strategies.
Building Relationships and Engagement
Date: 9 July, 2024
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Duration: One six-hour face-to-screen session
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Identify and examine internal and external work relationships, their relevance and the importance of achieving mutual success. Aspects of self-awareness, personal effectiveness and maintaining productive relationships – even during difficult times – are explored.
Share and develop good ways to plan for and participate in meetings.
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 1 – EL 2.
Empowering Your Neurodivergence
Date: 10 July, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Online
Website: https://gritngracecollective.com
Create a career on your terms by empowering your neurodivergence.
Reframe your differences as superpowers.
Work smarter, not harder.
Belong without having to “fit in”.
I’m looking for 12 neurodivergent women who are ready to work with me and each other for 12 weeks to transform their professional lives into something they can enjoy for many more years to come.
This program is for you if …
- You feel like an imposter or a square peg in a round hole at work and have to conform a lot.
- People underestimate you. You feel invisible, unrecognised or underappreciated, making you doubt your worth.
- People feel threatened and intimidated by you because of your intellectual ability, meaning you often silence yourself to fit in.
- You’re exhausted from trying to keep up with the rules of work, working such long hours that you are worried you will burn out, or already have.
- You leave work feeling lonely, anxious, frustrated or even angry and then lack the enthusiasm to do it all over again the next day.
- You know you can perform, but you want the confidence to show up more authentically and waste less energy on masking and camouflaging?
By the end of the program, you will have …
- Crafted a clear and professional articulation of your neuro-profile, preferred way of working and unique needs, which makes more sense to neurotypical brains.
- Implemented practical plans to better manage your sensory sensitivities and give you the energy to not only survive the typical workplace but thrive.
- A toolkit of productivity hacks that will be the envy of your neurotypical colleagues and help you save time while doing better-quality work.
- Developed your authentic personal brand and leadership style that stands out in the crowd and, this time, in a good way.
- Gained clarity on your life purpose and how you intend to move towards that to align your personal and professional passions.
- A compassionate network of other unlike-minded women who have same, same but different life experiences.
Strategic Thinking
Date: 16 – 17 May, 2024
Time: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Duration: Two three-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Understand the processes of strategy, the language of strategic thinking and strategic planning. Examine the methods and models used, including group-based planning processes.
Discuss and share experiences about professional thought practices, work and team planning, and operating strategically in the APS.
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 4 – APS 6.
Developing Project Management Expertise
Date: 16 – 24 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Four 3.5-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
Understand the project management process and tools for implementation and evaluation.
This includes project planning, resource identification, implementation, deliverables and milestones, risk assessment, stakeholder management and governance.
Develop a project plan and risk and stakeholder management activities to deliver the plan on time and within budget. This content has been provided by a third party in consultation with the APS Academy.
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 4 – APS 6.
Psychological Safety Toolkit for Managers & Leaders
Date: 17 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Time is running out to secure your ticket to Psychological Safety Toolkit for Managers & Leaders.
The program is specially designed to provide critical skills for frontline managers and people leaders to ensure your teams are psychologically safe.
Overview
Prioritising wellbeing – a practical guide for managers and leaders on navigating psychosocial risks.
- Define a leader’s role in ensuring a safe and healthy work environment.
- Identify psychosocial hazards, red flags and warning signs within your team and organisation.
- Discover the direct correlation between professional success and mental health.
- Learn practical strategies and tools to build a high-performance workplace by prioritising your team’s wellbeing.
Speaker Kevin St Mart is a workplace mental health expert with more than 23 years of experience in work health and safety and is a consultant for the Opus Centre for Psychosocial Risk.
With qualifications in business, injury management, and training and assessment, Kevin has a well-rounded understanding of best-practice management of mental health in businesses of all sizes.
He previously worked at Beyond Blue as a workplace engagement manager providing training, presentations and advice to workplaces across Australia. He also led a mental health program team at the national health and safety regulator Comcare, working with public service and large national organisations to deliver mental health training, presentations and projects, and worked on cross-jurisdictional mental health initiatives such as the development of the People at Work risk assessment tool and the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance.
Editing and Proofreading
Date: 23 – 24 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 12:30 pm
Duration: Two 3.5-hour face-to-screen sessions
Location: Australia-wide
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This is a highly interactive course on editing and proofing written text for APS 4 – EL 2 levels. It includes writing skills, editing and proofing methods. You will be able to enhance documents for correctness and clarity.
Participants should bring two current samples of writing when they attend. These may be emails, briefs, reports, or other writing from the workplace. Editing practice can be applied directly to their own work.
All writing remains confidential and will not be shared or discussed. This content has been provided by a third party in consultation with the APS Academy.
The training is in a virtual environment suitable for APS 4 – EL 2.
Delivering Great Policy – Foundations
Date: 24 – 25 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Duration: Two eight-hour face-to-face sessions
Location: Australian Capital Territory
Email: https://apslearn.apsacademy.gov.au/user_login
This package delivers all four modules of Delivering Great Policy – Foundations. It defines the four core elements required for delivering great policy advice: being clear on intent; being well informed; solutions are practical to implement; and advice is influential. Participants will complete all four modules in sequence.
This content has been provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The training is suitable for APS 3 – APS 6 and APS employees who are new to, or considering a career in, policy development roles.
VPS 5-6 High-Performance & Leadership Workshop
Date: 23 – 24 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Pullman Melbourne on the Park
192 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Refine core skills to excel in VPS 5-6 roles and beyond.
- Identify and develop your capabilities as a confident and successful VPS leader.
- Build productive relationships and lead proficient teams.
- Drive strategic change and management to meet agency goals.
- Learn about career planning and pathways in VPS roles.
Speaker Louise Thomson is a confident, courageous and passionate woman who contributes her experience and wisdom to those who aspire to be better leaders.
With three decades in leadership positions within corporate Australia, not-for-profits, the volunteer sector and her own small business, Louise has experienced almost every situation faced by people leaders and business leaders.
She works with leadership teams and aspiring leaders, and is especially passionate about women who need support to rise into leadership roles where decision-making is dominated by only half of the population.
She was once described as an outstanding ‘’blank canvas’’ facilitator enabling groups to learn from each other while providing strong support and expertise in leadership development.
EL 1-2 Women in Leadership
Date: 23 July – 13 August, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Live stream
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Gain the skills to take on more senior and complex roles.
Specifically designed for EL 1-2 officers and management, 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 APS Work Level Standards (WLS) for EL 1-2 and is designed to reflect and align with the expectations of these roles. It will support and enhance the capabilities and behaviours required of EL 1-2 roles as per the APS Integrated Leadership System (ILS) essential for high performance.
With a global career of more than 20 years as a management consultant and global learning leader, Kathryn Thomas specialises in unlocking performance for people and their organisations.
She has previously worked as an HR senior consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and held global and Asia-Pacific leadership roles with IBM Global Business Services. She brings deep expertise in adult learning, facilitation, leading change and leading with impact.
Tech in Gov
Date: 23 – 24 July, 2024
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: National Convention Centre Canberra
Telephone: +61 2 6276 5200
With 100-plus speakers and six conference tracks, Tech in Gov is the most comprehensive cross-sector event for government, IT and executive-level professionals in Australia.
Over two days, Tech in Gov unites buyers such as ICT managers, chief information, data, technology and security officers from federal, state and local government, government business enterprises and national critical infrastructure and connects them with more than 100 leading industry solution providers who showcase the most essential technologies, products and services for digital innovation.
This is Australia’s platform for senior public and private-sector IT experts to learn, network and source ICT solutions for the ongoing digital transformation within Australian business and government.
The Tech in Gov exhibition is the best opportunity to directly evaluate products side by side, meet and connect with new suppliers, and start dialogues with thousands of peers across a wide range of public and private-sector organisations.
Ending Coercive Control, Family & Domestic Violence
Date: 24 – 25 July, 2024
Time: All day
Location: Hybrid
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Take action on prevention, response and recovery to drive safer outcomes for women.
Family, domestic and intimate partner violence against women is a national crisis and it’s not slowing down.
A 2023 study found that 57 per cent of FDV reports included coercive control behaviours. The same study found DV assaults have risen 13.5 per cent in the past five years.
Over two days, the Ending Coercive Control, Family & Domestic Violence Against Women conference brings together practitioners, experts and advocates to educate and inspire attendees. It creates a genuine opportunity for collective education, awareness-building, and relationship-building.
Discussion on critical issues such as the criminalisation of coercive control, the status of legislation across states, pending changes in family law, and the prevention of, responses to and recovery from coercive control will take centre stage in this thought-provoking, timely and insightful event.
Immediate action is imperative to improve outcomes for women. Connect with peers at this event and be part of the drive for change.
