Join an engaging four-part course from 25 March with Professor Malcolm K Sparrow, a leading international expert in regulatory and enforcement strategy, security and risk control. Photo: Supplied.
Core Issues in Regulatory & Risk-Control Practice
Date: 25 – 28 March
Time: 9 am – 1 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
In this engaging four-part course with Professor Malcolm K Sparrow, gain expert insights on the core issues in regulatory and risk-control practice. The CIRRP seminar covers fundamental questions in regulatory design and examines specific contemporary puzzles currently demanding attention from Australasian regulatory bodies.
It thus provides a suitable orientation for newcomers to the regulatory business, appropriate for practitioners at any rank – from the front line to the boardroom, and every level of management in between. It also offers seasoned regulatory professionals an opportunity to examine the broad array of possibilities in terms of regulatory strategy and practice and to use that richer picture as a backdrop for reflecting on their own experiences and considering their aspirations and plans.
Please note this program emphasises management and practice of risk-control operations (i.e. regulatory practice) as opposed to the reform of law itself (regulatory policy). It is also oriented more towards social regulation (provision of safety, health and security) rather than economic regulation (managing the efficient functioning of specific markets). You will have opportunities, both during class discussions and outside class time, to raise other issues you currently face and to draw on your own professional experience.
Professor Sparrow is a leading international expert in regulatory and enforcement strategy, security and risk control. He is the Professor of the Practice of Public Management at Harvard’s John F Kennedy School of Government and the faculty chair of the school’s executive program, Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies.
Professor Sparrow served 10 years with the British Police Service, rising to the rank of detective chief inspector. He has conducted internal affairs investigations, commanded a tactical firearms unit, and has extensive experience with criminal investigation. His research interests include regulatory and enforcement strategy, fraud control, corruption control, and operational risk management. He is also a patent-holding inventor.
APS 5-6 Leadership, Capability & Professional Excellence Masterclass
Date: 25 – 26 March
Time: All day
Location: Canberra Rex Hotel
150 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon, ACT
Email: [email protected]
Exceed your work-level standards, thrive in your role and unleash your leadership potential.
Aimed at APS 5-6 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, you will gain key tools to thrive as a public sector leader and tackle your career with drive and resilience.
Public Sector Climate-Related Risk & Disclosure Summit
Date: 2 – 3 April
Time: 9 am – 4:40 pm
Location: Canberra Rex Hotel & Online
Email: [email protected]
This summit focuses on embedding climate risk management in public sector processes, operations and policy. Building capability to better evaluate, report on and prioritise climate risk, levels of government across Australia are taking action to manage climate risks, reduce their emissions and transparently report on their climate actions.
The Australian Government has committed to achieving net zero in government operations by 2030 and is introducing mandatory climate disclosure requirements for its entities. With state and local governments proactively evolving their own frameworks, now is the critical time to take action.
The 2nd Public Sector Climate-Related Risk and Disclosure Summit will uniquely bring together key stakeholders and climate leaders from across government and disciplines to share their insights into climate risk assessment, management and disclosure.
This summit will explore the key roles of leadership, good governance and developing public sector capability to effectively manage climate risk and clearly define actions to meet net-zero targets.
Support at Home Summit
Date: 2 – 3 April
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Location: Pullman Sydney Hyde Park | Gadigal Land
Email: [email protected]
This event examines business sustainability and the rights of older people in the transition to the Support at Home program.
At a critical time for the sector, the Support at Home Summit, developed in partnership with the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, will provide you with clarity on the actions and strategies to enable you to lead your service with confidence in the transition to Support at Home.
This summit is an industry-leading event and your opportunity to hear first-hand from home care participants, senior government leaders, leading providers and experts as we debunk myths and unpack the most pressing issues facing Home and Community Care (HACC) providers.
Don’t miss this chance to be part of these critical conversations and engage with the voices of participants to shape future-thinking services that put older people at the centre.
NSW Public Sector Women in Leadership Masterclass
Date: 2 – 3 April
Time: 9 am – 4:40 pm
Location: Gadigal Land | Sydney
Email: [email protected]
This transformative program is designed to enhance and accelerate your leadership development. Take charge of the next phase of your career.
This is a watershed moment in your career, and the skills and behaviours that you cultivate now will become the cornerstones of your senior leadership in the years to come. This intimate and engaging masterclass is designed to provide you with the crucial skills and behaviours to grow and scale your senior leadership for what comes next.
Designed for women in public sector leadership roles from all jurisdictions, this highly engaging two-day masterclass will give you key tools to thrive as a senior leader and set yourself up for success for the rest of your career.
Former Deputy Secretary from the NSW Public Service Alex O’Mara will take you on a journey of light-bulb moments and strategically grow key skills so that you walk away refreshed, inspired and more confident in your leadership and the path ahead.
Inside Look Webinar Series
Date: 7 April
Location: Online (via Teams)
Cost: Free, bookings are essential
Kim Vella Coaching’s free Leadership Strategies Series will equip leaders with insights into leadership challenges and teach them how to close the gap.
In today’s volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, public sector leaders face unique challenges that demand more than traditional leadership approaches. The Inside Look Webinar Series is a monthly opportunity to explore one key “gap” holding leaders back from thriving in their roles.
Each session focuses on a specific leadership challenge, offering insights into why it matters and how leaders can begin to close the gap. Topics include:
- The Wellbeing Gap: Balancing performance with sustainable leadership.
- The Confidence Gap: Leading with clarity, courage and conviction.
- The Collaboration Gap: Building partnerships that create meaningful change.
- The Expert to Orchestrator Gap: Transitioning from technical expert to leadership orchestrator.
Why join?
In each webinar, you will:
- Gain clarity on the leadership challenges unique to today’s VUCA environment.
- Reflect on your own experiences and begin identifying ways to bridge the gap.
- Connect with peers and explore insights that empower leadership growth.
The Inside Look Webinar Series is your chance to step into a community of reflective leaders and get a taste of the transformative insights offered in the Leadership Strategies Series 2025.
Excel Intermediate Workshop
Date: 7 April
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Use Excel more efficiently and effectively to improve productivity.
- Understand and use more advanced formulas and functions in Excel.
- Tackle complex calculations and utilise time-saving shortcuts.
- Optimise your workflow by automating manual tasks.
- Analyse, format, and manage data using advanced Excel tools and techniques.
Trainer Mandy Vyner is an IT professional with more than three decades of experience in transformative technology training services, specialising in Microsoft Office solutions. She led successful change initiatives in various sectors, collaborating closely with clients to design precise training programs.
With expertise in instructional design, coaching, mentoring, and project and change management, Mandy excels in facilitating training across diverse industries and has a proven track record in achieving outstanding results.
SA Women in Leadership Summit 2025
Date: 7 – 11 April
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Adelaide, SA
Email: [email protected]
Overview
Giving you the connections, expertise and confidence to thrive!
- Enhance your impact as an authentic and influential leader.
- Create a culture of trust to drive productivity.
- Join a community of powerful women and expand your network.
- Celebrate your competitive edge and advance your career.
Data Storytelling & Visualisation Masterclass Series
Date: 27 – 29 May
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Online
Email: [email protected]
Learn practical tips and tools to influence decision-makers with your data. How do you tell a story with your data and influence key stakeholders?
To be successful in today’s business environment, people not only need to be able to discover and understand new insights, but they also need to communicate those insights effectively.
Join expert data visualisation specialist Paul Hodge for this engaging workshop to gain new skills or refine your existing skills in the core elements of successful data storytelling, including engagement, presentation and design thinking.
Attendees gain high-level insights on how to use data visualisation frameworks and apply tips and tricks to develop data visualisations that will engage, entertain and inspire future decision makers. You will be taken through an example of the end-to-end process of developing an interactive business-focused dashboard using industry-leading data visualisation software.
You will also develop skills that will help improve the effectiveness of anyone who needs to communicate information and insights with colleagues, peers, and the world.
Facilitator Paul Hodge is a data visualisation university lecturer and corporate educator with a passion for exploring the intersection between data, design, and storytelling.
By elevating everyone’s potential to engage, inform, and leverage design principles, Paul believes that we all have the ability to inspire people and share our insights in ways that can improve the world and make it a more interesting place in which to live.
