• Understand the expectations and values of a Band 1 & 2 level leader
• Utilise heightened EQ to make effective, strategic decisions
• Diagnose and proactively manage complex business and economic challenges
• Create a leadership action plan to address your strategic challenges
Maree Walk
Maree Walk is a highly sought-after leadership specialist with over 30 years’ experience working with executives from government and non-government organisations. She has previously held significant roles as the Deputy Secretary for Programs and Service Design in the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and Chief Executive of Community Services. She is currently the CEO of ACWA, Board Director of City West Housing and the Parenting Research Centre, and Member of the Australian Institute Company Directors.
Founder & Principal Consultant
Storyroad
The challenges of senior leadership
- Leading in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment (VUCA)
- The changing role of executive leadership in the NSW Public Sector
- The seven key skills to thrive as an executive leader
The neuroscience of leadership
- Understand emotions and behaviours in a VUCA environment
- Implications for leadership selection, development and change management
- Navigating workplace politics and tackling difficult conversations and situations
Adaptive leadership for NSW Public Sector senior leaders
- Leadership in a (permanent) crisis
- Proactive measures for developing resilience
- Improving executive insight and decision-making
Manage risk in a dynamic landscape
- Understand the difference between uncertainty and risk
- Explore the sources of risk
- Understand and apply critical thinking to make informed decisions
Maree Walk Founder & Principal Consultant Storyroad
Strategic decision-making
- A framework for decision-making in a VUCA environment
- Understand, recognise and manage conflicting stakeholder priorities and departmental politics
- Strategic priority setting
Leading organisational change
- Understanding the human side of organisational change
- A process for diagnosing and planning change
- Understanding and managing power and politics
Practical change tools
- Framing and communicating change
- Strategies for overcoming resistance to change
- Building a guiding coalition for change
An action plan for enhancing team effectiveness
- Key strategic priorities (30, 60, 90 days)
- Draft implementation actions or initiatives
- Potential obstacles and sources of support
Maree Walk Founder & Principal Consultant Storyroad
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