Public Sector Emerging Leaders & Managers Toolkit

Effective leadership capabilities

- Identify your core values and goals

- Maximise skills for authenticity

- Adopt a growth mindset

Fundamentals of Emotional Intelligence (EI)

- Evaluate and grow your EI

- Link self-awareness to leadership success

- Embrace empathy to inspire and lead

Decision-making in complex environments

- Address issues for informed decisions

- Use diverse information sources

- Inform and collaborate through change

Communicate with new purpose

- Create and convey a clear team vision

- Value diversity within your team

- Strategise to master tough conversations

Manage work through others

- Monitor work-related changes

- Set achievable, measurable goals

- Use feedback to build team capacity

Adaptive leadership in times of change

- Engage teams to execute strategic plans

- Build resilience for maximum focus

- Empower teams to embrace change

Stakeholder engagement

- Identify and connect with key influencers

- Trust your initiative and judgement

- Nurture internal and external relationships

Reviewing learning and action planning

- Embrace resilience and flexibility

- Balance capabilities throughout your career

- Develop and commit to a plan