• Enhance your Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to advance as an AO 7-8 leader
• Influentially engage stakeholders on complex and sensitive issues
• Learn adaptable leadership strategies to excel in times of change
• Career planning and pathways in QLD Public Sector roles
Martin Brooker
Martin, 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 from his rich leadership experiences and culture change initiatives. Recognised with awards like 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.
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Quench Group
Understand your strengths and values as an AO 7-8 leader
- Key tasks of adaptive leadership
- Define your personal leadership brand
- Align your leadership strengths with the expectations of your organisation
Utilise Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to motivate and influence your team and stakeholders
- Use your EQ to focus attention
- Utilise heightened EQ to make effective strategic decisions
- Adapt your leadership style to effectively manage different personalities
Build resilience when working under pressure
- Acting vs reacting upon unexpected developments
- Anticipate and manage risk effectively
- Utilise feedback to improve service delivery and organisational capability
Understand the shift from micro to macro leadership
- Adopt a planned and comprehensive approach to implement organisational change
- Develop and influence key strategic directions
- Collaborate and develop joint solutions with external stakeholders
Martin Brooker Founder Quench Group
Key stakeholder relationship management and communication
- Engage and manage stakeholder expectations during change
- Authoritatively represent and influence on behalf of your agency
- Collaborate and develop joint solutions with external stakeholders
- Recognise links between interconnected issues, identify problems and work ways to resolve them
Build team capability and accountability
- Cultivate your team to take ownership of their success
- Build reliability and accountability in your team
- Successfully align your teams with broader agency strategy and goals
- Develop your team’s resilience to stress and change
Manage team dynamics in complex environments
- Co-create high performance - Establish a culture of peak performance
- Override emotional responses to stressful situations
- Authoritatively represent and influence on behalf of your agency
- Ambiguity tolerance and skills for managing uncertainty
Core approaches for AO 7-8 leaders to advance as an executive leader
- Create an action plan for your career
- Understand the leadership pipeline
- Prepare yourself for executive responsibilities
- Manage transition and identify future leadership priorities
Martin Brooker Founder Quench Group
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