Practical strategies, methods & tools to enhance your effectiveness as a leader in Local Government
Overview
- Understanding and managing public expectations and leading in a political environment
- Strategies to tackle conflict and project confidence
- Negotiate diversity and inclusion biases, enablers and blockers
- Strategic career progression in Local Government
- Pathways to authentic and inclusive leadership
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) foundations for influence
- Influential communication, stakeholder and community engagement skills
- Lead change and empower others
Speakers
Michelle Landy
Michelle is a specialist in Leadership, Change and Communication excellence. She is a highly experienced, facilitator, coach, professional development presenter and a Master practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. She was a lecturer in Leadership at the University of Technology for fifteen years and in-house trainer and consultant to businesses throughout Australia. With over twenty-five years experience in business and personal growth development and a strong academic background, Michelle’s work helps people make profound change. She has a strong presence in Agribusiness and is a board member at two agricultural businesses in Australia.
Executive Coach
Michelle Landy Communications
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Natalia Cowley
Director, Corporate Affairs
Central Coast Council -
Simone Cook
Director, People & Performance
City of Canterbury Bankstown -
Carmel Foster
Group Manager Corporate Services
Port Stephens Council
Agenda
19 Apr - 20 Apr
Leadership foundations for Local Government
- Explore the sector’s unique environmental factors, challenges and opportunities for advancement
- Review the capabilities, attributes, and skills of an influential leader
- Discuss the impacts of public scrutiny, dealing with elected members, and bureaucracy
- Manage a career as a female leader in a political environment
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) foundations for influence
- Evaluate your EQ strengths and identify opportunities for further development
- Understand the qualities of flexibility, empathy, resilience, and authenticity to maximise your leadership style
- Understand your internal drivers and how they impact your reactions
- Appreciate and recognise how your drivers may impact on others
Pathways to authentic and inclusive leadership
- Improve your self-awareness and self-reflection skills
- Align your leadership strengths with the expectations of your organisation
- Negotiate diversity and inclusion biases, enablers, and blockers
- Leadership in the public eye - Understanding and managing public expectations
Projecting confidence and what that looks like as a female leader
- Courage under fire, tackling conflict, and projecting confidence
- Strategies to strengthen your resilience and resolve
- Developing confidence to put your ideas forward and advocate your own career goals
- Discuss the realities of imposter syndrome
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Michelle Landy Executive Coach Michelle Landy Communications
Influential communication, stakeholder and community engagement skills
- Techniques of persuasion, negotiation and influence with coaching skills and “conversational intelligence”
- Presentation planning for Councils and community groups
- Leadership in the public eye - Understand and manage public expectations
- When to engage and what level of engagement is right for each decision
Lead change and empower others
- Be a change agent
- Ensure clear communication of organisational strategy and change
- Courageously deliver difficult or unpopular decisions and feedback
- Managing conflict and competing priorities
Interactive Panel Session: Strategic career progression in Local Councils
- Everyday career management practices to create a personal leadership plan
- Maximise existing relationships and create new opportunities
- Strategies to manage your image and visibility
- Speak up, be focused and express yourself clearly
Women in Local Government leadership think tank
- Wrap up discussion on key themes and your career action plan
- What will you do differently as a result of this program?
- How to stay on track when other priorities demand attention
- Tools and ideas to navigate obstacles and competing priorities
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Michelle Landy Executive Coach Michelle Landy Communications
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Natalia Cowley Director, Corporate Affairs Central Coast Council
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Simone Cook Director, People & Performance City of Canterbury Bankstown
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Carmel Foster Group Manager Corporate Services Port Stephens Council
Pricing
Prices start at
$2195*
More people? More savings!
Venue
Virtual / Streaming
