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About the workshop
Emerging leaders eager to take their career to the next level need to undertake work of a more complex nature and enhance their skills to strengthen their efficiency, effectiveness and capability to deliver high-quality service.
Aimed at VPS 3-4 level officers and management, this workshop provides you with a unique opportunity to advance core skills for successful leadership in the Victorian Public Sector. You will delve into practical strategies to increase self-awareness, influence others to embrace change, and lead a diverse and inclusive public service.
Agenda
Understand the differences between technical management and people leadership
- Explore expectations and values of a VPS 3-4 leader
- Leverage opportunities for change to strengthen your capability and talent
- What it means to be an ‘agile’ and ‘authentic’ leader
The fundamentals of Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
- Understand your EQ and its impact on the way you are perceived as a leader
- Emotional competence - Understanding yourself and others
- Leverage your EQ in the workplace to build resilience
Practical decision-making in complex environments
- Leverage your experience to address complex problems
- How to deal with complex issues and make the ‘right’ decision
- Effectively share information with others and encourage cooperation
Build a capable and collaborative workforce
- Recognise and value diversity in your team’s working and communication styles
- Create positive team dynamics and build collective intelligence
- Learn to recognise and appreciate leadership qualities in others
Stepping up as an adaptive leader
- Set achievable, manageable, and measurable goals
- Embrace resilience to maximise personal focus
- Identify and monitor changes that impact your work environment
Strategic communication and relationship management
- Strengthen interpersonal communication skills to influence others
- Identify the best structure and style to effectively connect with others
- Understand the expectations of internal and external stakeholders
Drive collaboration across the VPS
- Understand the value of collaboration
- Foster trust to get the most out of contributions and achieve results
- Cultivate a collaborative mindset
Plan and commit to actions that will lead to success
- Be an authentic leader and communicator
- Trust your initiative and judgement
- Plan your ‘take-back’ to the office
Tailor Your Training Experience
To make sure you get the learning solution that’s right for you, we offer different levels of tailoring to suit your needs. Choose from three levels of customisation:
1.Off the Shelf
Love what you see? Great! Choose this option to take one of our most popular courses and bring it in-house for your team. Includes a pre-course consult session with our facilitator to make sure we hit the mark, and deliver the right learning experience for you.
2.Customised
Make sure you get the most from the course you choose, by tailoring the content to get the right fit for you. Speak to our team, who will work with you to pick and mix from a curated bank of training modules to help customise your learning experience.
3.Premium
Not on the list? Let us know what you’re looking for and we will find the right solution. Our team of learning specialists will work with you to develop a unique training course for your business. Through an in-depth consultation process, we will work with you to profile your learning needs and build a bespoke program from the ground up.
Speak with one of our team today to find which option is right for you.
Who Will Attend
Aspiring, emerging & existing leaders across all disciplines and departments throughout the Victorian Public Sector, including:
- VPS 3-4
- Officers
- Senior Officers
- Principal Officers
- Advisors
- Senior Advisors