Institute of Public Administration Australia WA (IPAA WA)

We also acknowledge member organisations attending this morning Department of the Premier and Cabinet of WA Public Sector Commission Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. The future of excellence in public service relies on engaging the next generation. Thank you Tonya McCusker and fellow directors for supporting this program.

📢 After lunch, the session Snap: What the Latest Research says, Prof. Astghik Mavisakalyan, Professor of Economics, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and Chief Investigator and Curtin University Node Lead, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, provided us with the hard data that both describes the current situation, and provides a basis for key policy insights and recommended actions for closing the gender gap in organisations. As today’s conference drew to an end, the second last session, Putting Today’s Concepts into Action – Building IQ, EQ and CQ into your Career Plan, facilitated by Kaylene Gulich, featured Heather McGregor-Bayne. Heather gave us practical examples of career plans that would maximise opportunities to develop the three core competencies described in the keynote presentation. Finally, the last session of today’s conference, Reflections: Interpreting the Day’s Discussion, Paula Della Gatta, Justina Briggs-Bradford MAIBS MIPAA and Subha Gunalan provided reflective conversation that summed up today's conference sessions, the insights provided and considerations to take away. 📷 We hope you enjoyed this year’s program. The professional pictures from today will be available on our website next week. To see our upcoming events, visit our website at https://lnkd.in/guhZuFnA To see our full range of training courses, click below https://lnkd.in/gmEHSrpM

Both streams of today’s conference have wrapped, and we want to take a moment to thank all the speakers and facilitators for leading such interesting and inspiring discussions. 📢 At the Influencing Without the Power Card session, facilitated by Emma Forrest MIPAA, speakers Heather McGregor-Bayne, Alexis Stevens and Mikaela Scuderi provided insights into how we can influence effectively, through our relationships and networks opposed to power and control. 📢 At the concurrent session, Planning and Managing Career Breaks, facilitated by Kaylene Gulich, speakers Rebecca Brown PSM and Teika Chinnery discussed the importance of taking time off and how to successfully manage some key considerations for those thinking about taking a break. 📢 The second stream of today’s conference featured the session, Future Ready: Strategies for Remaining up to Date, and was facilitated by Kaylene Gulich PSM MIPAA. Professor Amy WEI TIAN and Hannah Tagore provided insights on to how to embed sustainable habits and pursue professional development to ensure you remain effective throughout your career and remain up to date as the world around us evolves. 📢 In the concurrent session of the second stream, Managing Menopause in the Workplace, facilitated by Janis Carren MIPAA, speakers Natalie Martin and Dr Lesley Ramage from Menopause Alliance Australia led a dynamic discussions about the effective measures needed to create supportive and responsive workplaces for women navigating the challenges of menopause. ⏩ Stay tuned for the latest updates. #womeninpublicserviceleadership

👋 Welcome to the 2024 IPAA WA Women in Public Service Leadership conference! A line-up of remarkable speakers with inspiring stories join us today with over 650 public service professionals for a dialogue on systemic change and individual growth. IPAA WA President and CEO of the Economic Regulation Authority, Jenness Gardner, is today’s host, and Lanie Chopping, from the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, is this year’s keynote speaker. Lanie shared some wonderful stories from her leadership journey and provided us with insights into the challenge of balancing work with responsibilities outside of work. Thank you also to the Honourable Sue Ellery MLC for her opening remarks about the importance of this conference. With a fantastic start to the conference, we trust that everyone here will come away with useful takeaways and renewed energy. ⏩ Stay tuned for the latest updates. #womeninpublicserviceleadership

Do you want to develop high-impact stakeholder engagement skills which support the successful delivery of projects and programs? Then don’t miss our upcoming course, Effective Stakeholder Engagement Within the Public Sector. This practical course will help you identify, manage, and nurture stakeholder relationships, effectively influence outcomes, and master management techniques for positive stakeholder engagement outcomes. By the end of this course you should be able to: ✔ know what to include in a stakeholder engagement plan ✔ identify and categorise internal and external stakeholders ✔ use influential stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills ✔ build effective stakeholder relationships at all levels ✔ manage challenging stakeholder relationships. Register today to boost stakeholder engagement skills: https://lnkd.in/gwsJVBEi #stakeholderengagement #influence #training

👉🏼 This upcoming IPAA WA course will help you to master the art of crafting a compelling business case, complete with strong justifications and an appropriate level of supporting data. Discover how to target your #business #case, ensuring that the information, structure, and format resonate with its intended audience. By the end of this course, you should be able to: ✔  identify your business case stakeholders and their needs; ✔ align your business cases to strategic needs; ✔  target your business case to its intended audience; ✔  understand the appropriate level of justification and supporting data to include in your business case and ✔ state the key elements required for a cohesive and persuasive argument for the business case. If you are interested in being part of the next session, scheduled for the 9th of September and facilitated by Karen Schwenke, register here https://lnkd.in/g3JA-jER

❌ Conflict is a natural part of all organisations and workplaces. If not managed effectively, conflict has the potential to derail even the most productive teams, but conversely, it can be extremely beneficial to organisations as it challenges the status quo and allows people to question why and how things are done. Join the upcoming #Proactive #Conflict #Management training course, facilitated by Alistair Box on the 26th of August, to explore various conflict resolution strategies and look at what personal skills are necessary to develop effective conflict resolution techniques. At the end of the course, you should be able to: ✔ Confidently and proactively approach and resolve conflict in the workplace; ✔ Understand their own conflict management preferences and how this might influence their approach to #conflict #management; ✔  Understand and manage interpersonal dynamics associated with conflict; ✔  Possess a toolbox of strategies for conflict management, rapidly developing team #capability, and team #effectiveness Register today at https://lnkd.in/gzdennzx

⏰ The countdown is on with the IPAA WA #Women in #Public #Service #Leadership #Conference around the corner – Make sure you don’t miss out Join us on the 18th of September for this conference which will provide you with an important dialogue promoting systemic change and individual growth. Featuring an incredible line-up of #leaders, #researchers and #practitioners,  you will gain meaningful insights from a diverse range of perspectives drawn from roles across public service organisations. 🎙#Speakers who recently joined the program In case you missed our last email, the speakers below have recently joined the panel: #Prof Astghik Mavisakalyan, Professor of Economics, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre; Chief Investigator and Curtin University Node Lead, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against; Natalie Martin, Founder and CEO of Menopause Alliance Australia; Dr Lesley Ramage, General Practitioner at Women’s Health Specialist and Menopause Specialist at the Menopause Alliance Australia; Rebecca Brown PSM, Director General at the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation; Janis Carren MIPAA, Chief Executive Officer at the Arts and Culture Trust (session facilitator) See our website for all confirmed speakers and to register.  https://lnkd.in/gAWt9H6k

📌Upcoming free event with IPAA NSW Are you curious about the dynamics between politicians and public servants in different Western societies? Join IPAA NSW for an insightful online session on 26th September 2024 with Dr Sigurbjörg Sigurgeirsdóttir (Dr Silla), a renowned expert in public sector research from the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands). Dr. Silla will delve into the practical applications of the Westminster system and Western democratic principles, sharing her preliminary findings on the state of civil service systems across various democratic nations. Insights from Ireland, UK and Denmark and early findings from Australia will be discussed. Gain valuable perspectives from a leading professor of Public Policy, Administration, and Governance and register here https://lnkd.in/g9vnwmZn

👉🏼 Are you a leader and seeking to build a high performing, effective team? The Building and Leading High #Performance #Teams training course on the 13th of August will help you to harness your team's unique talents to achieve organisational success though #clarity, #cohesion, and #accountability. Facilitated by Faye Martin, the course will explore: ✔ the critical attributes of high performing teams; ✔ the role of leaders in accelerating the team’s development and capability; ✔ the unique needs of teams and how to identify opportunities for improvement and ✔ how to implement a range of strategies to enhance team performance. Register today at https://lnkd.in/gn9TyuFP