Appendix F : Delivery of Service-wide development activities
TABLE 45: SES Development programs 2003—04
| Activity | Frequency | Participants |
|---|---|---|
| Programs | ||
| Orientation to the Senior Executive Service | 7 | 120 |
| Executive Leadership Development Program | 1 | 20 |
| Preparing to Appear Before Parliamentary Committees | 2 | 12 |
| Public Servant's Accountability, Rights and Responsibilities | 1 | 18 |
| Seminar Series | ||
| SES Breakfast | 8 | 582 |
| Senior Executive Updates | 3 | 159 |
| Band 3 Forum | 3 | 53 |
| Band 2 Forum | 2 | 42 |
| SES Snapshots | 4 | 81 |
| Special Events | ||
| Guidance on Caretaker Conventions | 1 | 184 |
| Totals | 32 | 1271 |
TABLE 46: SES Breakfast Briefings 2003—04
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Fiona Stanley–Executive Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research | New Research in Child Development– the Challenges for Government | 7 Aug |
| Carole Houk, Principle Resolve Advisors LLC | Integrated Conflict Management Systems | 2 Sep |
| Dr Peter Shergold AM, Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet | The Implementation Unit–a new way forward | 15 Oct |
| Professor Julian Disney | Getting to Know the Neighbours | 4 Nov |
| Ms Christine Nixon, Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police | Implementing Organisational Change– Victoria Police, a case study | 9 Dec |
| Brigadier M R McNarn, Director General Personnel– Army, Department of Defence | Values Based Leadership | 24 Mar |
| Andrew Podger AO, Public Service Commissioner | Managing the Interface with Ministers and the Parliament | 23 Apr |
| Senator Philip Ruddock | International and Domestic Security | 17 Jun |
TABLE 47: APS Development Programs 2003—04
| Activity | Frequency | Total Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Writing Skills | 15 | 229 |
| Better letters | 7 | 96 |
| Career Directions Workshop | 3 | 45 |
| Conducting investigations | 1 | 19 |
| Conflict Resolution | 3 | 49 |
| Develop a persuasive business case | 1 | 12 |
| Developing client satisfaction | 1 | 7 |
| Developing project management expertise | 12 | 201 |
| Financial Management in the APS: A management perspective–beyond the basics | 1 | 15 |
| Financial Management in the APS: A management perspective–introduction | 5 | 65 |
| Financial Management in the APS: An operational perspective–introduction | 3 | 41 |
| Getting that contract right! | 7 | 119 |
| Giving and receiving feedback | 3 | 49 |
| Harassment Contact Officer Training | 2 | 38 |
| How to enrich your representational skills | 1 | 16 |
| How to write high-impact speeches and respond to QONs | 2 | 26 |
| Influencing Skills | 3 | 54 |
| Interview Tips and Techniques | 9 | 124 |
| Interview Tips and Techniques | 1 | 14 |
| Leadership Skills for Women | 6 | 91 |
| Leading small teams | 1 | 18 |
| Marketing Yourself into an Executive Level Position | 5 | 75 |
| Minute taking skills | 7 | 102 |
| Policy Formulation and Advice–Advanced | 7 | 102 |
| Policy Formulation and Advice–Introductory | 11 | 171 |
| Policy implementation–from plan to measurable results | 1 | 11 |
| Presentation skills | 7 | 67 |
| Smart Reading Skills | 9 | 117 |
| Staff Selection | 3 | 45 |
| Strategic thinking | 2 | 30 |
| Surviving and thriving in the APS | 1 | 21 |
| Understanding the APS Values | 1 | 11 |
| Winning that Job | 4 | 66 |
| Total | 145 | 2146 |
TABLE 48: EL Development Programs 2003—04
| Activity | Frequency | Total Attendances |
|---|---|---|
| APS Writing: Strategy, Genre and Style | 3 | 32 |
| Coaching and mentoring | 2 | 26 |
| Collaborative Policy Formulation | 1 | 12 |
| Effective governance in APS agencies | 3 | 47 |
| EL update | 5 | 409 |
| Financial Management: a strategic perspective | 3 | 47 |
| Handling Strategic Priorities Practically | 3 | 35 |
| Influencing skills | 4 | 56 |
| Influencing Skills–Precourse TMI | 4 | 0 |
| Leadership through policy change | 3 | 49 |
| Leading and Managing Projects | 4 | 57 |
| Leading your team | 3 | 39 |
| Management essentials | 1 | 19 |
| Managing performance | 1 | 14 |
| Marketing yourself into an SES position | 1 | 17 |
| Organisational communication: strategies, tactics & management | 1 | 10 |
| Planning and conducting a tender | 2 | 27 |
| Work/Life Balance | 1 | 10 |
| Total | 45 | 906 |
TABLE 49: Graduate Development Programs 2003—04
| Activity | Frequency | Total Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| A Taste of Government Lunchtime Seminar | 1 | 187 |
| Career Directions | 1 | 12 |
| Graduate Networking Sessions: Leadership | 2 | 134 |
| Influencing Skills | 1 | 12 |
| Legislation and APS Decision-Making | 2 | 24 |
| Policy Formulation and Advice | 3 | 33 |
| Presentation Skills | 2 | 14 |
| Project Management | 2 | 27 |
| Strategic Thinking | 1 | 12 |
| Total | 15 | 455 |
TABLE 50: Regional delivery of learning and development programs —program and participant numbers 2003—04
| Activity | Frequency | Participants |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Writing Skills | 5 | 47 |
| All about Assertiveness | 1 | 7 |
| Applying for APS Jobs | 2 | 72 |
| APS Job Applications and Interviews | 10 | 96 |
| APS System of Review | 4 | 41 |
| Assertive Communication Skills | 3 | 36 |
| Basic Writing Skills | 2 | 29 |
| Beating the Clock | 1 | 5 |
| Better Business Writing | 4 | 58 |
| Business Planning | 1 | 14 |
| Career Development | 3 | 26 |
| Change and Diversity | 2 | 11 |
| Client Satisfaction Workshop | 2 | 32 |
| Coaching for Success | 1 | 6 |
| Collaborative Policy Formulation | 1 | 12 |
| Communication Rules Ok | 2 | 26 |
| Communication, Project & People Management | 1 | 36 |
| Competing for Promotion | 4 | 44 |
| Conflict Resolution | 9 | 79 |
| Contemporary Issues Regarding International Security Seminar | 1 | 20 |
| Contract Management | 5 | 65 |
| Customer Service | 2 | 16 |
| Dealing with Difficult Clients | 2 | 26 |
| Dealing with Difficult People | 1 | 7 |
| Dealing with staff issues | 1 | 17 |
| Delegates Accountability in Selection | 10 | 87 |
| Developing Client Satisfaction | 1 | 11 |
| Developing project management expertise | 2 | 41 |
| Effective Communication | 15 | 196 |
| Effective Writing | 1 | 16 |
| Email Management | 1 | 7 |
| Emotional Intelligence at Work | 5 | 80 |
| Emotional Intelligence in Leadership | 1 | 15 |
| Executive Breakfast Seminar | 9 | 1450 |
| Executive Update | 2 | 84 |
| Executive Powerpoint | 1 | 4 |
| Executive Support Development | 3 | 36 |
| Fearless Feedback | 3 | 42 |
| Financial Management in the APS | 3 | 37 |
| Giving and Receiving Feedback | 2 | 22 |
| Handling Strategic Priorities | 2 | 20 |
| Improve Your Writing Skills | 1 | 6 |
| Influencing Skills | 3 | 38 |
| International Women's Day | 1 | 175 |
| Interview tips & techniqies | 1 | 18 |
| Joint Selection Committee Workshop | 2 | 9 |
| Leadership | 1 | 7 |
| Leadership Convention | 1 | 68 |
| Leadership Lunchtime Seminar | 2 | 149 |
| Leadership Skills for Women | 2 | 21 |
| Leading and Managing Projects | 3 | 51 |
| Leading Change | 2 | 22 |
| Leading your team | 1 | 10 |
| Management Directions | 1 | 4 |
| Management Training | 1 | 12 |
| Managing Performance Feedback | 1 | 3 |
| Marketing Yourself into an EL Position | 2 | 22 |
| Minute Taking Skills | 4 | 31 |
| Networking & Meetings Workshop | 1 | 6 |
| People Management | 2 | 34 |
| Performance Feedback | 1 | 7 |
| Performance Management | 36 | 374 |
| Performance recognition | 2 | 10 |
| Personnel Operations Program | 1 | 10 |
| Policy Development | 5 | 62 |
| Practical Tips for Selection Interviewers | 1 | 11 |
| Presentation Skills | 9 | 72 |
| Project Management | 6 | 48 |
| Promote Yourself | 17 | 234 |
| Report Writing | 2 | 33 |
| Resume Writing & Job Interview Skills | 2 | 12 |
| Risk Management | 1 | 9 |
| Role of the Supervisor | 3 | 50 |
| Selection Advisory Committee Training | 71 | 756 |
| Selection Referee Workshop | 5 | 53 |
| Selection Refresher | 1 | 9 |
| Selection Techniques | 4 | 64 |
| Selections Recruitment Overview | 6 | 69 |
| Springboard | 1 | 24 |
| Stress Management | 1 | 7 |
| Supervision & Leadership for Workgroups | 1 | 6 |
| Supervision and Leadership | 3 | 23 |
| Supervision for Team Leaders | 1 | 5 |
| Supervision, Leadership & Team Development | 2 | 20 |
| Supervisory Leadership | 4 | 56 |
| Surviving & Thriving | 2 | 26 |
| Team Building | 2 | 26 |
| Team Planning, Monitoring, Assigning & Reporting Work Flow | 3 | 20 |
| Telephone Matters | 1 | 19 |
| Think on Your Feet | 1 | 14 |
| Thinking outside the HR box | 1 | 7 |
| Time Management | 1 | 12 |
| Training for Experienced SAC Members | 2 | 25 |
| Training techniques | 2 | 32 |
| Training Tips for Non Trainers | 1 | 10 |
| Understanding Emotional Quotient | 1 | 10 |
| Understanding Legislative Framework | 3 | 40 |
| Understanding Selections in the APS | 1 | 12 |
| Understanding Work Styles | 8 | 99 |
| Update for SES & EL | 1 | 30 |
| Values Based Leadership & Management | 3 | 112 |
| What can I expect | 1 | 11 |
| What to Expect from Selections | 3 | 32 |
| Winning That Job | 11 | 115 |
| Work/life wellbeing | 3 | 35 |
| Workforce Planning/Succession Planning | 3 | 35 |
| Workplace Relations | 3 | 30 |
| Writing Applications | 2 | 17 |
| Total | 408 | 6455 |
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