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Steering Group
The Commission co-ordinates and currently chairs the Network. Volunteers from various agencies make up a Steering Group to oversee the Executive Level Leadership Network process including decisions on topics, speakers and overall directions.
The members of the 2010 Steering Group are:
- David Sweeney (APS Commission)
- Richard Hopkins (ACT Health)
- Tracey Pitts (Department of Defence)
- Stephen Grieve (Department of Veterans' Affairs)
- Luci Henson (Centrelink)
- Shirley Hedditch (Medicare Australia)
- Marcia Gilrane (Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government)
- Greg Cheetham (Department of Human Services)
- Leanne Elliott - (Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts)
Network members are encouraged to suggest topics and speakers for upcoming network sessions. Please call 02 6202 3788 or email elln@apsc.gov.au if you have anything you would like to discuss.
The EL Leadership Network Annual Forum will be held on Thursday 24 June 2010, and the topic will be APS Reform; we will have more information at a later date.
James Adonis who spoke on Friday 26 February will have key points from his presentation “Generation Why: managing diversity in the workplace” available on the website soon. If you would like further information about James, please go to www.jamesadonis.com.
If you are from a regional office and would like to watch James’ presentation, please email your interest to elln@apsc.gov.au.
Next Event
Innovations in Leadership Development - Friday 9 April 2010
The fourth and last breakfast event for the EL Leadership Network 2009-2010 Subscription is the next event in the series. Please join us on Friday 9 April to hear from Mr Carl Murphy and Ms Leanne Elliott from the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts as they share with us their experiences and findings about their Leadership program in the presentation “Innovations in Leadership Development”. The registration flyer is available now.
Program overview
The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, like other Government agencies, run a Leadership program for their Executive Level staff. The program contains all the usual features like 360 Survey, executive coaching and workshops. However the DEWHA program contains innovative features that are delivering tight integration with corporate objectives and engaging staff with unique activities. At DEWHA they say: “This ain’t no sheep-dip program”. Come and hear about a practical, realistic program that serves staff every day.
About the speakers
Carl Murphy is the Assistant Secretary of People Management Branch at the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, and is responsible for human resource management, accommodation and facilities and security. Prior to joining DEWHA in early 2008, he was head of People Management at Medicare Australia, and had worked in HR roles at IBM and DFAT before then. He started in the public service as a graduate in DFAT and was posted to Jakarta and Wellington, prior to moving to ‘the dark side’.
Leanne Elliott is the project manager of the DEWHA Leadership Development Program. Leanne’s background is in organisational change management, cutting her teeth on over a dozen of the large Government commercialisation programs of the 1990’s. Masters level qualifications in Business Administration and Change Management, and specialist studies in Negotiation and Leadership combine with broad experience in the public and private sectors, including a suspicious 7 years as a self employed consultant, to deliver a deep knowledge of the Leadership arena.
Previous events
Generation Why: managing diversity in the workplace
Mr James Adonis, Managing Director and Co-founder of Team Leaders
Three of the biggest dilemmas faced by people managers today are: 1) How can they successfully motivate an increasingly diverse group of employees? 2) How do they get the best out of the demanding and impatient Generation Ys that are growing in number within the workforce? 3) How do they keep their staff members engaged especially at a time when talent shortages are starting to re-emerge? James Adonis will provide you with the answers to these modern-day workplace conundrums.
Building a positive employment culture in large and diverse organisations
Presented by Phil Minns – Deputy Secretary, People Strategies and Policy, Department of Defence
As one of the largest, most diverse and geographically dispersed organisations in Australian, the Department of Defence faces significant challenges in building a positive workplace culture that brings out the best in all employees. Phil Minns will discuss the challenges, strategies and practical techniques for transforming workplace culture and making an organisation a destination of choice for employees in a competitive labour market.
Subscriptions to the EL Leadership Network for 2009/2010 are now closed. Subscriptions for 2010/2011 will be available soon.
Individual events
You can register to attend individual events as follows:
- Breakfasts—$110 each
- Annual forum—$330
All fees quoted are GST inclusive.
Individual marketing flyers are developed for each event and they contain registration details. The flyers are emailed to ELLN members, and are posted on this website.
If you are interested in subscribing to the series or registering for an individual Network session you can also contact 02 6202 3788 or email elln@apsc.gov.au
Notes from previous events
When available copies of speeches and presentations can be found on our speeches and media releases page.
