People need feedback on their work and both managers and staff need comfortable stress free ways to give and receive performance feedback. Develop your skills as a new manager to confidently provide feedback to staff who are performing well, as well as those who need to improve.

Explore what managing ethically means in the SA Public Sector. Learn the terms “bullying and harassment” from both a legislative and behavioural perspective and understand what is and what is not bullying and harassment conduct and what is reasonable in terms of managerial action.

Examine the Public Sector Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics and the attributes of an ethical organisation and leader and explore a framework and process for promoting integrity and civility in the workplace.

Managing the wellbeing of your team is an essential part of leadership. Gain an understanding of mental health and mental illness, as well as how to have conversations with staff about associated workplace behaviours. Through this course you will become familiar with your “mental health”, obligations as a manager and leader, and refine your practical skills in how to discuss mental health in a work context from a performance point of view. You will also explore the concepts of stress and resilience at the individual, team and organisational levels and formulate a practical plan to address these.

Wondering how to keep a hybrid team culture at its best? Hybrid work requires the evolution of traditional on-site and off-site work models for the new era of work. Our places of work will become more fluid than they have ever been before. When leading hybrid teams, we know a flexible, supportive, secure, and inclusive culture has never been more critical. In this new world of work interactive workshop, we explore best practice tips and strategies.

This course is designed to give you useful insights on how to effectively manage people in the public sector context. It will provide practical tips on how to handle some of the more ‘curly’ aspects of people management pertaining to performance, behaviours and discrimination.

Equip yourself with the essential core leadership skills to thrive not just survive as a leader in 2024 and beyond.  You will increase self-awareness, develop confidence and skills in leading teams, improve your communication and EQ and understand how to promote a culture of wellbeing. You will also explore ways to manage teams and their wellbeing, resilience and performance against challenging situations.

Are you coming to grips with leading a team and managing others for the first time? Explore current successful approaches and strategies that will teach you essential skills for leaders – from communication, workload management, performance management and much more.

Are you coming to grips with leading a team and managing others for the first time? Explore current successful approaches and strategies that will teach you essential skills for leaders – from communication, workload management, performance management and much more.

Equip yourself with the essential core leadership skills to thrive not just survive as a leader in 2024 and beyond.  You will increase self-awareness, develop confidence and skills in leading teams, improve your communication and EQ and understand how to promote a culture of wellbeing. You will also explore ways to learn from the lessons of COVID-19, in managing teams and their wellbeing, resilience and performance against challenging situations.

Change is inevitable. But when it seems change in organisations is frequent, sudden or implemented without consultation, it can be difficult to manage workplace morale and wellbeing. This workshop will focus on practical knowledge and skills for managers leading teams in changing workplace environments. Participants will learn to identify where individuals in their teams sit in the “stages of reacting to change”.