This series is for middle to senior-level public sector leaders, who are seeking to enhance and develop their management skills, as well as for those aspiring to the pathway to South Australian Executive Service (SAES).

Enhance your general management skills and take your leadership and strategic thinking capabilities to the next level. This dynamic series includes modules on introduction to management, finance, project management, operational excellence and strategic management. This fundamental series will build your core management skills for personal and organisational success.

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”.

Develop the tools to understand the role of legislation in the public sector as well as to interpret legislation and apply it to the functions of your job.

Learn the highly sought after skills to become an engaging and persuasive public speaker. Delivering presentations and public speaking play an important part in every area of our personal and professional lives. This training course will stimulate you to challenge your current presentation style and further your ability to deliver confident and persuasive public speaking presentations that are sure to be remembered.

Understand the field of neuroscience as applied to leadership behaviours including the neuroscience of employee engagement, growth mindsets and innovation, how the brain influences change resistance points, leadership self-awareness and EQ, influencing culture and leveraging the social nature of the workplace.

By examining the principles of neuroleadership in the workplace you will walk away with a new set of strategies and tools to develop and lead your team and organisation.