2017 is fast upon us…
Do you know what our priorities are for the coming year?
Do you know how to optimise your team to deliver?
Are you developing your team members to perform at their best?
The Talking Performance forum facilitates a strategic discussion about our performance over the last year, our priorities for 2017, and how meaningful performance management and development will help the public sector respond.
Why Attend?
Talking Performance is a unique opportunity to hear from key leaders in our Public Sector and a private sector organisation with challenges just like ours.
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The Commissioner for Public Sector Employment, Erma Ranieri
Presenters
Our Premier, Jay Weatherill, shared his vision for a high performing public sector and why he has a renewed focus on performance management and development.
Chief Executive, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Kym Winter Dewhirst reported on how the public sector has performed over the last 12 months and how it will rise to meet our challenges over the next year.
Panel Discussion – Talking Performance: How can we realise our potential?
Panellists
Eva Balan Vnuk – State Director, South Australia, Microsoft
David Reynolds – Chief Executive/Under Treasurer, Department of Treasury and Finance
Vickie Kaminski – Interim Chief Executive, SA Health South Australia
On the 15th of November 2017 IPAA held the annual National Conference in Canberra with the theme Thinking Differently: Building Trust.
The conference celebrated thought leaders and provocateurs discussed how to think differently and build trust. Delegates heard how the landscape is changing and how public sector leaders need to adapt. Speakers included heads of public sector departments at the federal and state level, respected academics and nationally-recognised commentators. A number of international speakers brought broader perspectives to the conversation.
A conference function was held the evening prior at the iconic National Arboretum, overlooking Canberra. The function celebrated excellence in public administration with the announcement of the winners of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management, followed by the awarding of IPAA National Fellows.
I encourage you to view the informative resources including videos of each session here and below.
VIEW GARRAN ORATION
VIEW CONVERSATION ONE
VIEW CONVERSATION TWO
VIEW CONVERSATION THREE
VIEW REFLECTIONS AND SUMMATION PANEL
One year on from the inspiring A Level Playing Field – Gender Equality in Leadership Summit, the Office for the Public Sector, in partnership with Senior Management Council and the Institute of Public Administration SA were excited to bring you The Second Innings…
The audience was inspired by keynote speaker, the Hon. Julia Gillard former Prime Minister, and motivated by the progress that the public sector has made in gender equality in leadership in the last 12 months!
We invite you to join us in driving inclusive leadership in the public sector where men and women are equally represented, valued and rewarded. As a public sector, we are committed to showing that gender equality in leadership is achievable and makes a powerful, positive difference to the productivity, effectiveness and innovation in all we do!
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Amanda Blair
Guest
Hon. Julia Gillard
27th Prime Minister of Australia
Hon Kyam Maher MLC
Minister for Employment
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation
Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation
Minister for Automotive Transformation
Minister for Science and Information Economy
Speakers
Dr Margaret Byrne
Principal Consultant, UGM Consulting
David Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer, Department of Treasury and Finance
Scott Ashby
Chief Executive, Primary Industries and Regions SA
Gary Edwards
Leadership Communication & Negotiation Expert
Leading Conversations
Erma Ranieri
Commissioner for Public Sector Employment
The Don Dunstan Foundation second Social Capital Residencies Showcase was an opportunity to hear about successful initiatives by our partnering organisations and to meet others working in the purpose economy.
Following an economic briefing, there was a series of rapid fire presentations from local initiatives, start-ups, established businesses and others all working on creating jobs in the purpose economy.
Our guests then heard from our international key-note speaker, Allyson Hewitt, Thinker in Residence. She reflected on her first visit and spoke about her recommendations.
Allyson Hewitt leads the social innovation programs at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Canada. Allyson has assisted hundreds of social ventures to become economically sustainable and increase their social impact, has initiated and implemented public policy to support social enterprise and has developed a range of social innovation programs at MaRS.
