Great leaders can build great organisations. Professional, purposeful and collaborative leadership in the public sector is essential as we face rapidly changing times in South Australia. It is how we lead in times of change that can determine the ongoing success of our sector.
This dynamic forum engaged senior leaders across the public sector to raise awareness and provide insights into how to manage the challenges of leadership in times of complex change. It also explored how we can come together to achieve better outcomes for South Australians and continue to build a modern public sector.
Keynote speaker Professor Lisa Paul AO PSM, former Secretary of the Federal Department of Education and Training, drew from her experience and career in the Australian Government and public sector to share her approach to, and her definition of, successful leadership. Lisa also discussed her insights into maintaining a strong culture and how to motivate teams amidst complex change.
Professor Helen Sullivan, Director of the Crawford School of Public Policy, also unpacks some of the challenges, opportunities and benefits of collaborating across government in times of change.
SA’s Commissioner for Public Sector Employment, Erma Ranieri, and SA Health’s Chief Medical Officer and Chief Public Health Officer, Professor Paddy A Phillips, then joined both keynote speakers for a panel discussion.
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
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.
