Over 40 local government managers from across New South Wales came together in Sydney for the second LGPro NSW Strategic Public Leaders event facilitated by Alicia McKay.
Leaders come along to:
- Elevate their impact: Strategic public leaders rise above the operational overwhelm to see the bigger picture and move the needle on the most important stuff.
- Future-proof their careers: Developing strategic skills involves a combination of communication, tactical and people skills delivering a higher return on investment.
These events sell out each year and have a reputation for being fun, engaging and valuable - plus a great networking opportunity. Watch the video and hear how these managers found their Strategic Public Leaders experience.
Who Strategic Public Leaders is for
Strategic Public Leaders helps public leaders who are:
- Being overwhelmed by tasks, projects, and priorities.
- Caught in a reactive cycle of responding to ad-hoc problems instead of progressing key strategic projects.
- Becoming defensive and frustrated when interacting with elected members.
- Dealing with delays in delivering strategies, plans, and procedures.
- Having difficulty building engagement, purpose, and ownership with your team.
Course topics and learning outcomes
In this two-day rapid intensive, leaders get a grounding in core principles of strategic leadership. Topics include:
- Strategic basics: Demystifying strategic thinking and planning frameworks.
- Role clarity: Drawing a line between governance and management.
- Bridging the gap: Aligning big picture strategy to daily operations.
- Decision-making: Planning, making, and evaluating quality decisions.
- Systems thinking: Solving tricky problems in complex systems.
Alicia’s training workshops are at the cutting edge of thinking for senior public leaders. Both inspiring and pragmatic, this training is designed to tackle limiting habits and behaviours while embedding practical skills.
At the end of this course, you will have the skills to:
- Apply strategic frameworks to align daily operations to big-picture strategy.
- Prioritise never-ending project wish lists with clarity and confidence.
- Elevate conversations with colleagues and Councillors from operational issues to strategic impact.
- Evaluate the quality of decisions effectively to improve buy-in and project success.
To learn more about Strategic Public Leaders training, click here:
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