Programme Objectives:

• Increased local government skills and knowledge through exposure to different approaches
• Develop people who will lead local government in Queensland in the future
• Provide an opportunity for participants to build valuable and relevant networks, providing stronger links and understanding between professions and councils
• Develop people who will lead at all levels and across professions in their councils
• Build appreciation and understanding of the wider issues in local government in Queensland
• Utilise practical experiences and learnings from the local government sector to enable further professional leadership capacity
• Provide training for emerging leaders that is not solely ‘management’ focused and exposes them to a wide variety of council situations
• Retain passionate, skilled and competent employees in the local government sector

Key elements of the programme include:

• Exposing participants to a broad range of local government experiences and insights at a shire, city, regional and aboriginal council perspective
• In small teams, participants self-manage 1-2 workshops, necessitating the use of good communication skills, a high level of negotiation and influencing skills, project management and interpersonal skills
• Exploring and evaluating local government case studies and other learning materials that can be readily applied to daily leadership and management practices in a work environment
• Participation in the group project and combined team memoire

Nominations close shortly:  to nominate, contact us NOW!  Phone

• Brochure
• Programme Information sheet
• 2020 Nomination Form

For further information:

Lisa Hamilton
Programme Facilitator
Telephone: 07 3174 5005
Email: events@lgmaqld.org.au