Leadership

The 2023 APS census results are in, with a renewed focus on how the next generation of SES is tracking.

Fixing leadership failings isn’t about weeding out the few bad apples. Are we actually getting the leaders we deserve?

Public servants and the wider community have until December 15 to share their views on the final CALD strategy for the APS.

In September 2023, Complexability, in collaboration with The Cynefin Co and The Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation,  and 100 others engaged in a series of events over a week to explore contemporary social and organisational challenges and issues through the lens of complexity. The Essence of Complex Systems Fundamental to deliberations was the work of Prof Dave Snowden, Chief Scientific Officer, The Cynefin Co. In complex human systems, understanding emergence and embracing uncertainty is critical, with resilient organisations being those with the capability to embrace the unexpected. Starting journeys with a sense of direction, and not having all the answers […]

Victoria’s professional members group for public servants has issued an open declaration endorsing a First Nations Voice to Parliament.

The DITRDCA secretary knows his role is much more than “some omniscient policy adviser” to the ministers he directly reports to.

According to Greg Moriarty, there are three vital questions public servants must ask in order to effectively help ministers fulfil their political mandate.

This research study of APS employees seeks to discover what sort of power or influence, or ‘agency’, public servants really have.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s main focus will be on public servants and government procurement contracts, rather than politicians, when it begins operations mid-year if the experience of state integrity bodies is repeated at the federal level. ArcBlue, a leading procurement and supply chain consultancy, has warned public servants to get ready for the new body […]

A three-year program to help break down barriers for culturally and racially marginalised (CARM) women in leadership has been launched.

Foreign minister and Labor senator Penny Wong and Independent MP Helen Haines have been named recipients of the 2022 McKinnon prize.