Mayors Leadership Forum
Duration: Half DayInvestment: $385 incl GST
Delivery: Face 2 Face
Target Audience
Mayors
Overview
Theme: ‘Strategic Thinking as Strategic Seeing’.Strategic thinking: "What happens inside a black box, before the planning; a moment of 'creative insight' that connects information together in new ways".
Strategic thinking is an important part of being an effective leader. It helps you connect your understanding to what you see and what others see, what is unique, what may present challenges as well as opportunities.
This forum will share some informal insights into some key leadership research, explore how this relates to Mayors\Chairpersons’ leadership effectiveness and with different perspectives how we create greater strategic thinking.
Key Learnings
- Strategic thinking in context of Councils strategic management planning process
- Understanding the concept of ‘shared leadership’
- Tap into research on ‘humility’ and what it means for Mayor\Chairpersons leadership role
- Identifying the capabilities you need as a leader in yourself and others to be effective in strategic decision making
Facilitator
Rowena McLean, Sector Development Director, LGA and Dr Chia-Yen (Chad) Chiu Dr Chia is a published researcher on leadership and has worked both in Australia and overseas. He is a Senior Lecturer at UniSA and takes pride in his approach as a facilitator when it comes to supporting others in learning.Chad, as he’s known, will bring some interesting insights for you to consider and discuss with peers in context of you maintaining your leadership effectiveness in the next phase of Council’s term.
Additional Information
For further information about the content of this program or to enquire about having this program brought ‘In-House’ to your council or to a ‘Council Hub’ near you please contact LGA Training on 8224 2000 or at training@lga.sa.gov.au.Please understand that by registering you are accepting our policy conditions. For a copy of our policies, please click here.
