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ustr

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4 E

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Zeala

nd

pub

lic s

ecto

r conte

xt.

The E

FP

brings a

glo

bal p

ers

pective

and

deve

lop

s

the c

ap

acity

of senio

r executive

s t

o w

ork

acro

ss

cultura

l bound

aries a

nd

with in

cre

ased

inte

rnational

engagem

ent.

The 2

017 p

rogra

m b

uild

s o

n la

st

year’s c

olla

bora

tion

with t

he L

ee K

uan Y

ew

School o

f P

ub

lic P

olic

y, in

Sin

gap

ore

. P

art

icip

ants

will g

ain

new

insig

hts

into

lead

ing p

ub

lic s

ecto

r p

erf

orm

ance a

nd

successfu

l

engagem

ent

in t

he Ind

o-P

aci"

c r

egio

n.

Wh

y th

e EF

P?

AN

ZS

OG

’s E

xecutive

Fello

ws P

rogra

m is

the m

ost

senio

r le

ad

ers

hip

pro

gra

m in

Austr

alia

for

gove

rnm

ent

lead

ers

, and

pro

vid

es a

tru

ly u

niq

ue e

nvi

ronm

ent

for

deve

lop

ing a

range o

f le

ad

ers

hip

skills a

s w

ell

as

build

ing a

sig

ni"

cant

peer-

gro

up

to p

rovi

de p

ote

ntial

assis

tance, ad

vice a

nd

counsel i

n a

n e

xecutive

’s

eve

ryd

ay

work

ing li

fe.

The E

FP

deve

lop

s t

he a

dap

tive

cap

acity

of senio

r

executive

s t

o le

ad

pub

lic s

ecto

r org

anis

ations.

Part

icip

ants

gain

new

exp

ert

ise t

o le

vera

ge t

heir

in#u

ence a

nd

rela

tionship

s, in

clu

din

g w

ith M

inis

ters

,

sta

ff a

nd

sta

kehold

ers

, in

ord

er

to b

est

cre

ate

and

deliv

er

pub

lic v

alu

e.

The p

rogra

m g

ives p

art

icip

ants

a r

are

op

port

unity

for

learn

ing a

nd

re#e

ction, aw

ay

from

the o

f"ce. The

em

phasis

on im

mers

ive, exp

eriential l

earn

ing h

as

pro

ven a

hig

hly

effective

way

of enhancin

g le

ad

ers

hip

and

str

ate

gic

cap

acity.

It t

eaches c

rucia

l skills, accord

ing t

o t

he p

rogra

m

directo

r, R

ob

in R

yde, esp

ecia

lly w

hen a

ttem

pting

to e

ffective

ly le

ad

in t

his

age o

f p

olit

ical u

pheava

ls

such a

s P

resid

ent

Trum

p, th

e B

rexit v

ote

and

oth

er

dra

matic s

hift

s in

Austr

alia

and

New

Zeala

nd

.

‘Tod

ay’

s le

ad

ers

have

to b

e c

ognitiv

ely

agile

to d

eal

with e

vents

and

shocks t

hat

they

could

n’t

have

exp

ecte

d, or

eve

n im

agin

ed

, and

with t

his

goes a

need

to b

e s

trong b

oth

em

otionally

and

cognitiv

ely

,’

he s

ays

. ‘It

und

erlin

es t

he im

port

ance o

f re

silience.

Bein

g a

pub

lic s

erv

ice le

ad

er

is h

ard

now

, and

it’s

goin

g t

o g

et

tougher. T

esting a

nd

str

ength

enin

g t

he

cap

ab

ilities o

f le

ad

ers

in t

he w

ind

tunnel o

f th

e E

FP

is a

gre

at

and

safe

way

to s

up

port

this

key

gro

up

of

lead

ers

.’

Sp

eci"

c p

rogra

m t

hem

es, conte

nt

and

faculty

are

deta

iled

late

r in

this

bro

chure

, b

ut

Rob

in s

ays

it m

ight

be t

he in

tangib

les t

hat

de"n

e t

his

pro

gra

m e

xp

erience.

‘The E

FP

is a

uniq

ue s

pace w

here

senio

r p

ub

lic

serv

ice le

ad

ers

can h

ave

a d

eep

leve

l of d

ialo

gue, in

a

sett

ing u

nlik

e a

ny

oth

er,’ he s

ays

. ‘B

ut

it g

oes furt

her;

you d

on’t ju

st

have

conve

rsations w

ith t

he s

kills y

ou

had

when y

ou e

nte

red

into

the E

FP, b

ecause t

he

pro

gra

m it

self

arm

s y

ou w

ith n

ew

ab

ilities in

analy

sis

and

pro

ble

m-s

olv

ing.

‘It

is s

uch a

pow

erf

ul e

xp

erience; b

ein

g a

ble

to lo

ok

at

thin

gs w

ith a

n e

ntire

ly fre

sh s

et

of p

ers

pective

s,

alo

ngsid

e s

enio

r p

eop

le w

ho h

ave

sp

ent

decad

es

learn

ing fro

m w

hat

work

s in

lead

ing c

hange a

nd

cra

ckin

g c

om

ple

x p

rob

lem

s.’

More

than h

alf

of th

e p

rogra

m’s

alu

mni,

when

surv

eye

d, said

that

stu

dyi

ng a

longsid

e g

enuin

e

peers

was a

hig

hlig

ht,

and

an o

ngoin

g b

ene"t

, of th

e

pro

gra

m.

The E

FP

has b

een w

ell

wort

hw

hile

. The e

xp

erience is

som

eth

ing I c

an t

ake b

ack t

o m

y

work

pla

ce a

nd

put

into

action. It w

ill

help

me a

s a

lead

er

but

als

o, im

port

antly,

the t

eam

. It w

ill h

elp

ensure

that

we’r

e a

ll

pro

ducin

g g

reat

results for

gove

rnm

ent.

Pau

la G

an

ly

First

Assis

tant

Secre

tary

Dep

art

ment

of P

rim

e M

inis

ter

and

Cab

inet,

Austr

alia

n G

ove

rnm

ent

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6 E

xecutive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

7

Th

e p

rog

ram

Stru

ctu

reThe E

FP

allo

ws p

art

icip

ants

to e

xp

lore

curr

ent

theory

and

pra

ctice in

pub

lic s

erv

ice le

ad

ers

hip

, usin

g a

com

bin

ation o

f le

arn

ing a

pp

roaches s

peci"

cally

desig

ned

to e

xp

lore

, te

st

and

bring t

o li

fe t

he la

test

thin

kin

g. The p

rogra

m is

guid

ed

by

lead

ing lo

cal a

nd

inte

rnational a

cad

em

ics, in

clu

din

g faculty

from

the

Lee K

uan Y

ew

School o

f P

ub

lic P

olic

y (S

ingap

ore

),

the H

arv

ard

Kenned

y S

chool (

US

A) and

Warw

ick

Univ

ers

ity

(UK

), a

s w

ell

as s

enio

r p

ractitioners

and

exp

ert

s a

cro

ss a

ll secto

rs.

The p

rogra

m focuses a

cad

em

ic r

igour

on t

he p

ractical

and

, at

tim

es, unre

lenting c

halle

nges t

hat

pub

lic

secto

r le

ad

ers

face in

their d

aily

live

s.

Ab

ou

t th

e S

ing

ap

ore

co

mp

on

en

t:

The in

tern

ationally

renow

ned

Lee K

uan Y

ew

School i

s d

ed

icate

d t

o r

ais

ing s

tand

ard

s o

f

gove

rnance, im

pro

ving t

he li

ves o

f p

eop

le in

the r

egio

n a

nd

, ultim

ate

ly, contr

ibuting t

o t

he

transfo

rmation o

f A

sia

.

For

the E

xecutive

Fello

ws P

rogra

m, A

NZ

SO

G

and

the L

ee K

uan Y

ew

School h

ave

part

nere

d

to d

eve

lop

the im

mers

ive le

arn

ing m

od

ule

,

allo

win

g p

art

icip

ants

to e

xp

lore

varied

ele

ments

of th

e S

ingap

ore

sys

tem

of gove

rnm

ent

directly

with p

ractitioners

. Led

by

top

acad

em

ics, E

FP

part

icip

ants

will e

njo

y hand

s o

n a

nd

real-tim

e

insig

hts

into

lead

ing p

olic

y d

eve

lop

ment

in t

he

Ind

o-P

aci"

c r

egio

n. Last

year’s p

rogra

m w

as

a ‘stu

nnin

g s

uccess’, a

ccord

ing t

o p

rogra

m

directo

r R

ob

in R

yde. This

year’s m

ight

be e

ven

bett

er.

Part

icip

an

ts a

s co

ntr

ibu

tors

A c

rucia

l ele

ment

of th

e E

FP

is p

art

icip

ant

contr

ibution. The p

rogra

m is

desig

ned

to h

arn

ess t

he

know

led

ge o

f p

art

icip

ants

who, as p

rofe

ssio

nal p

eers

,

share

a c

om

mon la

nguage a

nd

a h

igh c

om

mitm

ent

to

pub

lic s

erv

ice.

Sessio

ns a

re s

tructu

red

to e

ncoura

ge p

art

icip

ants

to s

hare

their e

xp

eriences w

ithin

the c

onte

xt

of th

e

them

es a

nd

fra

mew

ork

s b

ein

g e

xam

ined

. This

offers

a

hig

hly

colla

bora

tive

learn

ing e

nvi

ronm

ent

where

each

cohort

has t

he o

pp

ort

unity

to a

ctive

ly d

raw

on t

heir

colle

ctive

exp

ert

ise a

nd

to d

elv

e d

eep

er

into

sp

eci"

c

issues a

nd

ideas. A

s s

uch, p

art

icip

ants

should

arr

ive

at

the p

rogra

m w

ith t

he e

xp

ecta

tion o

f b

ein

g a

ctive

co-c

ontr

ibuto

rs w

ho w

ill b

e c

alle

d o

n t

o s

hare

their

insig

hts

.

Met

ho

ds

The t

eachin

g a

nd

learn

ing m

eth

od

s u

sed

in t

he

Executive

Fello

ws P

rogra

m in

clu

de:

In

tera

cti

ve lectu

res o

ffer

a s

how

case for

pra

ctical f

ram

ew

ork

s a

nd

techniq

ues w

hile

dra

win

g o

n c

ase s

tud

ies, hyp

oth

eticals

and

the

ind

ivid

ual e

xp

eriences o

f p

art

icip

ants

P

racti

tio

ner

sessio

ns s

hare

exp

eriences a

nd

insig

hts

and

the c

ohort

is in

vite

d t

o p

art

icip

ate

in

an a

ctive

dis

cussio

n w

ith t

he s

peaker

F

acilit

ate

d p

an

el d

iscu

ssio

ns w

here

pub

lic

serv

ice c

halle

nges a

nd

top

ics c

an b

e e

xp

lore

d

from

multip

le p

ers

pective

s

A

cti

on

learn

ing

gro

up

s o

pera

ting o

n a

co-

consultin

g b

asis

to s

eek s

olu

tions t

o li

ve

lead

ers

hip

challe

nges faced

by

gro

up

mem

bers

L

ead

ers

hip

in

pra

cti

ce w

ork

sh

op

s o

ffer

a

chance for

part

icip

ants

to e

xp

lore

a s

peci"

c

them

e in

dep

th

E

xp

eri

en

tial im

mers

ive learn

ing

where

part

icip

ants

engage d

irectly

with p

ractitioners

outs

ide t

he c

lassro

om

Ju

risd

icti

on

al d

iscu

ssio

ns in

vite

part

icip

ants

to

share

know

led

ge o

f th

eir o

wn ju

risd

ictions

P

eer-

to-p

eer

feed

back a

mong p

art

icip

ants

S

elf-r

e"ecti

on

op

po

rtu

nit

ies –

a r

are

tre

asure

in

tod

ay’

s p

ub

lic s

erv

ice li

fe.

Ch

ath

am

Ho

use

Ru

leP

art

icip

ants

can s

peak fre

ely

within

our

walls

. In

ord

er

to foste

r op

en a

nd

pro

ductive

dis

cussio

ns, all

EFP

sessio

ns a

re r

un in

accord

ance w

ith t

he C

hath

am

House R

ule

. S

peci"

cally

:

‘When a

meeting, or

part

there

of, is

held

und

er

the

Chath

am

House R

ule

, p

art

icip

ants

are

fre

e t

o u

se

the in

form

ation r

eceiv

ed

, b

ut

neither

the id

entity

nor

the a

f"lia

tion o

f th

e s

peaker(s), n

or

that

of any

oth

er

part

icip

ant,

may

be r

eve

ale

d.’

The b

est

thin

g a

bout

the A

NZ

SO

G e

xp

erience h

as

been t

he la

yering o

f th

e d

iffere

nt

str

ate

gic

fra

mew

ork

s, esp

ecia

lly a

round

pub

lic p

olic

y. I t

hin

k it

’s b

een t

he li

nk in

with

lead

ers

hip

, th

e d

iffere

nt

leve

ls o

f le

arn

ers

hip

,

learn

ing a

nd

re#e

cting o

n s

elf

in a

ll of th

at,

and

I r

eally

love

d t

he S

ingap

ore

exp

erience in

betw

een.

Fio

na K

no

bel

Executive

Directo

r,

Dep

art

ment

of Tr

ansp

ort

, W

A

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8 E

xecutive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

9

Co

nte

nt

An

eve

r-ev

olv

ing

pro

gra

mThe E

FP

has c

hanged

ove

r its 1

5 y

ears

as t

he c

halle

nges o

f w

ork

ing w

ithin

gove

rnm

ent

consta

ntly

shift

. This

year’s E

FP

will h

ave

seve

ral n

ew

com

ponents

, in

clu

din

g a

focus o

n t

he futu

re, lo

okin

g a

t 2030 –

askin

g w

hat

issues a

nd

challe

nges le

ad

ers

may

face 1

5 o

r so y

ears

fro

m n

ow

; in

clu

din

g e

very

thin

g fro

m a

rti"

cia

l inte

lligence

and

auto

mation, th

rough t

o t

he lo

ng t

erm

imp

act

of p

rofo

und

dem

ogra

phic

shift

s o

n m

igra

tion a

nd

the b

uilt

envi

ronm

ent.

The p

rogra

m a

lso e

xp

lore

s t

he ‘cognitiv

e a

gility

’ re

quired

by

pub

lic s

erv

ice le

ad

ers

in a

n e

nvi

ronm

ent

of

shift

ing p

olit

ical p

riorities a

nd

ideolo

gic

al m

ove

ments

, w

here

the b

usin

ess o

f gove

rnm

ent

must

continue a

nd

exp

ecta

tions r

egard

ing o

utc

om

es a

re h

igh.

EFP

lea

der

ship

fra

mew

ork

The E

FP

lead

ers

hip

fra

mew

ork

pro

vid

es t

he r

ationale

for

the t

hem

es, conte

nt

and

teachin

g m

eth

od

s o

f th

e

pro

gra

m. It id

enti"e

s c

ap

ab

ilities t

o w

hic

h s

uccessfu

l lead

ers

must

giv

e a

ttention.

E

mp

loye

e

engagem

ent

P

ow

er, p

olit

ics

and

in#u

ence

Lead

ing t

eam

s

P

olit

ical c

onte

xt

M

ed

ia (tr

ad

itio

nal

and

new

)

A

sia

and

oth

er

inte

rnational

in#u

ences/f

acto

rs

E

conom

ic

circum

sta

nces

N

otions o

f

pub

lic v

alu

e

P

ub

lic b

ehavi

our

and

engagem

ent

M

od

els

of p

ub

lic

serv

ice d

eliv

ery

and

str

ate

gic

com

mis

sio

nin

g

S

trate

gy

C

ulture

In

nova

tion

Lead

ing c

hange

E

motional

inte

lligence

S

elf-

aw

are

ness a

nd

lead

ers

hip

sty

le

P

ers

onal a

uth

enticity

R

esilience

P

ers

onal i

mp

act

and

pre

sence

OR

GA

NIS

AT

ION

OT

HE

RS

SE

LF

EX

TE

RN

AL

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

The m

od

el i

llustr

ate

s in

tera

ctive

dyn

am

ics a

t p

lay

for

pub

lic s

ecto

r le

ad

ers

. The E

FP

exp

lore

s t

hese (often

com

peting) d

imensio

ns a

nd

how

part

icip

ants

can b

e b

ett

er

pla

ced

to r

esp

ond

to t

hem

. C

oncep

ts, fr

am

ew

ork

s

and

techniq

ues a

re a

naly

sed

in t

erm

s o

f how

they

can fra

me d

iscussio

n, p

lannin

g a

nd

str

ate

gic

action.

With a

focus o

n t

ransfe

rrin

g k

now

led

ge, in

week t

wo, E

FP

part

icip

ants

will e

xp

lore

Sin

gap

ore

’s c

ivil

serv

ice

ap

pro

ach t

o g

ove

rnance. P

art

icip

ants

will e

nhance t

heir le

arn

ing b

y exam

inin

g "

rst

hand

how

Sin

gap

ore

ap

pro

aches c

ap

acity

and

cap

ab

ility

build

ing, fu

ture

pla

nnin

g a

nd

the p

rom

otion o

f q

ualit

y p

ub

lic s

erv

ices.

Ou

tco

mes

EFP

part

icip

ants

will:

Im

pro

ve t

heir s

trate

gic

cap

ab

ilities t

o le

ad

, eve

n w

ithin

org

anis

ations c

hara

cte

rised

by

uncert

ain

ty,

com

ple

xity

and

change

B

road

en t

heir u

nd

ers

tand

ing o

f th

e ‘p

ub

lic v

alu

e’ th

at

they

and

their o

rganis

ation a

re a

ble

to c

reate

D

eep

en t

heir in

sig

hts

into

the o

pera

ting e

nvi

ronm

ent

of th

e p

ub

lic s

ecto

r w

ith p

art

icula

r att

ention t

o

polit

ics, th

e m

ed

ia a

nd

the in

tern

ational s

phere

E

xp

lore

altern

ative

mod

els

of p

ub

lic s

erv

ice d

eliv

ery

B

e a

ble

to a

pp

ly t

he p

rincip

les o

f ad

ap

tive

lead

ers

hip

Im

pro

ve s

kills for

dealin

g w

ith c

om

ple

x p

rob

lem

s in

situations o

f conte

ste

d a

uth

ority

In

cre

ase t

heir u

nd

ers

tand

ing o

f how

to s

hap

e o

rganis

ational c

ulture

and

lead

a n

ew

genera

tion o

f

sta

ff

H

ave

a d

eep

er

und

ers

tand

ing o

f th

e o

pp

ort

unitie

s a

nd

challe

nges o

f active

engagem

ent

in t

he Ind

o-

Paci"

c r

egio

n

G

ain

sp

eci"

c in

sig

hts

fro

m t

he S

ingap

ore

exp

erience o

f p

ote

ntial r

ele

vance t

o t

heir o

wn a

reas o

f

resp

onsib

ility

D

eve

lop

a g

reate

r sense o

f self-

as-a

-lead

er

and

take t

heir le

ad

ers

hip

to t

he n

ext

leve

l.

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Fello

ws P

rog

ram

Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

11

Facu

lty

For

more

than 1

5 y

ears

, a s

tand

-out

featu

re

of A

NZ

SO

G p

rogra

ms h

as b

een t

he q

ualit

y of

teachin

g. The E

FP

brings t

ogeth

er

a s

ele

ct

gro

up

of

inte

rnational a

cad

em

ics a

nd

pra

ctitioners

fro

m s

enio

r

ranks a

cro

ss t

he p

ub

lic, not-

for-

pro

"t a

nd

priva

te

secto

rs t

o d

rive

a d

ynam

ic foru

m in

whic

h t

o e

xp

lore

the la

test

ideas a

nd

thin

kin

g o

n le

ad

ers

hip

and

pub

lic

ad

min

istr

ation.

Our

faculty

inclu

des:

Pro

gra

m D

irec

tor

Ro

bin

Ryd

e

Bu

sin

ess a

uth

or, lead

ers

hip

an

d o

rgan

isati

on

al

develo

pm

en

t exp

ert

Rob

in R

yde, fo

rmer

CE

O o

f th

e N

ational S

chool o

f

Gove

rnm

ent,

UK

and

form

er

Eva

luation D

irecto

r w

ith

the U

K N

ational A

ud

it O

f"ce, w

as t

he y

oungest

pers

on

to d

irect

the U

K P

rim

e M

inis

ter’s #

agship

lead

ers

hip

deve

lop

ment

initia

tive

– t

he T

op

Manag

em

en

t

Pro

gra

mm

e. H

e h

as d

eliv

ere

d c

onsultancy

acro

ss

the c

om

merc

ial a

nd

pub

lic s

ecto

rs in

the U

K, th

e U

S,

Austr

alia

and

oth

er

terr

itories in

clu

din

g L

atin A

merica,

the M

idd

le E

ast

and

Easte

rn E

uro

pe. R

ob

in d

irects

the E

FP

and

during t

he p

rogra

m h

is t

eachin

g focus is

cente

red

on t

he t

hem

e o

f le

ad

ers

hip

of self.

Co

re f

acu

lty

Seve

n c

ore

pre

sente

rs e

xp

lore

the o

vera

rchin

g

them

es o

f th

e E

FP

acro

ss m

ultip

le s

essio

ns, ensuring

a c

om

pre

hensiv

e fra

mew

ork

for

exam

inin

g p

ub

lic

secto

r le

ad

ers

hip

.

Pro

fesso

r K

eit

h G

rin

t

Pro

fesso

r o

f P

ub

lic L

ead

ers

hip

Warw

ick U

niv

ers

ity,

UK

Keith h

as h

eld

Chairs a

t C

ran"e

ld U

niv

ers

ity

and

Lancaste

r U

niv

ers

ity

and

was D

irecto

r of th

e

Lancaste

r Lead

ers

hip

Centr

e. H

e s

pent

twelv

e y

ears

at

Oxfo

rd U

niv

ers

ity

and

was D

irecto

r of R

esearc

h

at

the S

aïd

Busin

ess S

chool.

Keith s

pent

ten y

ears

in in

dustr

y b

efo

re t

urn

ing t

o a

cad

em

ia. D

uring t

he

EFP

he focuses o

n w

icked

pro

ble

ms a

nd

com

ple

x

solu

tions, th

e c

ap

ab

ilities n

eed

ed

to d

eliv

er, a

nd

the

link b

etw

een le

ad

ers

hip

and

language.

Pro

fesso

r H

erm

an

(D

utc

h) L

eo

nard

Pro

fesso

r o

f P

ub

lic M

an

ag

em

en

t

Jo

hn

F. K

en

ned

y S

ch

oo

l o

f G

overn

men

t,

Harv

ard

Un

ivers

ity,

US

A

Dutc

h t

eaches le

ad

ers

hip

, org

anis

ational s

trate

gy

and

"nancia

l managem

ent

for

pub

lic s

ecto

r and

non-

pro

"t o

rganis

ations. H

e t

akes E

FP

part

icip

ants

on

a le

ad

ers

hip

journ

ey

usin

g p

ow

erf

ul c

ase s

tud

ies t

o

exam

ine t

he a

ttrib

ute

s o

f le

ad

ers

and

how

they

can

in#u

ence o

thers

.

Asso

cia

te P

rofe

sso

r D

on

ald

Lo

w

Asso

cia

te D

ean

, R

esearc

h a

nd

Execu

tive

Ed

ucati

on

Lee K

uan

Yew

Sch

oo

l o

f P

ub

lic P

olicy,

Sin

gap

ore

Donald

’s r

esearc

h focus is

on e

conom

ics in

pub

lic

polic

y, in

eq

ualit

y and

socia

l sp

end

ing, b

ehavi

oura

l

econom

ics, p

ub

lic "

nance, org

anis

ational c

hange, and

gove

rnance a

nd

polit

ics in

Sin

gap

ore

. H

e h

as h

eld

various s

enio

r p

ositio

ns in

the S

ingap

ore

gove

rnm

ent,

inclu

din

g t

he d

irecto

r of "s

cal p

olic

y at

the M

inis

try

of

Fin

ance a

nd

the d

irecto

r of th

e S

trate

gic

Polic

y O

f"ce

at

the P

ub

lic S

erv

ice D

ivis

ion. H

e a

lso e

sta

blis

hed

the C

entr

e for

Pub

lic E

conom

ics a

t th

e C

ivil

Serv

ice

Colle

ge o

f S

ingap

ore

to a

dva

nce e

conom

ic li

tera

cy

in

the S

ingap

ore

gove

rnm

ent.

It’s

very

pra

ctical a

nd

will b

e v

ery

usefu

l to m

anage

the o

rganis

ation I’m

curr

ently

invo

lved

with a

s w

ell

as a

nyw

here

els

e in

the p

ub

lic s

erv

ice t

hat

I w

ork

with.

Am

it C

han

an

Directo

r, C

ity

Pro

jects

and

Pro

pert

y,

City

of S

ydney,

NS

W

Pro

fesso

r M

ark

Mo

ore

Jo

hn

F. K

en

ned

y S

ch

oo

l o

f G

overn

men

t,

Harv

ard

Un

ivers

ity,

US

A

Renow

ned

for

his

schola

rship

aro

und

‘p

ub

lic v

alu

e’,

Mark

focuses o

n t

he w

ays

in w

hic

h le

ad

ers

of p

ub

lic

org

anis

ations c

an e

ngage c

om

munitie

s in

sup

port

ing

and

legitim

isin

g t

heir w

ork

and

in t

he r

ole

that

valu

e c

om

mitm

ents

pla

y in

enab

ling p

ub

lic s

ecto

r

ente

rprises. M

ark

sets

the c

onte

xt

of th

e E

FP

by

intr

od

ucin

g c

oncep

ts a

nd

fra

mew

ork

s t

hat

are

inte

gra

l

to d

eliv

ering p

ub

lic v

alu

e.

Pau

l P

ort

eo

us

Dir

ecto

r o

f L

ead

ers

hip

an

d In

tern

ati

on

al

Develo

pm

en

t,

Insti

tute

fo

r G

overn

an

ce a

nd

Po

licy A

naly

sis

,

Un

ivers

ity o

f C

an

berr

a, an

d E

xecu

tive D

irecto

r o

f

the C

en

tre f

or

So

cia

l L

ead

ers

hip

, C

an

berr

a

Paul’s

exte

nsiv

e le

ad

ers

hip

exp

erience in

clu

des

work

as a

senio

r d

iplo

mat

and

inte

rnational l

aw

yer,

rep

resenta

tive

to n

um

ero

us in

tern

ational o

rganis

ations

inclu

din

g t

he U

nited

Nations a

nd

Inte

rnational C

ourt

of Justice, and

as a

consultant

in t

he U

nited

Sta

tes,

Sin

gap

ore

, C

hin

a, th

e M

idd

le E

ast,

Euro

pe a

nd

Afr

ica.

He h

as b

een b

oth

Vis

itin

g F

aculty

at

Harv

ard

Kenned

y

School a

nd

a F

ello

w a

t H

arv

ard

’s C

ente

r fo

r P

ub

lic

Lead

ers

hip

. P

aul’s

sp

eci"

c focus is

on le

ad

ers

hip

,

auth

ority

and

ad

ap

tive

change.

Asso

cia

te P

rofe

sso

r K

en

neth

Pau

l Tan

Vic

e D

ean

, A

ca

dem

ic A

ffair

s

Lee K

uan

Yew

Sch

oo

l o

f P

ub

lic P

olicy,

Sin

gap

ore

Kenneth

has a

PhD

fro

m C

am

brid

ge U

niv

ers

ity.

He

has h

eld

vis

itin

g fello

wship

s a

t th

e A

ustr

alia

n N

ational

Univ

ers

ity,

Georg

eto

wn U

niv

ers

ity

and

Harv

ard

Univ

ers

ity.

He h

as w

ritt

en w

idely

on t

op

ics in

clu

din

g

the p

rincip

les o

f p

ub

lic p

olic

y and

ad

min

istr

ation,

Asia

n c

reative

citie

s a

nd

the c

ulture

ind

ustr

y, n

ation

bra

nd

ing, soft p

ow

er, a

nd

nation b

uild

ing a

nd

polit

ics,

socie

ty, and

culture

in S

ingap

ore

.

Kenneth

is a

mem

ber

of th

e A

rts A

dvi

sory

Panel

of th

e N

ational A

rts C

ouncil

(Sin

gap

ore

) and

he

is t

he found

ing c

hair o

f th

e A

sia

n F

ilm A

rchiv

e’s

board

of d

irecto

rs. H

e s

erv

ed

on t

he c

om

mitte

e o

f

Our

Sin

gap

ore

Conve

rsation, a y

ear-

long n

ational

pub

lic e

ngagem

ent

exerc

ise. K

enneth

’s focus w

ill

be o

n S

ingap

ore

’s li

bera

lisation a

nd

dem

ocra

tisation

agend

a.

Pete

r T

ho

mp

so

n

Dir

ecto

r, C

en

tre f

or

Lead

ers

hip

A le

ad

ing c

om

munic

ations c

onsultant

and

auth

or,

Pete

r has t

aught

com

munic

ation in

the M

aste

r of

Busin

ess A

dm

inis

tration a

nd

executive

pro

gra

ms a

t

the A

ustr

alia

n G

rad

uate

School o

f M

anagem

ent.

He

als

o a

dvi

ses g

ove

rnm

ents

and

non-g

ove

rnm

enta

l

org

anis

ations o

n c

om

munic

ation s

trate

gy.

Pete

r’s

exp

ert

ise in

the c

om

munic

ation "

eld

giv

es p

art

icip

ants

an ‘in

sid

e’ vi

ew

of th

e m

ed

ia a

nd

managin

g p

ub

lic

com

munic

ations.

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Fello

ws P

rog

ram

Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

13

These a

re ju

st

som

e o

f th

e e

xp

ert

s w

ho h

ave

pre

sente

d t

o o

ur

pro

gra

m in

pre

vious y

ears

:

Jen

nifer

Westa

co

tt,

Chie

f E

xecutive

, B

usin

ess

Council

of A

ustr

alia

, p

rovi

ded

part

icip

ants

with

insig

hts

into

altern

ative

mod

els

of p

ub

lic s

erv

ice

deliv

ery

.

Ph

ilip

On

g,

Senio

r D

irecto

r fo

r S

trate

gic

Pla

nnin

g

and

the O

f"ce for

Citiz

en E

ngagem

ent

(OC

E), M

inis

try

of C

ulture

, C

om

munity

and

Youth

, S

ingap

ore

,

Pro

fesso

r D

an

ny Q

uah

, Li K

a S

hin

g P

rofe

ssor

of

Econom

ics a

t th

e L

ee K

uan Y

ew

School o

f P

ub

lic

Polic

y, S

ingap

ore

and

Man

u B

haskara

n, A

dju

nct

Senio

r R

esearc

h F

ello

w, In

stitu

te o

f P

olic

y S

tud

ies,

Lee K

uan Y

ew

School o

f P

ub

lic P

olic

y, S

ingap

ore

,

pro

vid

ed

inva

luab

le r

egio

nal i

nsig

hts

to t

he S

ingap

ore

imm

ers

ive le

arn

ing s

ection o

f th

e p

rogra

m.

Pro

fesso

r K

ish

ore

Mah

bu

ban

i, D

ean a

nd

Pro

fessor

in t

he P

ractice o

f P

ub

lic P

olic

y, L

ee K

uan Y

ew

School

of P

ub

lic P

olic

y, p

rovi

ded

engagin

g a

nd

thought-

pro

vokin

g in

sig

hts

and

cla

rity

aro

und

op

port

unitie

s for

regio

nal e

ngagem

ent

as h

e d

iscussed

the c

hange a

nd

continuity

of A

SE

AN

.

Part

icip

ants

ob

serv

ed

a p

anel d

iscussio

n facilita

ted

by

Ad

jun

ct

Pro

fesso

r V

irg

inia

Hau

sseg

ger

AM

, In

stitu

te for

Gove

rnance a

nd

Polic

y A

naly

sis

,

Univ

ers

ity

of C

anb

err

a, w

ith p

anel m

em

bers

Mic

helle

Gra

ttan

AO

, C

hie

f P

olit

ical C

orr

esp

ond

ent,

The

Conve

rsation a

nd

Pro

fessorial F

ello

w, U

niv

ers

ity

of

Canb

err

a,

Ted

Baillieu

, fo

rmer

Pre

mie

r of V

icto

ria,

and

Dam

e K

are

n S

ew

ell D

NZ

M Q

SO

, fo

rmer

Secre

tary

for

Ed

ucation a

nd

Chie

f E

xecutive

of th

e

Min

istr

y of E

ducation, N

ew

Zeala

nd

, as t

hey

pro

vid

ed

a v

ariety

of p

ers

pective

s a

nd

insig

hts

deb

ating

polit

ics, th

e m

ed

ia a

nd

pub

lic m

anagem

ent.

Dr

Jo

n J

oh

an

sso

n,

Senio

r Lectu

rer, S

chool o

f

His

tory

, P

hilo

sop

hy,

Polit

ical S

cie

nce &

Inte

rnational

Rela

tions, V

icto

ria U

niv

ers

ity

Wellingto

n, N

ew

Zeala

nd

,

led

part

icip

ants

in a

n a

naly

tical d

iscussio

n o

f th

e

outc

om

e o

f th

e U

S p

resid

ential e

lection (announced

earlie

r th

at

day)

and

the w

orld

’s r

eaction t

o t

he r

esult.

Asso

cia

te P

rofe

sso

r M

ere

Berr

ym

an

, B

uild

ing

on S

uccess, Faculty

of E

ducation, The U

niv

ers

ity

of W

aik

ato

, H

am

ilton N

ew

Zeala

nd

, p

rovi

ded

a

stim

ula

ting a

ccount

of le

ad

ers

hip

and

the e

ducation o

f

Maori Iw

is.

Sam

Jo

hn

so

n, S

ocia

l entr

ep

reneur

and

Ad

junct

Fello

w a

t th

e S

chool o

f E

ducation a

nd

Lead

ers

hip

,

Univ

ers

ity

of C

ante

rbury

, N

ew

Zeala

nd

, share

d h

is

insp

irational j

ourn

ey

of colla

bora

tion a

nd

drive

during

the d

ays

follo

win

g t

he 2

011 C

hristc

hurc

h e

art

hq

uake,

and

how

he u

sed

socia

l med

ia t

o b

ring t

ogeth

er

like-

min

ded

youth

to h

elp

their c

om

munity

in c

risis

.

Exec

uti

ve F

ello

ws

Pro

gra

m

Pre

vio

us

pre

sen

ters

They

were

read

y to

inclu

de a

rep

resenta

tive

from

the n

ot-

for-

pro

"t s

ecto

r in

their g

roup

and

that’s

how

I g

ot

to b

e

inte

gra

ted

. It’s

a fanta

stic c

ours

e; ve

ry

com

pre

ssed

for

thre

e w

eeks a

nd

ad

dre

sses

a lo

t of th

e q

uestions w

e h

ave

ab

out

how

to

be d

iffere

nt

lead

ers

in t

his

envi

ronm

ent

that

is

changin

g a

ll th

e t

ime.

Ch

risto

ph

Su

tter

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Red

Cro

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donesia

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Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

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Executive

Fello

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ram

15

The E

xecutive

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rogra

m 2

016 in

clu

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a w

ide r

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art

icip

ants

fro

m p

ort

folio

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nd

dep

art

ments

acro

ss a

variety

of le

vels

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rnm

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16

Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

17

Life

lon

g le

arn

ing

EFP

alu

mn

iTo

becom

e a

n a

lum

ni m

em

ber

of th

e A

NZ

SO

G E

xecutive

Fello

ws P

rogra

m is

alm

ost

to jo

in a

n e

xclu

siv

e

clu

b w

ithin

the t

op

ranks o

f th

e p

ub

lic s

erv

ice le

ad

ers

hip

. E

xecutive

s w

ho h

ave

com

ple

ted

the p

rogra

m h

ave

recounte

d h

ow

they

built

rela

tionship

s w

ith p

eers

in t

he p

rogra

m w

ho h

ad

new

ways

of ap

pro

achin

g is

sues, or

fresh id

eas for

sp

eci"

c c

halle

nges. Those c

ross-jurisd

ictional a

nd

inte

r-d

ep

art

menta

l connections r

em

ain

so t

hat

the a

lum

ni m

em

bers

have

a r

ange o

f conta

cts

fro

m w

ithin

the p

rogra

m t

o c

all,

ask a

dvi

ce o

r gra

b a

coffee w

ith

to q

uie

tly

dis

cuss is

sues a

s t

hey

arise.

While

up

to 7

0 e

xecutive

s m

ay

join

the p

rogra

m e

ach y

ear, t

he p

rogra

m is

desig

ned

to b

reak t

he c

ohort

into

gro

up

s o

f 35, or

12 o

r six

or

eve

n in

to p

airs o

ccasio

nally

. The r

esult is

intim

ate

, hig

hly

deta

iled

conve

rsations

and

the b

uild

ing o

f tr

ust

in t

his

new

, unexp

ecte

d n

etw

ork

of exp

erienced

, senio

r th

inkers

who e

mp

ath

ise w

ith

the c

halle

nges e

ach c

ohort

mem

ber

may

be facin

g, eve

n if

in a

n e

ntire

ly d

iffere

nt

are

a o

f gove

rnm

ent

or

pub

lic

serv

ice.

Pro

gra

m d

irecto

r R

ob

in R

yde s

aid

the le

vel o

f tr

ust

and

the d

ep

th o

f d

iscussio

n a

chie

ved

within

the E

FP

is n

ot

found

anyw

here

els

e, and

this

is a

tangib

le a

sset

that

alu

mni m

em

bers

take b

ack in

to t

heir w

ork

life

.

As o

f June 2

016, our

alu

mni c

om

munity

tota

lled

3463 p

eop

le, w

ork

ing a

cro

ss 2

2 c

ountr

ies.

Sta

yin

g c

on

nec

ted

AN

ZS

OG

offers

alu

mni e

vents

for

executive

s w

ho h

ave

com

ple

ted

the E

FP, so t

here

is a

more

form

al,

ongoin

g

bene"t

as w

ell.

There

are

a n

um

ber

of active

jurisd

ictional c

hap

ters

, re

gula

rly

pro

vid

ing t

ailo

red

pro

fessio

nal

deve

lop

ment

and

netw

ork

ing o

pp

ort

unitie

s, w

hile

alu

mni e

vents

host

visitin

g a

cad

em

ics o

r exp

ert

s a

nd

allo

w

alu

mni m

em

bers

a c

hance t

o b

uild

on t

heir k

now

led

ge a

nd

catc

h u

p.

A c

ore

ele

ment

of th

e E

FP

is a

n e

xclu

siv

e R

efresher

eve

nt

for

alu

mni,

whic

h is

run a

nnually

and

focussed

on

refreshin

g a

nd

exte

nd

ing le

arn

ing, d

eep

enin

g n

etw

ork

s, and

help

ing p

art

icip

ants

ove

rcom

e o

bsta

cle

s in

the

ap

plic

ation o

f le

arn

ing.

It’s

the n

etw

ork

you

gain

, th

e a

bility

to r

each o

ut

to t

he p

eop

le t

hat

you’v

e w

ork

ed

clo

sely

with o

ver

the t

hre

e w

eeks.

You’v

e b

ecom

e q

uite c

lose, so y

ou

alw

ays

want

a p

rofe

ssio

nal n

etw

ork

, yo

u

want

som

eone y

ou c

an s

hare

a p

rob

lem

with. That’s

the r

eal p

lus a

bout

this

cours

e.

Pete

r K

elly

Chie

f of A

rmy,

New

Zeala

nd

Defe

nce F

orc

e

I th

ink t

he c

onnections

have

just

been r

eally

imp

ort

ant;

hearing a

bout

diff

ere

nt

secto

rs,

talk

ing a

bout

the w

ays

that

the

gove

rnm

ent

work

s in

diff

ere

nt

sta

tes h

ere

in A

ustr

alia

, sharing o

ur

exp

eriences fro

m

New

Zeala

nd

. I’ve

mad

e s

om

e r

eally

str

ong

conta

cts

here

and

I t

hin

k w

e’ll

all

be k

eep

ing

in t

ouch.

Rach

el L

eo

ta

Dep

uty

National C

om

mis

sio

ner,

Dep

art

ment

of C

orr

ections, N

Z

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Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

Executive

Fello

ws P

rog

ram

19

Ap

pli

cati

on

s

EFP

ap

plic

ations a

re c

oord

inate

d d

iffere

ntly

acro

ss

jurisd

ictions. For

furt

her

info

rmation o

n h

ow

to a

pp

ly,

ple

ase c

onta

ct

us o

r vi

sit t

he A

NZ

SO

G w

eb

site (w

ww

.

anzs

og.e

du.a

u).

The s

ponsoring g

ove

rnm

ent

or

agency

pays

the

pro

gra

m fee, w

hic

h in

clu

des:

Tu

itio

n fee

P

rogra

m m

ate

rials

A

ccom

mod

ation

Flig

hts

to a

nd

fro

m S

ingap

ore

S

ingap

ore

tra

nsfe

rs, and

M

ost

meals

.

Wh

o s

ho

uld

att

end

?The E

FP

is d

esig

ned

sp

eci"

cally

for

D

ep

uty

Secre

taries

E

xecutive

s w

ho r

ep

ort

to D

ep

uty

Secre

taries o

r at

the t

wo le

vels

belo

w C

EO

In

tern

ational e

quiv

ale

nt

leve

ls

O

ther

exp

erienced

, hig

h p

erf

orm

ing s

enio

r

executive

s.

All

part

icip

ants

are

sele

cte

d a

nd

sp

onsore

d b

y th

eir

agency.

We w

elc

om

e a

pp

lications fro

m s

enio

r executive

s fro

m

the n

ot-

for-

pro

"t s

ecto

r.

For

ad

vice o

n s

uitab

ility

, p

lease c

onta

ct

AN

ZS

OG

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d o

ut

mo

re –

sp

eak

wit

h

alu

mn

iA

NZ

SO

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esearc

h h

as s

how

n t

hat

one o

f th

e k

ey

reasons e

xecutive

s a

pp

ly for

the E

FP

is b

ecause o

f

the e

nth

usia

stic e

nd

ors

em

ent

of p

eers

who h

ave

alread

y com

ple

ted

the p

rogra

m.

We h

ave

alu

mni b

ased

acro

ss A

ustr

alia

and

New

Zeala

nd

who c

an p

rovi

de a

n in

sid

er’s p

ers

pective

of

what

it is

like t

o p

art

icip

ate

in t

he E

FP. If y

ou w

ould

like

to d

iscuss t

heir e

xp

erience, p

lease c

onta

ct

AN

ZS

OG

and

we w

ill a

rrange a

n in

trod

uction.

Furt

her

info

rma

tio

nTo

learn

more

or

to a

pp

ly, p

lease c

onta

ct

AN

ZS

OG

’s

Pro

gra

ms T

eam

:

T: +

61 3

83441990

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gra

ms_te

am

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og.e

du.a

u

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visit o

ur

web

site:

an

zso

g.e

du

.au

/efp

Deve

lop

ing s

trate

gic

lead

ers

hip

skills in

pub

lic s

ecto

r

managers

req

uires a

diff

ere

nt

ed

ucational f

ram

ew

ork

to t

hose a

pp

lyin

g t

o p

riva

te s

ecto

r m

anagers

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hile

busin

ess s

chools

teach h

ow

to c

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hold

er

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NZ

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sio

n is

to h

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ecto

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ad

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a t

horo

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round

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in t

he t

heory

and

pra

ctice o

f p

ub

lic a

dm

inis

tration.

This

accre

dited

pro

gra

m is

deliv

ere

d t

o h

ighly

com

mitte

d p

ub

lic s

ecto

r m

anagers

fro

m a

cro

ss

Austr

alia

n a

nd

New

Zeala

nd

gove

rnm

ents

.

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ard

s St

rate

gic

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der

ship

(T

SL)

TS

L is

sp

eci"

cally

desig

ned

for

peop

le m

ovi

ng fro

m a

n

op

era

tional r

ole

to a

str

ate

gic

lead

ers

hip

role

, and

for

those facin

g s

enio

r executive

resp

onsib

ilities for

the

"rst

tim

e. A

t th

is le

vel,

thin

kin

g a

nd

acting s

trate

gic

ally

becom

e c

entr

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rna

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part

ners

hip

with

fore

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tent

with t

he fore

ign p

olic

y ob

jective

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f th

e

gove

rnm

ents

of A

ustr

alia

and

New

Zeala

nd

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pro

gra

ms c

reate

valu

ab

le p

eer-

to-p

eer

netw

ork

s

and

institu

tional l

inkages, and

contr

ibute

to o

ngoin

g

engagem

ent

with e

ach c

ountr

y.

CEO

s Fo

rum

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EO

s F

oru

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rings s

enio

r gove

rnm

ent

lead

ers

in N

ew

Zeala

nd

and

Austr

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togeth

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to r

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on

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nges in

their w

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with t

he a

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f im

pro

ving

pra

ctices a

nd

perf

orm

ance. The p

rogra

m c

entr

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n

str

ate

gic

managem

ent

techniq

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nd

how

to a

pp

ly

these in

the w

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of gove

rnm

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du

cati

on

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ecia

lised

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work

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ned

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the p

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eed

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f m

idd

le t

o

senio

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ub

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range o

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sp

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risd

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on r

eq

uest.

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pli

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ently

op

era

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nd

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sm

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ork

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port

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s t

hat

bring c

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ngin

g a

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fre

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olic

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rgest

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managem

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pra

ctitioners

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alia

, N

ew

Zeala

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ove

rseas t

o a

dd

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sues o

f im

port

ance t

o m

em

ber

gove

rnm

ents

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he a

reas o

f p

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lic a

dm

inis

tration,

polic

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eve

lop

ment

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ce.

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