An event for Chief Executives: The latest case studies from local authorities across the range of integrated planning models and interactive workshops.
- 19 Nov 2018
- 09:00 - 16:30
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- Mercure Wellington Abel Tasman (Willis Street), Wellington, New Zealand
- 550.00 (plus GST) Members
- 650.00 (plus GST) Non Members
About this event
Effective working relationships are the basis of effective local governance and lead to successful political and managerial careers. Yet, the most important, that between the Mayor and Chief Executive, is one of the least understood. This one-day workshop for Chief Executives reveals the management choices CEs, senior managers - and those aspiring to a senior management career in New Zealand Local Government – have working at “the apex” in political-management organisations. It outlines how to develop and negotiate effective strategies for success in a political-management career.
Who Should Attend:
This programme is for Chief Executive Officers from all councils and will give participants an insight into:
- What makes for an effective working relationship between the CE and the Mayor. Using excerpts of video conversations between CEOs and Mayors in Australian Local Government we see how successful and effective pairs develop their working relationship. These videos were taken as part of executive development programs for LG Professionals, Taituarā’s sister organisation.
- What ‘political acumen’ looks like in different circumstances and contexts. Taking local government “Critical incidents” different approaches will be examined, to decide what approaches to take
- How to respond to the unexpected and to negotiate effective political-management working relationships.
Programme Overview
On completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Differentiate between Government, Governance and Governing
- Appreciate the overlapping spaces – political, management, professional
- Develop insight into the world of the elected members: reading their political environment
- Experience ‘Leadership at the Apex’ – the overlapping roles of officers and elected members
- Learn how to ‘read the political environment’
- Appreciate the choices we make in ‘carrying out our role’
- Experience political acumen using the assessment model: ‘owl, fox, donkey, sheep’
- Recognise ‘critical incidents’ (through political management case studies)
- Develop personal strategies for negotiating the political management overlap
Programme Leader
The programme is facilitated by Dr John Martin, Fellow LGMA (Qld), Emeritus Professor from Latrobe University and Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra. John has over 35 years of experience working with senior managers and elected members in local government across all Australian states, New Zealand, and internationally for the World Bank, The Asian Development Bank, UNDP and AusAID.