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Drive Your Career

Drive Your Career
Start Date: Thursday 3 September 2020 (12 week program)

Commencement webinar: 12.00PM - 1.00PM

Location: Online

Members / Non-Members: $930.00 (incl. GST)



This program is also available for in-house delivery. For more information please contact the Learning team on 02 8066 1900 or email [email protected] for a quote.

 

Course Overview


This 12-week mentor course is for high potential men and women in the public service to accelerate their career development. It is suited to individuals performing well in their current role, who are ready to take on a position of greater responsibility, and are motivated to develop their leadership capabilities. The course combines self-directed and peer-guided learning approaches in both an online and offline setting. It includes weekly video tutorials and workbooks, live webinars, power coaching and collaborative peer coaching sessions, mentor circles, networking opportunities, as well as a vast range of high-quality resources to maximise the course experience

 

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Learning Outcomes


  • Establish career clarity and direction. 
  • Create powerful mentoring relationships. 
  • Build a personal brand. 
  • Communicate with confidence.
  • Develop strategies and skills to sustain high performance and life balance. 

Benefits to the organisation


  • Be more effective, engaged and focused in their role and work environment. 
  • Become more proactive in seeking mentors, without HR having to construct a formal mentoring process.
  • Understand the value of networking and inter-agency connections. 


Benefits to you


  • Take ownership of your own development, career paths and direction. 
  • Have clarity about what you want in context of future career plans and have developed a clear roadmap towards achieving those goals. 
  • Understand communication preferences and the importance of clear expectations on outcomes. 

Program Overview


Video Tutorial
Commencing Monday 7 September

  • Week 1 Career Clarity - Understanding what’s important to you in context of career & life
  • Week 2 Career passion & purpose. Building a career plan for progression
  • Week 3 Setting goals for your work & life that drive you toward success
  • Week 4 The value of mentoring to your career – How to select and create a powerful mentor relationship
  • Week 5 Personal branding in the digital age – positioning yourself with clarity & confidence
  • Week 6 Mindset matters – the impact of mindset on performance and strategies to stay at the top of your game
  • Week 7 Break
  • Week 8 Managing expectations – the importance of communication and clear expectations with stakeholders
  • Week 9 Boundaries to navigate success – how to get clear about the ‘not negotiables’ in your life and say ‘no’ with confidence
  • Week 10 Communication mismatch – understand the differences in people’s communication preferences and tailor your approach for more success
  • Week 11 Feedback drives performance – a simple feedback framework that will help you communicate with any stakeholder
  • Week 12 Conflict management – navigating the conflict pathway with ease
  • Week 13 High performance requires focus and flow – Strategies to work smarter (not harder)

Power Coaching
Held twice a week for the period of the program

  • Monday 12.00pm – 2.00pm
  • Friday 12.00pm – 1.30pm

Live Webinars
NB Sessions are recorded

  • Webinar # 1 3 September, 12.00pm | Getting Set Up – Program overview and Goal Setting
  • Webinar # 2 13 September, 12.00pm | 3 Steps to Career Clarity – What do you like, What are you good at & What is important to you?
  • Webinar # 3 8 October, 12.00pm | Build Your Brand , Raise Your Profile – Strategies to articulate and communicate your personal brand.
  • Webinar # 4 12 November, 12.00pm | Confidence is Crucial - We review some of the challenges when it comes to executing with confidence in the workplace.

Peer Coaching
Dates Guidance Only

  • Peer Coaching Session # 1 Week Commencing 21 September 
  • Peer Coaching Session # 2 Week Commencing 26 October
  • Peer Coaching Session # 3 Week Commencing 16 November

Mentor Circles
Dates Guidance Only

  • Mentor Circle # 1 Week Commencing 28 September
  • Mentor Circle # 2 Week Commencing 2 November
  • Mentor Circle # 3 Week Commencing 23 November



Enquiries: For more information on our courses and programs, please contact the IPAA NSW Learning Team on 02 8066 1900 or email [email protected].
When
3/09/2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
AUS Eastern Standard Time
Where
Online NSW AUSTRALIA
Online registration not available.
Terms and Conditions
Payments

Payment is required prior to attending the event or course. Please contact an IPAA NSW staff member if an exception is required.

Payments - Online Events

If you have an outstanding invoice for the event, you will not receive a link to the live event. 

Online Events

Only people registered to the event can access the content. Do not share login details with people who have not registered to the event

Cancellation policy - Events
  • Cancellation must be in writing and confirmed by an IPAA NSW staff member
  • Cancellation received more than 10 business days prior to the event – no penalty will be incurred
  • Cancellation received within 6-10 business days of the event – 50% of the fee is payable
  • Cancellation received less than 6 business days prior to the event – 100% of the fee is payable
  • No show – 100% of the fee is payable
  • Registrations received less than 6 business days prior to the event are non-refundable.
Cancellation policy - Scheduled Courses
  • Cancellation must be in writing and confirmed by an IPAA NSW staff member
  • Cancellation received more than 10 business days prior to the start date – no penalty will be incurred
  • Cancellation received within 6-10 business days of the start date – 50% of the fee is payable
  • Cancellation received less than 6 business days prior to the start date – 100% of the fee is payable
  • No show – 100% of the fee is payable
  • Registrations received less than 6 business days prior to the start date are non-refundable.
Cancellation policy - Self-paced Courses
  • Cancellations are not permitted.

Note: If you do not cancel and do not attend and event or course, 100% of the fee must be paid.

Transfer policy - Events
  • All requests for transfers must be in writing
  • Substitute nominees may attend in your place where deemed appropriate; however, if a member wishes to substitute a non-member in their place the full fee will be payable.
Transfer policy - Scheduled Courses
  • All requests for transfers must be in writing
  • Your course registration can be transferred to another course without penalty if requested more than 10 business days prior to the course start date. Otherwise, the above cancellation policy applies. Transfers can only be requested when the course fee has been paid in full.
  • Transferring your registration to another person can be done at any time without penalty if nominee details are provided within a minimum of 2 business days prior to the course start date. Transferring from a member to a non-member will result in a fee increase in line with the non-member course fee.
Transfer policy - Self-paced Courses 
  • Transfers to another course are not allowed for self-paced courses.
We may in our discretion waive cancellation charges in exceptional circumstances, but we will not waive cancellation charges on account of work commitments.

Program Changes

IPAA NSW reserves the right to change programs/speakers/venue, or to cancel programs if the enrolment criteria are not met or when conditions beyond our control prevail. All registrants will be notified in the event of cancellation and their registration fee will be refunded.

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