IPAA Queensland offers high-quality executive professional development in the form of Masterclasses.

Designed with Public Sector Executives and Senior Executives in mind, our Masterclass Series offers in-depth insights into current issues facing the public sector in a high-level, small peer group setting.

Presented by highly regarded Learning and Development facilitators who have significant public sector experience and apply the latest industry knowledge to their material, Masterclasses are short, sharp half-day or full day workshops, ensuring you get the most out of your time away from the office.

OUR MASTERCLASSES:

Leading Bold Change
Based on John P Kotter’s pioneering work, this full-day Masterclass will teach you how to apply Kotter’s 8-Step Process read more...

Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Antarctic Explorer
Ernest Shackleton led twenty-seven men through a harrowing fight for their lives after the wreck of their Antarctic vessel, left them stranded on an ice floe twelve hundred miles from civilization. Every man survived and ascribed it to Shackleton's superb leadership read more...

Organisation Design
Organisations today operate in a complex, dynamic and changing environment. To be successful, organisations must adapt as the environment changes read more...

Lawful Decision Making: Walking the Burning Bridge
Sometimes you don’t know what you should know until it is too late. This makes it imperative to have a lawfully sound and fair process read more...

Project Delivery
While there has been a lot of attention given to core project management skills, the role of the accountable business owners read more...

Presenting with Power, Presence and Persuasion
In an age of consensus and collaboration, command and control are out, Influence and persuasion are in. read more...

Performance Management for the Public Sector Executive
We all know that one of the most difficult challenges for any senior manager is to balance the competing requirements, read more...

Organisational Risk Leadership Series
This Masterclass is a series of 3 workshops.

• The Fundamentals
  Day 1 of a unique three day series uses systems thinking as a basis for a powerful new approach to risk management. read more...
• Systemic Risk Analysis
  Systemic Risk Analysis builds upon Day 1, to consider multiple organisational risks together as a single whole system read more...
• Systemic Risk Management
  This is Day 3 of a unique three day series that uses systems thinking as a basis for a powerful new approach to risk management. read more...

COMING SOON:

Strategic Workforce Planning
Many organisations collect workforce data; far fewer possess the engine and expertise to turn that data into useful and actionable intelligence that can drive strategic decisions.

Leadership Challenges in the Public Sector - Talent Retention
Workplace climate is one of the key factors in talent loss – maintaining a positive workplace climate is a key responsibility and directly impacted by your leadership style. Don’t leave this discussion to your HR team – know what questions to ask and when.