Events
The language of influence: how to engage and respond well in the moment
LDC Learning Lab
Date:
8:30–10:00am,
18 October 2016
Location:Auckland
Management in Action
Wellington programme: workshops and action learning
Date:
19 July–25 November 2016
Location:Wellington
Management in Action
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: workshops
Date:
27 July–29 September 2016
Location:Wellington
Leadership in Practice
Wellington programme residential
Date:
19–23 September 2016
Location:Wellington
Leadership in Practice
Auckland programme residential
Date:
10–14 October 2016
Location:Auckland
Management in Action
Wellington programme: workshops and action learning
Date:
19 October 2016–8 February 2017
Location:Wellington
Building Capable Managers
Central Agencies
Date:
10 February–28 October 2016
Location:Wellington
Building Capable Managers
Natural Resources Sector
Date:
8 April 2016–14 March 2017
Location:Wellington
News
I spend my work life helping leaders who are facing massive surges of complexity and trying to figur...
LDC congratulates the winners and finalists of the Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Excellence Awards 20...
We marked the achievements of senior leaders who graduated from LDC’s Leadership Development Program...
“May you live in interesting times.May you live in an interesting age.May you live in exciting times...
It is said that 9 out of 10 conversations miss the mark we talk over each other, past each other, ...
Congratulations, the SilverStripe blog module has been successfully installed. This blog entry can b...
As we run up to Leadership Week (1-8 July) Ive been thinking about leaders, past present and future...
You mightnt expect a senior manager at the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to ride around our c...
This is an area of much frustration for many of our clients. They feel that their people dont think...
How does Kiwi leadership practice take the lead? Whether its cross-sector or systems-leadership[1],...
LDC recently took part in a session at the Women in Public Sector Summit held in Wellington. LDC Ch...
You are invited to a very different type of leadership development experience The Digital Leadersh...
LDC has moved to new premises on Lambton Quay closer to the public sector hub. Weve been able to ...
LDC met recently with Suzanne Stew, Deputy Secretary Corporate at Ministry of Justice to talk abou...
Developing public sector leadership talent in Auckland and networks across New Zealand Chief executi...
Last year, Ben Fitchett completed a major piece of research that looked at collaborative leadership ...
These days we talk about the transitions of leadership from the specialist/contributor role to the...
A leader needs to create results that matter, and shape their organisation for the future. So, succe...
State Services Commissioner and LDC Board Chair Iain Rennie addressed the 2016 LDC Annual General Me...
David Downs, General Manager, Internal Partners, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) leads the d...
Michelle joined LDP Cohort 5 in June 2015. Our sessions are, among other things, a place for us all ...
Chief executives and the LDC board have prioritised their focus on developing public sector leadersh...
How do we collaborate to achieve results that meet the needs of New Zealanders, improve their well-b...
Why Napoleon? We all know that Napoleon had magnificent victories at Toulon, Rivoli (perhaps his gre...
Why not knowing is the key to the problem solving process Not knowing the answer to a challenging si...
We are pleased to announce our 2016 LDC Fellows: Duncan Reed, General Manager System Transformation...
LDC is pleased to announce Jana Newman, General Manager of Policy, Environment and Safety, Antarctic...
Todays New Zealand public sector leaders need to work collectively across boundaries to deliver sus...
Nominations for New Zealands longest-running and most prestigious public sector awards are now ope...
We are pleased to announce the January?July 2016 schedule for two of LDCs leading programmes. We re...
By Tim Roberts, LDC provider panel member Im fascinated by the addictions that show up in peoples ...
LDC 2016 Fellowships We are pleased to announce our 2016 LDC Fellows: Duncan Reed, General Manager...
Well here we are. The summer holidays and Christmas are almost upon us (unless you live in Wellingt...
Your addiction to tea or coffee isnt that bad, according to Tim Roberts, LDC provider panel member,...
There are many aspects of leadership that are challenging to the leader, but none more so than the f...
Im sure I wasnt alone as I nearly fell off my chair to hear Steve Hansen, All Blacks head coach, ...
John Ong, LDCs inaugural 2014 LiP scholarship recipient shared his reflections with us on being par...
LDCs Leadership Success Profile 360° assessment How well do you know your leadership strengths and ...
Auckland-based Caroline Butterworth, Principal Advisor, Governance Advisory Unit, Housing New Zealan...
Firstly, the data proves overwhelmingly that staff engagement predicts nearly every important busine...
If you consider any pressing challenge that leaders and organisations face today, the chances are th...
Ive just spent the past week meeting with a range of leaders to debrief their 360 degree feedback. ...
Revised Leadership Success Profile The revised Leadership Success Profile (LSP) defines good lead...
Last month, I attended an exciting experiential workshop in London entitled When Cultures Meet. It...
I recently wrote a chapter for a US leadership book about how New Zealand chief executives and leade...
I have been working inside organisations since the age of 15, with a few breaks here and there to st...
Deloitte Fujitsu Public Sector Excellence Awards 2015 LDC congratulates the joint winners and final...
Last month I ticked off a bucket list item. I was a student at Harvard University in Boston. I went ...
1. Respect the seasons There is a time to plant and a time to reap. If we try to harvest too early o...
In my final two weeks away, I spent time in London meeting with my counterpart, the legal advisor i...
Symposium, Law School, University of Birmingham Dr Stephen Vaughan, lecturer at the Birmingham Unive...
Leadership in Corporate Counsel It was a hectic but fascinating time at Harvard Law School. Twenty-t...
LDC Executive Coaching Panel member and qualified coach Paula Feathers recently facilitated an LDC c...
New Zealand Harkness Fellowships are for emerging New Zealand leaders in any field of study or vocat...
Although it is widely understood that leaders must have insight into themselves, the process of deve...
Imagine its 1995, and someone comes to you and says you need a website. You say why?. Now trilli...
The UK's Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood has called for higher public sector use of data to drive: ...
We talk about leveraging our strengths, being strengths-based organisations, and making sure theres...
The UK is ranked number one in the world for its open government data and is now driving hard to rea...
The UK public service is in the midst of a process of radical change, with data and technology at th...
The startup and entrepreneurial culture of Boston was the focus for my last two days in the US. This...
Civil society is a balancing force to government, in leading change. This is especially true in the ...
In the latest international Open Data Barometer New Zealand is ranked fourth in the world. The UK is...
Innovation and change leadership for data-driven initiatives LDC 2015 Fellow, Evelyn Wareham, Genera...
Digital transformation is happening, and the way customers interact with government is changing. W...
Today was a vivid combination of psychological, process and practical demonstrations of innovation a...
Who is more effective at leading a major change initiative: an outsider coming in with fresh ideas a...
Questioning our own confidence and intuition was the unifying theme for my two sessions at MIT Sloan...
My second day at MIT covered the new normal for organisations, related needs for leadership, and d...
MIT Day 1 My Fellowship is focused on how to leverage the power of data to enable economic growth an...
Why cant people see the future? Its so obvious that we need to change ? yet the people cant see ...
On our travels we've been inspired by the design we've seen around us ? in the street or in the vari...
Our main target for discussion in the OECD was the Directorate for Public Governance with a particul...
NESTA, a financially independent entity focusing on innovation, particularly in the public sector, h...
The day after election results that surprised everybody, we started the day with a colleague from th...
Discussions with the Head of the Policy Profession Support Unit (PPSU) Richard Banks and Helen Ander...
Along with a delegation of EU colleagues, we got to peek into the workings of two of the What Works ...
Many of us are avid readers of Institute for Government (IfG) reports so having the opportunity to...
We were privileged to be invited in to observe some of the inner workings of the unit. We were struc...
We rounded out our tour of the New York innovation 'system' with a meeting with three officials in t...
Whats hot? Making yourself a product in your own business ? if you are in the communications busin...
Chelsea Mauldin from the Public Policy Lab inspired us with her insight and deep commitment to the h...
We were warmly hosted at the New York City Mayor's Office in the Centre for Economic Opportunity led...
"Do ? learn? do" is the slogan of GovLab where we spent Monday, both in conversation with leaders an...
Steven May and Rosemary Hannah-Parr, Chief Executive, Leadership Development Centre Steven May, En...
Lis Cowey Sally Washington Joint LDC Fellowship winners Lis Cowey, Principal Adviso...
Our Assessment for Development and 360 degree survey analysis shows that a core strength of successf...
Date: Thursday, 7 May, 2015, 8.30am4.00pmFacilitator: Jane Treadwell, internationally recognised d...
Last days at Darden took us into the prototyping of our design and what Jeanne calls a 'learning lau...
Today we powered through a design methods exercise using a prepared brief, based on a multinational ...
Day 1 of the course was focused on "What is design thinking and why do we need it? Turns out that m...
We arrived today at the Darden Business School, University of Virginia, for the first step of our le...
What is mindfulness? It's not mind control, self-absorption or escapism. You don't imagine being som...
Dream Team 2015 The Sir Peter Blake Trust is inviting leaders to enter 300 schools during Leadership...
To support your talented women staff, tell them about the Ria McBride award, which is now open for 2...
According to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for Business Leade...
An LDC clinic summary Transformational change is not for the faint hearted its a huge process of ...
Its Sunday 15 March, 2:30pm. Wellington Harbour is like a millpond; there is not a breath of wind a...
According to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for Business Leade...
We think of this as the difference between managing the probable and leading the possible. Both are ...
Iain Rennie, LDC Board Chair, said that having the Minister of State Services speak at LDCs 11th An...
The Minister of State Services, Hon Paula Bennett, told chief executives at the LDC Boards Annual G...
Last week, I was invited, along with a number of others, to a lunch meeting to help out a colleague...
Responding to environmental volatility and uncertainty requires a degree of personal flexibility an...
One of the speaking engagements that I am often invited to deliver Ive called 'Culture change: Holy...
With the theme, Organization as Ecosystem, the Summit included a series of presentations that pair...
We are pleased to announce LDCs 2015 Fellows: Joint winners: Lis Cowey, Programme Director, Servic...
LDC drew the year to a close by celebrating the commitment of 23 senior leaders. Eighteen leaders gr...
Nominations for the Deloitte Fujitsu Public Sector Excellence Awards 2015 close on 2 March 2015. Th...
Humans live in groups, and there is always a status hierarchy in the group; being closer to the top ...
How do your stakeholders respond to your ideas, plans or suggestions? Do they actively engage with w...
In our cross-agency work and working across boundaries, having purposeful conversations is integral ...
Sessions with Emeritus Professor John Benington A strong customer focus, working collaboratively and...
John Nisbet, Regional Manager, Central South, Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu, The Correspondence School (T...
For leaders responsible for leading strategic and performance operations, evaluative thinking helps ...
Click here for the full job description. The Leadership Development Centre (LDC) is New Zealands ce...
To deliver better public services, the real-world customer experience must be always kept in mind. L...
LDC is pleased to be hosting intern Tina Schlick for 10 weeks while she visits New Zealand as part o...
Network leadership was the main topic in the recent, discussion-rich LDC Scholars Panel meeting. L...
Bryan Chapple, General Manager, Strategic Policy, Strategy and Governance, Ministry of Business, Inn...
On my final day in Chester, I met with staff from various agencies working on the Whole Place Commun...
Today I met the Chief Executive and other senior staff at the Chester and West Cheshire Council to f...
Leading from the Inside Out workshop Register now for this one-day workshop followed by two action l...
LDC has added three new books to our library for members to borrow: Leadership Agility by Bill Joine...
On Wednesday, I arrived in Manchester and met with staff from both the Network and the Greater Manch...
Today I met with the Director of the UK Public Service Transformation Network, Robert Pollock, and o...
On Monday I met with some economists from the UK Department of Education, who work in their strategi...
Leadership at the Peak, Colorado Springs I completed the Leadership at the Peak course in Colorado S...
LDC kicked off Sir Peter Blake Trust Leadership Week 2013 with a popular event focused on building g...
This new Ministry of Womens Affairs resource is a quick reference to abstracts that explain ways t...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide a great way for busy leaders to build their leadership d...
A big part of LDCs leadership development is our focus on individual development planning. This is ...
LDC has recently begun a series of CE lunches with participants in the Leadership Development Progra...
Building the R&D of Leadership was the theme of the recent International Leadership Association (ILA...
Leadership Development Centre (LDC) Chief Executive Rosemary Hannah-Parr undertook a study tour in t...
David Butler, former Commissioner and Chief Executive of Inland Revenue, presented at a recent LDC C...
LDC asked three senior women leaders: Maria McDonald, Director Electronic Monitoring Procurement and...
At last weeks LDC clinic (7 March) participants discovered that Paul Porteous has some great work s...
As part of our role in connecting the system of public sector leadership, LDC last month began a ser...
At a recent members clinic, 2013 LDC Fellow Carolyn Risk acknowledged that governance is hard and...
The Leadership Development Centre is pleased to announce that the 2014 LDC Fellowship applications w...
Sandy Graham, Group Manager Corporate Services, Dunedin City Council was one of 16 participants who ...
New research from the Corporate Executive Board The Corporate Executive Board (CEB) stresses the nee...
A one-day workshop followed by two action learning groups for LDC members Dates Workshop: Thursday, ...
Congratulations to the joint winners of the Improving Performance through Leadership Excellence 20...
The LDC Scholar Panel met recently to discuss the latest trends and topics in leadership development...
The Critical Moment Dialogue (CMD) gives busy leaders, who are often dealing with complexity and amb...
LDC is pleased to announce John Ong, from Creative New Zealand, as the successful applicant for its ...
The Chair of the Board of the Leadership Development Centre, Iain Rennie, is delighted to announce t...
The Dream Team leaders speaking to school students across New Zealand ? has become a firm fixtur...
Having left London, Craig and I have spent time with various organisations in Copenhagen and Brussel...
Yesterday we were in Denmark and today we have just finished up in Belgium. These are the birth plac...
In the National History Museum over the weekend, I came across this sign in a special exhibition cal...
David signed off Blog #4 mentioning the changing role of the CIO. How this is changing and what w...
Leaving the Oxford course, Craig and I have taken slightly separate tracks as we pursue learning fro...
After five weeks, the Fellowship is about to end and it will be back to Wellington, the family and w...
We've just finished day two of the integrative thinking and strategic change course. It's very diffe...
I finished my meetings in Ottawa and trained back ? finishing the Moretti book en route. There's sti...
I am now in Colorado Springs for a week. I'm taking the Leading Strategically course run by the Ce...
Wearing my All Black jacket in chilly Swansea I expected to see the passion of the Welsh come out as...
This week we spent some time in the Great Hall of Hogwarts Castle which was a great experience wel...
We arrived in Oxford on Monday and took some time to wander around the university area in the middle...
LDC is pleased to be supporting the Sir Peter Blake Trust (SPBT) Leadership Week 2013 and highlighti...
Eleven LDC senior leader members joined the Sir Peter Blake Trust Dream Team 2013 during Leadership ...
The Secret To A Happy Collaboration Were hearing it all the time in the public sector: We need to ...
Al Morrison, Deputy Commissioner State Sector Reform, State Services Commission, was a guest speake...
Three leaders, in three different roles from central and regional agencies ? part of a 16-strong gro...
Collaboration can mean different things to different people. LDC members at Robert Brodnaxs clinic ...
We are pleased to have two new staff members join the LDC team. Angus Bain, Researcher/Industrial an...
We know from our Assessment for Development data, Performance Improvement Framework analysis and fee...
LDC is pleased to offer an annual scholarship for the Leadership in Practice programme ? LDCs highl...
Janine Dowding: Looking At Organisational Change For More Effective And Productive Cultures In Marc...
Last year, LDC looked at recent Assessment for Development (AfD) results to assess leaders strength...
From 1 February 2014, the LDC Board became a joint venture Board of chief executive representatives ...
After my course finished on Friday in Colorado I spent a chunk of Saturday walking up a canyon near ...
By the time you read this I should be back in NZ. Since my last update I have been to Kiwi Landing P...
We've just finished the Leading Strategically course at CCL. As Janine mentioned in one of her blogs...
Well San Francisco has not been quite what I hoped for. Firstly, the weather has been appalling, col...
This update comes from the Washington DC Dulles Airport while I wait for my flight to San Francisco....
Sure enough it snowed yesterday but fortunately not enough to close businesses. The photo below was ...
The programme ended yesterday with an unexpected visit from one of the very high powered characters ...
Tomorrow is the last day of the Harvard programme and I can honestly say it has had a profound impac...
It is the end of day three of the programme and so far it has been very stimulating. A typical day i...
This is the first of my blogs and is being written on the evening after the first day of the Leading...
I heard Leerom Segal and Rehaf Harfoush speak at the university a couple of evenings ago. They are t...
Ive had a great start to the Fellowship, beginning with the flights to Toronto, which were all on t...
David Butler, former Commissioner and Chief Executive of Inland Revenue, presented at a recent LDC C...
Tested
Test test test test test.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) provide a great way for busy leaders to build their leadership d...
Public sector organisations are being encouraged to identify projects or initiatives to be nominated...
The message from LDCs 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in December 2013, is that LDC is well...
A Message From LDC Chief Executive Rosemary Hannah-Parr Strong leadership development is core to a h...
After a short break over the Christmas / New Year period, the LDC team was back on board from Monday...
With the Governments focus on creating a public sector that is more innovative, efficient and focus...
My first full day in Washington DC was full of learnings only some of them related directly to the...
Kia ora,As close as I could get to the White House was the outside of the fence. I did, however, hav...
Today I met with Dr Paul Doremus, Deputy Assistant Administrator of Operations, National Marine Fish...
Today is my last full day in DC and it is Saturday so I have spent the day being a tourist. DC is a...
I arrived in Ottawa yesterday after a short flight from Washington DC on a small plane, the size tha...
It was cold again when I left my hotel this morning - minus eight degrees with a wind chill factor t...
I am struggling to remember it is only Day 3 in Ottawa as I have seen and heard so much that it does...
This is my last day in Ottawa as tonight I fly to Toronto and on Friday will meet with officials fro...
My last day in Canada is in Toronto the capital of Ontario province and the largest city in Canada...
Heavy snow overnight blanketed the campus in about 20cm of snow. My icebreaker gear and new boots ea...
Today was one of those slower days in a course where you can see that the lecturers are building to ...
I am sitting here in our tiny little rooms (5m by 2.5m including single bed, work desk, full bathroo...
The weekend is coming to an end now in London. The snow has followed me across the Atlantic - two da...
Today was the first day of interviews and navigating the underground system. I made a few mistakes -...
Today was an intense day of interviews. I started the morning with Eleanor Rowe and Dr Michael Harri...
Its the end of two days of intensive interviews with representatives of the Society of Local Govern...
While I am taking Easter to visit Paris, I did have the chance to visit an amazing new environmental...
After a brief holiday in Paris over Easter we returned to freezing England on Wednesday. Our travels...
With my nomadic lifestyle, I have fallen a little behind on the blog - my apologies to you readers. ...
My apologies for the delays with these blogs. I am now three days behind schedule. Between travel an...
I am behind in my blogs but will keep the faith and try to catch up. This blog follows a weekend i...
I have arrived at Harvard for the next week of structured training at the Kennedy School of Governme...
Well, that was a day of drama. As you will know I am in Boston now. Because one of the bombs was in ...
Today was day three of the negotiation training, an intense all day negotiation which has left us al...
Well this is interesting. Boston is in lockdown, a manhunt underway, bombs stashed in various locati...
Today was the first full day of lectures and working group sessions. Our case studies were eclectic ...
Day one of the Fellowship and I seem to have been travelling forever. Having left New Zealand on Sat...
LDC has recently begun a series of CE lunches with participants in the Leadership Development Progra...
Building the R&D of Leadership was the theme of the recent International Leadership Association (ILA...
Below is a summary of key Global, New Zealand and Australian workforce trends emerging in Quarter ...
On a recent overseas trip, Digby Scott, one of Leadership Development Centres providers, gained som...
LDC Chief Executive Rosemary Hannah-Parr chaired sessions at the recent Australian Institute of Publ...
Led by the then-Chief Executive Colin McDonald, and continued by Peter Mersi, Land Information New Z...
In a recent LDC clinic, Jim Scully, ThinkPlace Partner and New Zealand service design pioneer, share...
Earlier this year, Jan Pierce, General Manager Customer Services, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ...
In May this year, Scott Gallacher, one of the Deputy Director-Generals for Ministry of Primary Indus...
The Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) recently launched new research, Leadin...
The Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) results, including the Getting to Great report, have pr...
Applications are now open for 2014 Leadership in Practice (LIP) programmes starting in March, June a...
Russ Gaskin likes Peter Koestenbaums statement: I believe that the central leadership attribute is...
Philippa Jones lived and breathed transformation for four years at Housing New Zealand Corporation (...
LDC was pleased to partner with Business Influentials in presenting Harvard business professor Cla...
Complexity and working collaboratively across the system to deliver shared outcomes, as we all know,...
Focussing on talent management, Human Resources (HR) senior executives from both the private and pub...
Measuring leadership potential was the main topic at the final 2013 LDC Scholars Panels meeting. ...
Toolkits were at the top of most peoples leadership resource wish-list in our 2013 membership surve...
Choo Choo.
Did you feel that earth quake?
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What I learned about complexity on my winter/summer vacation
Date: 13 September 2016I spend my work life helping leaders who are facing massive surges of complexity and trying to figur...
Leadership winners − Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Excellence Awards 2016
Date: 13 September 2016LDC congratulates the winners and finalists of the Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Excellence Awards 20...
Celebrating leadership 2016
Date: 9 September 2016We marked the achievements of senior leaders who graduated from LDC’s Leadership Development Program...
Meta-skills for interesting times
Date: 9 September 2016“May you live in interesting times.May you live in an interesting age.May you live in exciting times...
Nine out of ten conversations miss the mark
Date: 25 July 2016It is said that 9 out of 10 conversations miss the mark we talk over each other, past each other, ...
SilverStripe blog module successfully installed
Date: 7 July 2016Congratulations, the SilverStripe blog module has been successfully installed. This blog entry can b...
Heres cheers to New Zealand public sector leaders
Date: 23 June 2016As we run up to Leadership Week (1-8 July) Ive been thinking about leaders, past present and future...
Celia Patrick staying challenged, always learning and solving problems
Date: 23 June 2016You mightnt expect a senior manager at the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to ride around our c...
Why cant my people be more strategic?
Date: 22 June 2016This is an area of much frustration for many of our clients. They feel that their people dont think...
Kiwi leaders doing it their way!
Date: 17 April 2016How does Kiwi leadership practice take the lead? Whether its cross-sector or systems-leadership[1],...
Women in Public Sector Summit, April 2016
Date: 15 April 2016LDC recently took part in a session at the Women in Public Sector Summit held in Wellington. LDC Ch...
The Digital Leadership Lab led by Dave Wild, Futurist and Innovation Coach
Date: 14 April 2016You are invited to a very different type of leadership development experience The Digital Leadersh...
LDC has moved to new offices
Date: 14 April 2016LDC has moved to new premises on Lambton Quay closer to the public sector hub. Weve been able to ...
Suzanne Stew empathy, connection and honesty
Date: 13 April 2016LDC met recently with Suzanne Stew, Deputy Secretary Corporate at Ministry of Justice to talk abou...
Spaces available in LDC 2016 programmes
Date: 13 April 2016Developing public sector leadership talent in Auckland and networks across New Zealand Chief executi...
The importance of collaborative leadership in the State Sector: MBA dissertation by Ben Fitchett
Date: 13 April 2016Last year, Ben Fitchett completed a major piece of research that looked at collaborative leadership ...
Leadership transitions ? what to let go of
Date: 22 March 2016These days we talk about the transitions of leadership from the specialist/contributor role to the...
Who and how to WOO the art of influence
Date: 17 March 2016A leader needs to create results that matter, and shape their organisation for the future. So, succe...
2014/15 focus on system leadership development: LDC AGM 2016
Date: 26 February 2016State Services Commissioner and LDC Board Chair Iain Rennie addressed the 2016 LDC Annual General Me...
Leadership spotlight on engaging others: David Downs, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Date: 26 February 2016David Downs, General Manager, Internal Partners, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) leads the d...
Leadership Development Programme Cohort 5 remembers Michelle Mitchell
Date: 26 February 2016Michelle joined LDP Cohort 5 in June 2015. Our sessions are, among other things, a place for us all ...
Developing public sector leadership talent in Auckland and networks across New Zealand
Date: 26 February 2016Chief executives and the LDC board have prioritised their focus on developing public sector leadersh...
Creating innovative solutions: Leadership and collaboration in rebuilding Christchurch LDC clinic summary
Date: 26 February 2016How do we collaborate to achieve results that meet the needs of New Zealanders, improve their well-b...
Napoleon was a Neuroscientist!
Date: 5 February 2016Why Napoleon? We all know that Napoleon had magnificent victories at Toulon, Rivoli (perhaps his gre...
Why leaders must sit in the muck
Date: 5 February 2016Why not knowing is the key to the problem solving process Not knowing the answer to a challenging si...
New 2016 LDC Fellows
Date: 16 December 2015We are pleased to announce our 2016 LDC Fellows: Duncan Reed, General Manager System Transformation...
Jana Newman: Leadership in Practice scholarship winner 2015
Date: 16 December 2015LDC is pleased to announce Jana Newman, General Manager of Policy, Environment and Safety, Antarctic...
International stories of collaboration from LDC 2015 Fellows − enhancing system performance: LDC clinic summary
Date: 16 December 2015Todays New Zealand public sector leaders need to work collectively across boundaries to deliver sus...
Nominations open for Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Excellence Awards 2016
Date: 16 December 2015Nominations for New Zealands longest-running and most prestigious public sector awards are now ope...
Developing public sector leadership talent in Auckland and Wellington
Date: 16 December 2015We are pleased to announce the January?July 2016 schedule for two of LDCs leading programmes. We re...
Relaxation: the mother of all leadership competencies
Date: 16 December 2015By Tim Roberts, LDC provider panel member Im fascinated by the addictions that show up in peoples ...
New LDC Fellows and LiP scholarship recipient announced
Date: 14 December 2015LDC 2016 Fellowships We are pleased to announce our 2016 LDC Fellows: Duncan Reed, General Manager...
Christmas coaching tips: Blog by Brenda Ratcliff
Date: 3 December 2015Well here we are. The summer holidays and Christmas are almost upon us (unless you live in Wellingt...
Know your addictions and own your leadership
Date: 27 November 2015Your addiction to tea or coffee isnt that bad, according to Tim Roberts, LDC provider panel member,...
All eyes are on you leaders and congruence
Date: 9 November 2015There are many aspects of leadership that are challenging to the leader, but none more so than the f...
The secret sauce of leadership
Date: 30 October 2015Im sure I wasnt alone as I nearly fell off my chair to hear Steve Hansen, All Blacks head coach, ...
John Ong: Leadership in Practice scholarship winner 2014
Date: 22 October 2015John Ong, LDCs inaugural 2014 LiP scholarship recipient shared his reflections with us on being par...
Get the real picture of your leadership strengths and improve your leading
Date: 22 October 2015LDCs Leadership Success Profile 360° assessment How well do you know your leadership strengths and ...
Real-world learning ? senior leader achieves leadership development goals
Date: 22 October 2015Auckland-based Caroline Butterworth, Principal Advisor, Governance Advisory Unit, Housing New Zealan...
Engagement continues to be a hot topic for the public service ? for three reasons
Date: 21 October 2015Firstly, the data proves overwhelmingly that staff engagement predicts nearly every important busine...
Does the future belong to teams of leaders?
Date: 5 October 2015If you consider any pressing challenge that leaders and organisations face today, the chances are th...
Are you a heat-seeking leader?
Date: 18 September 2015Ive just spent the past week meeting with a range of leaders to debrief their 360 degree feedback. ...
A new age of leadership assessment and development
Date: 10 September 2015Revised Leadership Success Profile The revised Leadership Success Profile (LSP) defines good lead...
The challenge of partnership
Date: 27 August 2015Last month, I attended an exciting experiential workshop in London entitled When Cultures Meet. It...
How leaders are crafting cultures and my cultural biases
Date: 25 August 2015I recently wrote a chapter for a US leadership book about how New Zealand chief executives and leade...
Powerful workplace conversations
Date: 29 July 2015I have been working inside organisations since the age of 15, with a few breaks here and there to st...
Leadership winners feature increased employee engagement and business performance
Date: 29 July 2015Deloitte Fujitsu Public Sector Excellence Awards 2015 LDC congratulates the joint winners and final...
Studying leadership at Harvard University: Reflections
Date: 22 July 2015Last month I ticked off a bucket list item. I was a student at Harvard University in Boston. I went ...
What being a farmer and an equestrienne has taught me about leadership
Date: 15 July 20151. Respect the seasons There is a time to plant and a time to reap. If we try to harvest too early o...
Trip to London
Date: 14 July 2015In my final two weeks away, I spent time in London meeting with my counterpart, the legal advisor i...
Corporate lawyers and corporate clients: Power, practice and privilege
Date: 13 July 2015Symposium, Law School, University of Birmingham Dr Stephen Vaughan, lecturer at the Birmingham Unive...
The Leadership Dilemma
Date: 10 July 2015Leadership in Corporate Counsel It was a hectic but fascinating time at Harvard Law School. Twenty-t...
Organisational coaching essential for todays leaders and managers: LDC clinic summary
Date: 24 June 2015LDC Executive Coaching Panel member and qualified coach Paula Feathers recently facilitated an LDC c...
New Zealand Harkness Fellowship
Date: 15 June 2015New Zealand Harkness Fellowships are for emerging New Zealand leaders in any field of study or vocat...
On being 100% me: How to accelerate the self-awareness process
Date: 15 June 2015Although it is widely understood that leaders must have insight into themselves, the process of deve...
You ain't seen nothing yet
Date: 12 June 2015Imagine its 1995, and someone comes to you and says you need a website. You say why?. Now trilli...
Enabling data-driven delivery on policy aims
Date: 10 June 2015The UK's Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood has called for higher public sector use of data to drive: ...
Increase your performance by 36 per cent focus on strengths
Date: 8 June 2015We talk about leveraging our strengths, being strengths-based organisations, and making sure theres...
Free the data, unleash the power
Date: 8 June 2015The UK is ranked number one in the world for its open government data and is now driving hard to rea...
You say you want a revolution
Date: 5 June 2015The UK public service is in the midst of a process of radical change, with data and technology at th...
Startups and innovation labs
Date: 4 June 2015The startup and entrepreneurial culture of Boston was the focus for my last two days in the US. This...
Change from the grassroots
Date: 2 June 2015Civil society is a balancing force to government, in leading change. This is especially true in the ...
From the top: Serve your country through data and tech
Date: 28 May 2015In the latest international Open Data Barometer New Zealand is ranked fourth in the world. The UK is...
LDC 2015 Fellows update
Date: 26 May 2015Innovation and change leadership for data-driven initiatives LDC 2015 Fellow, Evelyn Wareham, Genera...
Digitally transform now: ICT seminar summary
Date: 26 May 2015Digital transformation is happening, and the way customers interact with government is changing. W...
Innovation by design at MIT
Date: 25 May 2015Today was a vivid combination of psychological, process and practical demonstrations of innovation a...
Being an outsider on the inside
Date: 22 May 2015Who is more effective at leading a major change initiative: an outsider coming in with fresh ideas a...
How to avoid the obvious: decisions and networks
Date: 20 May 2015Questioning our own confidence and intuition was the unifying theme for my two sessions at MIT Sloan...
Leading the new normal
Date: 19 May 2015My second day at MIT covered the new normal for organisations, related needs for leadership, and d...
Data, innovation and change leadership
Date: 18 May 2015MIT Day 1 My Fellowship is focused on how to leverage the power of data to enable economic growth an...
Why cant people see the future?
Date: 18 May 2015Why cant people see the future? Its so obvious that we need to change ? yet the people cant see ...
Inspiration - by design
Date: 18 May 2015On our travels we've been inspired by the design we've seen around us ? in the street or in the vari...
Going international ? OECD
Date: 18 May 2015Our main target for discussion in the OECD was the Directorate for Public Governance with a particul...
Social innovation every day and everywhere
Date: 18 May 2015NESTA, a financially independent entity focusing on innovation, particularly in the public sector, h...
Opening up the policy process: The Policy Lab
Date: 18 May 2015The day after election results that surprised everybody, we started the day with a colleague from th...
Head of the Policy Profession steal with pride
Date: 18 May 2015Discussions with the Head of the Policy Profession Support Unit (PPSU) Richard Banks and Helen Ander...
Getting to grips with what drives people and what works
Date: 11 May 2015Along with a delegation of EU colleagues, we got to peek into the workings of two of the What Works ...
Institute for Government ? if only we had one
Date: 11 May 2015Many of us are avid readers of Institute for Government (IfG) reports so having the opportunity to...
Innovation Unit Inside Out
Date: 8 May 2015We were privileged to be invited in to observe some of the inner workings of the unit. We were struc...
Innovation through human centred design at UNDP
Date: 6 May 2015We rounded out our tour of the New York innovation 'system' with a meeting with three officials in t...
What's hot and what's not in coaching tools right now
Date: 5 May 2015Whats hot? Making yourself a product in your own business ? if you are in the communications busin...
Speed dating ? matching design skills with public policy needs
Date: 5 May 2015Chelsea Mauldin from the Public Policy Lab inspired us with her insight and deep commitment to the h...
At the New York City Mayor's Office
Date: 30 April 2015We were warmly hosted at the New York City Mayor's Office in the Centre for Economic Opportunity led...
Do ? learn do
Date: 30 April 2015"Do ? learn? do" is the slogan of GovLab where we spent Monday, both in conversation with leaders an...
Local government leadership scholarship win connects cross-sector leaders
Date: 29 April 2015Steven May and Rosemary Hannah-Parr, Chief Executive, Leadership Development Centre Steven May, En...
LDC 2015 Fellowship joint winners focus on design thinking and innovation for policy
Date: 29 April 2015Lis Cowey Sally Washington Joint LDC Fellowship winners Lis Cowey, Principal Adviso...
Successful leaders connect with others: LDC clinic summary
Date: 29 April 2015Our Assessment for Development and 360 degree survey analysis shows that a core strength of successf...
Digitally transform now, 7 May: ICT seminar series
Date: 29 April 2015Date: Thursday, 7 May, 2015, 8.30am4.00pmFacilitator: Jane Treadwell, internationally recognised d...
Prototyping, learning launches and creating the space for critical conversation
Date: 28 April 2015Last days at Darden took us into the prototyping of our design and what Jeanne calls a 'learning lau...
Design thinkers think 'empathy'
Date: 23 April 2015Today we powered through a design methods exercise using a prepared brief, based on a multinational ...
Design thinking tools
Date: 23 April 2015Day 1 of the course was focused on "What is design thinking and why do we need it? Turns out that m...
Design thinking ? thinking design
Date: 21 April 2015We arrived today at the Darden Business School, University of Virginia, for the first step of our le...
Mindful leadership
Date: 14 April 2015What is mindfulness? It's not mind control, self-absorption or escapism. You don't imagine being som...
Sir Peter Blake Trust invites leaders to speak in schools on 30 June 2015
Date: 31 March 2015Dream Team 2015 The Sir Peter Blake Trust is inviting leaders to enter 300 schools during Leadership...
Ria McBride Award nominations now open
Date: 30 March 2015To support your talented women staff, tell them about the Ria McBride award, which is now open for 2...
OPEN up engagement in your organisation: an LDC clinic summary
Date: 30 March 2015According to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for Business Leade...
Leading and managing transformational change
Date: 30 March 2015An LDC clinic summary Transformational change is not for the faint hearted its a huge process of ...
New Blog Post Page
Date: 27 March 2015Its Sunday 15 March, 2:30pm. Wellington Harbour is like a millpond; there is not a breath of wind a...
OPEN up engagement in your organisation: An LDC clinic summary
Date: 26 March 2015According to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace: Employee Engagement Insights for Business Leade...
Managing the probable and leading the possible the differences
Date: 16 March 2015We think of this as the difference between managing the probable and leading the possible. Both are ...
LDC Annual General Meeting: Leadership success sits with chief executives
Date: 25 February 2015Iain Rennie, LDC Board Chair, said that having the Minister of State Services speak at LDCs 11th An...
Leadership is a top priority for the Minister of State Services
Date: 25 February 2015The Minister of State Services, Hon Paula Bennett, told chief executives at the LDC Boards Annual G...
Networked leadership
Date: 24 February 2015Last week, I was invited, along with a number of others, to a lunch meeting to help out a colleague...
Be an effective leader be aware of how you think and pay attention
Date: 24 February 2015Responding to environmental volatility and uncertainty requires a degree of personal flexibility an...
Conformity ? the smother of invention: How leadership is influenced by bias
Date: 28 January 2015One of the speaking engagements that I am often invited to deliver Ive called 'Culture change: Holy...
How leaders build effective teams: insights from international conferences
Date: 17 December 2014With the theme, Organization as Ecosystem, the Summit included a series of presentations that pair...
LDC 2015 Fellowships announced
Date: 16 December 2014We are pleased to announce LDCs 2015 Fellows: Joint winners: Lis Cowey, Programme Director, Servic...
Celebrating 2014 leadership development
Date: 16 December 2014LDC drew the year to a close by celebrating the commitment of 23 senior leaders. Eighteen leaders gr...
Deloitte Fujitsu Public Sector Excellence Awards 2015 now open
Date: 8 December 2014Nominations for the Deloitte Fujitsu Public Sector Excellence Awards 2015 close on 2 March 2015. Th...
Getting leadership development back to its purpose: and its not about you, cupcake
Date: 27 November 2014Humans live in groups, and there is always a status hierarchy in the group; being closer to the top ...
Communicating and influencing by understanding how your stakeholders think: An LDC clinic summary
Date: 25 November 2014How do your stakeholders respond to your ideas, plans or suggestions? Do they actively engage with w...
Purposeful conversations achieve results: An LDC clinic summary
Date: 25 November 2014In our cross-agency work and working across boundaries, having purposeful conversations is integral ...
Achieving our collective ambition for New Zealand through customer focus and collaboration
Date: 30 October 2014Sessions with Emeritus Professor John Benington A strong customer focus, working collaboratively and...
Leadership Link development opportunity benefits all
Date: 30 October 2014John Nisbet, Regional Manager, Central South, Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu, The Correspondence School (T...
Effective leadership through evaluative thinking
Date: 30 October 2014For leaders responsible for leading strategic and performance operations, evaluative thinking helps ...
Human Resources Advisor - Leadership Development
Date: 10 October 2014Click here for the full job description. The Leadership Development Centre (LDC) is New Zealands ce...
Centricity by design: Innovating by being true to the customer experience ? a recent LDC members clinic
Date: 29 September 2014To deliver better public services, the real-world customer experience must be always kept in mind. L...
LDC welcomes intern from Germany, here to learn about leadership development New Zealand-style
Date: 26 September 2014LDC is pleased to be hosting intern Tina Schlick for 10 weeks while she visits New Zealand as part o...
LDCs Scholars Panel: The rise of the network leader
Date: 26 September 2014Network leadership was the main topic in the recent, discussion-rich LDC Scholars Panel meeting. L...
LDC 2014 Fellowship snapshots
Date: 29 August 2014Bryan Chapple, General Manager, Strategic Policy, Strategy and Governance, Ministry of Business, Inn...
Final Fellowship blog from Karl Le Quesne
Date: 7 August 2014On my final day in Chester, I met with staff from various agencies working on the Whole Place Commun...
Blog 5, 4 August 2014
Date: 7 August 2014Today I met the Chief Executive and other senior staff at the Chester and West Cheshire Council to f...
Upcoming workshop: Leading from the Inside Out
Date: 4 August 2014Leading from the Inside Out workshop Register now for this one-day workshop followed by two action l...
New books
Date: 4 August 2014LDC has added three new books to our library for members to borrow: Leadership Agility by Bill Joine...
Blog 4, 30 July 2014
Date: 4 August 2014On Wednesday, I arrived in Manchester and met with staff from both the Network and the Greater Manch...
Blog 3, 29 July 2014
Date: 4 August 2014Today I met with the Director of the UK Public Service Transformation Network, Robert Pollock, and o...
Blog 2, 28 July 2014
Date: 4 August 2014On Monday I met with some economists from the UK Department of Education, who work in their strategi...
Blog 1, 26 July 2014
Date: 31 July 2014Leadership at the Peak, Colorado Springs I completed the Leadership at the Peak course in Colorado S...
Building great leadership teams
Date: 29 July 2014LDC kicked off Sir Peter Blake Trust Leadership Week 2013 with a popular event focused on building g...
New Ministry of Womens Affairs resource: 'Inspiring action action plans and research to help you attract and retain talented women'
Date: 29 July 2014This new Ministry of Womens Affairs resource is a quick reference to abstracts that explain ways t...
The latest online courses for busy leaders
Date: 25 July 2014Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) provide a great way for busy leaders to build their leadership d...
Individual development planning
Date: 21 July 2014A big part of LDCs leadership development is our focus on individual development planning. This is ...
Leaders lunch with CEs
Date: 21 July 2014LDC has recently begun a series of CE lunches with participants in the Leadership Development Progra...
LDC reinforces value of individual development planning at ILA Conference
Date: 21 July 2014Building the R&D of Leadership was the theme of the recent International Leadership Association (ILA...
LDC Chief executive reports on UK study tour
Date: 21 July 2014Leadership Development Centre (LDC) Chief Executive Rosemary Hannah-Parr undertook a study tour in t...
David Butler developing yourself and others as leaders
Date: 21 July 2014David Butler, former Commissioner and Chief Executive of Inland Revenue, presented at a recent LDC C...
Inspired action: Three senior leaders share their leadership experiences
Date: 21 July 2014LDC asked three senior women leaders: Maria McDonald, Director Electronic Monitoring Procurement and...
Leadership for the 21st Century
Date: 21 July 2014At last weeks LDC clinic (7 March) participants discovered that Paul Porteous has some great work s...
Committed to system-wide leadership development
Date: 21 July 2014As part of our role in connecting the system of public sector leadership, LDC last month began a ser...
What is good governance?
Date: 21 July 2014At a recent members clinic, 2013 LDC Fellow Carolyn Risk acknowledged that governance is hard and...
2014 LDC Fellowships applications open 2 September 2013
Date: 21 July 2014The Leadership Development Centre is pleased to announce that the 2014 LDC Fellowship applications w...
LDC Leadership in Practice participant awarded US Fellowship
Date: 21 July 2014Sandy Graham, Group Manager Corporate Services, Dunedin City Council was one of 16 participants who ...
Employee engagement is based on past and future events
Date: 21 July 2014New research from the Corporate Executive Board The Corporate Executive Board (CEB) stresses the nee...
Leading from the Inside Out workshop
Date: 15 July 2014A one-day workshop followed by two action learning groups for LDC members Dates Workshop: Thursday, ...
Public sector leadership award acknowledges cross-agency collaboration and people-leader development initiative
Date: 4 July 2014Congratulations to the joint winners of the Improving Performance through Leadership Excellence 20...
LDC Scholars Panel recognise the new environment that leaders operate in
Date: 26 June 2014The LDC Scholar Panel met recently to discuss the latest trends and topics in leadership development...
Critical Moment Dialogue helps leaders with workplace complexity and ambiguity: A recent LDC members clinic
Date: 26 June 2014The Critical Moment Dialogue (CMD) gives busy leaders, who are often dealing with complexity and amb...
John Ong, Creative New Zealand Leadership in Practice scholarship winner
Date: 26 June 2014LDC is pleased to announce John Ong, from Creative New Zealand, as the successful applicant for its ...
New endowment to strengthen New Zealand leaders connection with United States
Date: 20 June 2014The Chair of the Board of the Leadership Development Centre, Iain Rennie, is delighted to announce t...
Leadership Week 27 June-4 July 2014: Public sector leaders go back to school
Date: 18 June 2014The Dream Team leaders speaking to school students across New Zealand ? has become a firm fixtur...
Blog 8, 25 May 2014
Date: 26 May 2014Having left London, Craig and I have spent time with various organisations in Copenhagen and Brussel...
Blog 7, 22 May 2014
Date: 26 May 2014Yesterday we were in Denmark and today we have just finished up in Belgium. These are the birth plac...
Blog 6, 20 May 2014
Date: 26 May 2014In the National History Museum over the weekend, I came across this sign in a special exhibition cal...
Blog 5, 18 May 2014
Date: 19 May 2014David signed off Blog #4 mentioning the changing role of the CIO. How this is changing and what w...
Blog 4, 15 May 2014
Date: 16 May 2014Leaving the Oxford course, Craig and I have taken slightly separate tracks as we pursue learning fro...
Bryan Chapple Blog 8, 11 April 2014
Date: 14 May 2014After five weeks, the Fellowship is about to end and it will be back to Wellington, the family and w...
Bryan Chapple Blog 7, 7 April 2014
Date: 14 May 2014We've just finished day two of the integrative thinking and strategic change course. It's very diffe...
Bryan Chapple Blog 6, 5 April 2014
Date: 14 May 2014I finished my meetings in Ottawa and trained back ? finishing the Moretti book en route. There's sti...
Bryan Chapple, Blog 3, 29 March 2014
Date: 14 May 2014I am now in Colorado Springs for a week. I'm taking the Leading Strategically course run by the Ce...
Blog 3, 13 May 2014
Date: 13 May 2014Wearing my All Black jacket in chilly Swansea I expected to see the passion of the Welsh come out as...
Blog 2, 11 May 2014
Date: 8 May 2014This week we spent some time in the Great Hall of Hogwarts Castle which was a great experience wel...
Blog 1, 8 May 2014
Date: 8 May 2014We arrived in Oxford on Monday and took some time to wander around the university area in the middle...
Leadership Week 5-12 July 2013 Dare, Dream, Do
Date: 24 April 2014LDC is pleased to be supporting the Sir Peter Blake Trust (SPBT) Leadership Week 2013 and highlighti...
Sir Peter Blake Trust Dream Team 2013 Leaders In Schools
Date: 24 April 2014Eleven LDC senior leader members joined the Sir Peter Blake Trust Dream Team 2013 during Leadership ...
New Research From Stanford University And The Corporate Leadership Council On Collaboration, Succession Planning And Career Opportunities For High-Potential Employees
Date: 24 April 2014The Secret To A Happy Collaboration Were hearing it all the time in the public sector: We need to ...
Deputy Commissioner State Sector Reform Al Morrisons Insights Enrich Leadership In Practice
Date: 24 April 2014Al Morrison, Deputy Commissioner State Sector Reform, State Services Commission, was a guest speake...
Leadership In Practice: Recent Graduates Reflect On Their Learning
Date: 24 April 2014Three leaders, in three different roles from central and regional agencies ? part of a 16-strong gro...
What makes collaboration work? Research findings from 2013 LDC Fellow Robert Brodnax
Date: 11 April 2014Collaboration can mean different things to different people. LDC members at Robert Brodnaxs clinic ...
New at LDC: Angus Bain, Researcher/Industrial and Organisational Psychologist, and Jeremy Leslie, Senior Leadership Development Advisor
Date: 11 April 2014We are pleased to have two new staff members join the LDC team. Angus Bain, Researcher/Industrial an...
What great managers do: LDC members clinic with Martyn Pinckard
Date: 11 April 2014We know from our Assessment for Development data, Performance Improvement Framework analysis and fee...
LDC Offers New Leadership In Practice Programme Scholarship
Date: 11 April 2014LDC is pleased to offer an annual scholarship for the Leadership in Practice programme ? LDCs highl...
LDC 2014 Fellows Focus On Better Public Services Key Result Areas
Date: 10 April 2014Janine Dowding: Looking At Organisational Change For More Effective And Productive Cultures In Marc...
Leadership Across The System: Results From LDCs Assessment For Development
Date: 10 April 2014Last year, LDC looked at recent Assessment for Development (AfD) results to assess leaders strength...
New LDC Board Line-Up
Date: 10 April 2014From 1 February 2014, the LDC Board became a joint venture Board of chief executive representatives ...
Bryan Chapple - Blog 5, 3 April 2014
Date: 3 April 2014After my course finished on Friday in Colorado I spent a chunk of Saturday walking up a canyon near ...
Janine Dowding - Blog 8, 9 April 2014
Date: 3 April 2014By the time you read this I should be back in NZ. Since my last update I have been to Kiwi Landing P...
Bryan Chapple - Blog 4, 29 March 2014
Date: 1 April 2014We've just finished the Leading Strategically course at CCL. As Janine mentioned in one of her blogs...
Janine Dowding - Blog 7, 2 April 2014
Date: 1 April 2014Well San Francisco has not been quite what I hoped for. Firstly, the weather has been appalling, col...
Janine Dowding - Blog 6, 30 March 2014
Date: 1 April 2014This update comes from the Washington DC Dulles Airport while I wait for my flight to San Francisco....
Janine Dowding - Blog 5, 27 March 2014
Date: 1 April 2014Sure enough it snowed yesterday but fortunately not enough to close businesses. The photo below was ...
Janine Dowding - Blog 4, 22 March 2014
Date: 24 March 2014The programme ended yesterday with an unexpected visit from one of the very high powered characters ...
Janine Dowdling - Blog 3, 21 March 2014
Date: 24 March 2014Tomorrow is the last day of the Harvard programme and I can honestly say it has had a profound impac...
Janine Dowding - Blog 2, 19 March 2014
Date: 19 March 2014It is the end of day three of the programme and so far it has been very stimulating. A typical day i...
Janine Dowding - Blog 1, 17 March 2014
Date: 18 March 2014This is the first of my blogs and is being written on the evening after the first day of the Leading...
Bryan Chapple Blog 2 17 March 2014
Date: 14 March 2014I heard Leerom Segal and Rehaf Harfoush speak at the university a couple of evenings ago. They are t...
Bryan Chapple Blog 1, 13 March 2014
Date: 14 March 2014Ive had a great start to the Fellowship, beginning with the flights to Toronto, which were all on t...
David Butler developing yourself and others as leaders
Date: 5 February 2014David Butler, former Commissioner and Chief Executive of Inland Revenue, presented at a recent LDC C...
Testt test
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Learning that fits with busy leader's schedules
Date: 30 January 2014Massive open online courses (MOOCs) provide a great way for busy leaders to build their leadership d...
2014 IPANZ Gen-I public sector excellence awards Nominations open
Date: 30 January 2014Public sector organisations are being encouraged to identify projects or initiatives to be nominated...
Messages from the LDC Annual General Meeting: Taking Leadership Development to the next level
Date: 30 January 2014The message from LDCs 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in December 2013, is that LDC is well...
LDC in 2014 - New and innovative Leadership Development
Date: 30 January 2014A Message From LDC Chief Executive Rosemary Hannah-Parr Strong leadership development is core to a h...
A message from the CE - Jan 2013
Date: 30 January 2014After a short break over the Christmas / New Year period, the LDC team was back on board from Monday...
Networking and collaboration
Date: 30 January 2014With the Governments focus on creating a public sector that is more innovative, efficient and focus...
Feb 26, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014My first full day in Washington DC was full of learnings only some of them related directly to the...
Feb 27, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Kia ora,As close as I could get to the White House was the outside of the fence. I did, however, hav...
Feb 28, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Today I met with Dr Paul Doremus, Deputy Assistant Administrator of Operations, National Marine Fish...
Mar 2, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Today is my last full day in DC and it is Saturday so I have spent the day being a tourist. DC is a...
Mar 4, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014I arrived in Ottawa yesterday after a short flight from Washington DC on a small plane, the size tha...
Mar 5, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014It was cold again when I left my hotel this morning - minus eight degrees with a wind chill factor t...
Mar 6, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014I am struggling to remember it is only Day 3 in Ottawa as I have seen and heard so much that it does...
Mar 7, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014This is my last day in Ottawa as tonight I fly to Toronto and on Friday will meet with officials fro...
Mar 11, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014My last day in Canada is in Toronto the capital of Ontario province and the largest city in Canada...
Mar 19, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Heavy snow overnight blanketed the campus in about 20cm of snow. My icebreaker gear and new boots ea...
Mar 20, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Today was one of those slower days in a course where you can see that the lecturers are building to ...
Mar 21, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014I am sitting here in our tiny little rooms (5m by 2.5m including single bed, work desk, full bathroo...
Mar 24, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014The weekend is coming to an end now in London. The snow has followed me across the Atlantic - two da...
Mar 25, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Today was the first day of interviews and navigating the underground system. I made a few mistakes -...
Mar 27, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Today was an intense day of interviews. I started the morning with Eleanor Rowe and Dr Michael Harri...
Mar 28, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Its the end of two days of intensive interviews with representatives of the Society of Local Govern...
Mar 31, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014While I am taking Easter to visit Paris, I did have the chance to visit an amazing new environmental...
Apr 4, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014After a brief holiday in Paris over Easter we returned to freezing England on Wednesday. Our travels...
Apr 8, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014With my nomadic lifestyle, I have fallen a little behind on the blog - my apologies to you readers. ...
Apr 9, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014My apologies for the delays with these blogs. I am now three days behind schedule. Between travel an...
Apr 12, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014I am behind in my blogs but will keep the faith and try to catch up. This blog follows a weekend i...
Apr 14, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014I have arrived at Harvard for the next week of structured training at the Kennedy School of Governme...
Apr 15, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Well, that was a day of drama. As you will know I am in Boston now. Because one of the bombs was in ...
Apr 16, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Today was day three of the negotiation training, an intense all day negotiation which has left us al...
Apr 19, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Well this is interesting. Boston is in lockdown, a manhunt underway, bombs stashed in various locati...
Mar 18, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Today was the first full day of lectures and working group sessions. Our case studies were eclectic ...
Mar 17, 2013
Date: 30 January 2014Day one of the Fellowship and I seem to have been travelling forever. Having left New Zealand on Sat...
Leaders lunch with CEs
Date: 30 January 2014LDC has recently begun a series of CE lunches with participants in the Leadership Development Progra...
LDC reinforces value of individual development planning at ILA Conference
Date: 30 January 2014Building the R&D of Leadership was the theme of the recent International Leadership Association (ILA...
Latest New Zealand and Australian workforce trends
Date: 30 January 2014Below is a summary of key Global, New Zealand and Australian workforce trends emerging in Quarter ...
Emerging themes in international leadership development
Date: 30 January 2014On a recent overseas trip, Digby Scott, one of Leadership Development Centres providers, gained som...
Australian public sector messages relevant to NZ
Date: 30 January 2014LDC Chief Executive Rosemary Hannah-Parr chaired sessions at the recent Australian Institute of Publ...
The best thing about working at Land Information New Zealand is the people
Date: 30 January 2014Led by the then-Chief Executive Colin McDonald, and continued by Peter Mersi, Land Information New Z...
Design-led innovation - insights for the public sector
Date: 30 January 2014In a recent LDC clinic, Jim Scully, ThinkPlace Partner and New Zealand service design pioneer, share...
Experiential learning in action
Date: 30 January 2014Earlier this year, Jan Pierce, General Manager Customer Services, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ...
Senior leader Scott Gallacher talks about leadership development
Date: 30 January 2014In May this year, Scott Gallacher, one of the Deputy Director-Generals for Ministry of Primary Indus...
Leading with political astuteness: New research from the Australian and New Zealand School of Government
Date: 30 January 2014The Australian and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) recently launched new research, Leadin...
What the Performance Improvement Framework reviews mean for leadership development
Date: 30 January 2014The Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) results, including the Getting to Great report, have pr...
Leadership in practice makes a difference: Three programmes to start in 2014
Date: 29 January 2014Applications are now open for 2014 Leadership in Practice (LIP) programmes starting in March, June a...
Transforming conflict into innovation: Russ Gaskin on Polarity Thinking
Date: 29 January 2014Russ Gaskin likes Peter Koestenbaums statement: I believe that the central leadership attribute is...
Philippa Jones experience leading service delivery in business transformation at Housing New Zealand
Date: 29 January 2014Philippa Jones lived and breathed transformation for four years at Housing New Zealand Corporation (...
Professor Clayton Christensen: The pandas thumb and other dilemmas
Date: 29 January 2014LDC was pleased to partner with Business Influentials in presenting Harvard business professor Cla...
Planning underway for new senior leader development on complexity and working collaboratively
Date: 29 January 2014Complexity and working collaboratively across the system to deliver shared outcomes, as we all know,...
Focus on talent management: Human resources senior executives from public and private sectors meet
Date: 29 January 2014Focussing on talent management, Human Resources (HR) senior executives from both the private and pub...
LDC scholars panel on leadership potential
Date: 29 January 2014Measuring leadership potential was the main topic at the final 2013 LDC Scholars Panels meeting. ...
LDCs unique role highly valued and relevant: 2013 Membership survey results
Date: 29 January 2014Toolkits were at the top of most peoples leadership resource wish-list in our 2013 membership surve...
I like trains.
Date: 28 January 2014Choo Choo.
Test blog post
Date: 20 January 2014Did you feel that earth quake?
New Blog Post Page
Date: 20 January 2014SilverStripe blog module successfully installed
Date: 19 January 2014Congratulations, the SilverStripe blog module has been successfully installed. This blog entry can b...
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