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The People & Culture Podcast is a series of in-depth discussions with practitioners and leading experts on emergent trends impacting on the shape of the future workforce. In this episode I am joined by Erma Ranieri, South Australia's Commissioner for Public Sector Employment.
I ask her about the role of the Commissioner in a state where the government is the largest employer. We explore what a connected, modern public sector workforce looks like, how it might position itself as an employer of choice and whether some common media portrayals of the public sector are in fact accurate.
Erma also explains some of the 90 day projects they have instigated, bringing together multiple agencies to tackle wicked public sector challenges including specific projects that have led to changes to patient discharge practices and better connect agencies to tackle issues like domestic violence.
Some of the personal situations and obstacles she has faced in promoting diversity and workplace flexibility are also traversed in our conversation as are topics like leadership and the future of public sector work and the public sector workforce.
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In this episode I am joined by Dr Tim Baker, a consultant who has written numerous books and worked globally across 21 industries as a coach, keynote speaker, lecturer and master trainer. We discuss his history of working with leaders in organisations for almost two decades and whether he has noticed changes over time in relation to modes of delivery, types of support requested and what people are looking for in terms of value for money. He also comments on what he sees as attitudinal shifts towards coaching.
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In this episode of the People and Culture podcast with James Judge I am joined by Gabrielle Sullivan, director of employment and industrial law at Bradley Allen Love lawyers. We discuss why performance management in the public sector is so fraught with horror stories and find out what’s true, myth, or simply a matter of perspective.
Acting for both employers and employees, Gabrielle handles matters relating to hiring and firing and everything else in between. She deals with issues across the ACT, NSW and federal governments as well as local councils and the private sector.
We discuss how performance management can be slow to be implemented in the public sector due to factors like the difficulty of the process, managers’ fears that they won’t be acknowledged and people’s unwillingness to deal with conflict. Agencies can, however, swiftly invoke misconduct proceedings when they want to exit an employee.
I ask Gabrielle about performance management in the public sector and the confusion that can occur when performance issues are pursued as misconduct matters. In explaining the difference, she makes the great analogy of the difference between ‘can’t cook’ and ‘won’t cook.’
“I do see some spectacularly unfair decisions being made… there is a profound reluctance once they’ve committed to a course, to change that course even when it’s patently clear that that should happen.”
We also discuss why bullying and harassment receives so much attention in the public sector but, paradoxically, remains unaddressed in some workplaces. We explore what cultural and other factors contribute to specific bullying behaviours in workplaces and why particular workplaces (such as health) seem over-represented.
Dealing with unscheduled absences is also covered in our conversation and I ask Gabrielle about her views on enterprise bargaining in the Australian Public Service. We also discuss the operation of part of the Fair Work Act (s.424) enabling suspension of proposed industrial action by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) and a recent decision made by that body.
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There has been a noticeable increase in people with engineering qualification working across government, but not all these people are engaged as engineers. In conversation with Peter, we examine these trends and discuss the transferable skills that people with engineering qualifications bring to leadership positions.
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Tamerlaine Beasley is the Managing Director of Beasley Intercultural, a company that has provided cross-cultural training and advisory services for over 20 years. Tamerlaine has worked with business, government and international agencies and in this episode I get her insights on how to navigate cross-cultural communication issues.
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