Program Outline
Program Goal
Our goal with PLACE, is to create an opportunity to develop strategic planning and critical thinking skills in executive leaders. Participants will expand these skills through the program as they challenge their ideas and search for innovative, viable solutions. With exposure to a council with differing resources, policies, political influence, and communities, teams can create thoughtful, tailored recommendations, considering the Host Council’s challenges in delivery, improving service delivery, productivity and sustainability.
Program
Council can register one team of four participants onto PLACE, with their General Manager/CEO to support and guide them. Participants must be Director or Tier 3 Manager level, and teams must include at least one team member at Director level.
At program commencement, teams will be given their project challenge from the Host Councils. Along with community data, community goals, insights and context from the Host Council executive team. Each project will have an outcome the Host Council would like to achieve for their community, and will be looking for a considered, tailored and exciting solution. PLACE will run for a total of four months, culminating with a written submission that will be supported by an in-person presentation from the team members to a panel of senior leaders, including the General Manager/CEO of the Host Council.
The majority of the program is delivered online to balance valuable time allocated to work and the program. Throughout the program teams will be able to work at their own pace, researching and planning for their project at convenient times for their team members. There will be official learning opportunities held online. Some meetings are for single teams to engage with the PLACE Program Coach. Other meetings are for all teams to attend together, to access the executives from the Host Councils and course content from specialists. These meetings will further stimulate the learning experience and allow participants to gain valuable insight.
Final written submissions a week prior to the presentation date, they will be assessed by the senior leader panel, who will attend the presentation. The panel will be industry stakeholders, the PLACE Program Coach and the General Manager/CEO from the Host Council. The final presentation will be held in person at one location, and only open to the panel, team and General Manager/CEO. Post presentation, the panel will have the opportunity to ask questions, provide feedback and discuss the submission in depth with the participants, receiving immediate feedback.
If council cannot make a team of four members, they may opt to build a composite team. This would include executives from surrounding councils to make up four team members, with one or more of their General Manager/CEO supporting the team.