Manager development guides

• Introduction

  The guides have been written for individuals and organisations that deliver development activities for Victorian public sector managers.
  
  

• 1: Understanding and developing yourself

  Good self-knowledge provides the basis for effective self-development, selection of management styles, strengthening resilience, strategic thinking and communication.

• 2: Different styles of management for different situations

  It is often not what managers do that produces results, but how they do it.

• 3: Resilience and achievement – Keeping going when the going gets tough

  The ability to achieve outcomes through perseverance and professionalism, even in the face of set-backs and challenges, is a critical aspect of success in any management role.

• 4: Advanced interpersonal skills

  The ability to engage with people in intelligent and compelling ways is an essential skill that underpins a manager’s ability to succeed in their role.

• 5: Thinking and acting strategically

  Thinking and acting strategically involves being able to plot a course of action that leads to results.

• 6: Overseeing operations, projects and resources in the Victorian public sector

  Most managers will have had experience in managing individual projects or particular operational functions in their pre-management roles.

• 7: Managing and developing people in the Victorian public sector

  Good people management is one of the key contributions that a manager makes to an organisation’s productivity, culture, staff retention and attractiveness to potential employees.

• 8: Managing difficult situations involving the people a manager manages

  Some of the most stressful situations that a manager has to face are difficult situations involving the people they manage.
  
  

• 9: Managing Attraction and recruitment activity in the Victorian public sector

  The foundations for strong staff performance, and a manager’s ability to succeed in their role, is enhanced significantly through the manager’s ability to attract and recruit the right people.

• 10: Collaborating across and beyond the Victorian public sector

  Collaboration – working with others to achieve particular goals – occurs in many different forms across the Victorian public sector.

• 11: Working with diversity in the Victorian public sector

  Ensuring effective engagement with and between people whose identities, perspectives and interests differ significantly is a key factor in achieving outcomes in the Victorian public sector.
  
  

• 12: Managing during organisational change

  At some stage in a management career, a manager is likely to be involved in an organisational change initiative.

• 13: Contributing to public policy

  Public policy refers to a set of actions the government is implementing to address a particular problem impacting on the community.