Management of People Category


 FDC Champions Awards

The FDC Champion Awards ... were introduced to staff in September 2004 to encourage customer focus, teamwork, innovation, continuous improvement and most importantly success through people. Using staff satisfaction surveys  ...  as a guideline, five key areas of improvement were identified - through change, support, leadership, safety and teamwork.

View the Project - 05Project - MP- Franklin DC - Champions Awards

For further information on the project contact - ken.dyer@franklin.govt.nz

 Leadership Development Framework

Two successive climate surveys and an organisation-wide learning needs analysis identified that we needed stronger leadership to develop our people so that Auckland City could work better with other agencies on long-term complex projects and more collaboratively internally.

View the Project - 05Project - MP - Auckland CC - leadership development

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05Project - MP - Auckland CC - leadership dev

05project - MP - Auckland CC - leadership development app 2

For further information on the project contact - mike.richardson@aucklandcity.govt.nz

 Careers Cafe

We believe that our employees are our most important asset.  ...  Our strategic objective ... is "too attract and retain motivated and talented people".   The internal career development expo was an initiative designed to achieve this objective.

View the Project - 05Project - MP - Auckland CC - Careers Cafe

For further information on the project contact - mike.richardson@aucklandcity.govt.nz

 t3 (Triple T)

t3 stands for ‘Third Thursday Thinkers’. Established 4 years ago, t3 is a gregarious group of staff members who take it upon themselves to inject fun into the Manawatu District Council. t3 members meet on every third Thursday of the month to brainstorm ideas and plan fun events for the organisation and, on occasion, review operational matters. It is a wonderfully simple concept that enhances the Council’s working environment and enables employees to develop their full potential ...

View the Project - 05Project - MP - Manawatu DC- Triple T

For further information on the project contact  - janine.hawthorn@mdc.govt.nz

 Pacific Connections

A resource to help Council staff improve their awareness and understanding of their pacific island colleagues and community...

View the project - 05Project - MP - Manukau CC - Pacific Connections

To access the Pacific Connections booklet >>>>

For further information on the project contact - r.brown@manukau.govt.nz

 Treaty of Waitangi - Strategic Plan and Charter

Implementing te Tiriti o Waitangi into the core business of Manukau city

View the project - 05Project - MP - Manukau CC - Treaty of Waitangi

For further information on the project contact - ginny.wilson@waidc.govt.nz

 M.A.D. (Making a Difference)

People at Waikato DC started the MAD (Make a Difference) concept in 1998. As the MAD initiatives progressed over the years, Council's management team identified the need to pull together all the MAD initiatives in to one project to Foster an organisational culture.



View the Project - 05Project - MP- Waikato DC - MAD

For more information about the project contact - ginny.wilson@waidc.govt.nz

  A Campaign for Culture Change

The slogan "Will Do Crew" was chosen from a number of slogans put forward by staff in a consultation process. "Will Do Crew" was chosen partly because as an acronym it is the same as "Waitaki District Council" - WDC. It also implies forward movement, a positive attitude and teamwork.

View the Project - 05Project - MP - Waitaki DC - A Campaign for Culture change

For further information on the project contact - twinter@waitaki.govt.nz

  International Computer Drivers License

One of Tauranga City Council’s (TCC) goals is to build a high performance culture through the targeted and structured training and development of our people. The use of technology at TCC has increased markedly in recent years. It is imperative that staff continually update their skills in order to be able to make the best use of our computer systems.

View the Project - 05Project - MP - Tauranga DC - ICDL

For further information on the project contact - lindab2@tauranga.govt.nz


 

Building Achievers

The People Development Review Team was responsible for coming up with new ideas for a range of processes around the management of people. The Team made a number of changes to policies. It created new policies for succession planning and employee retention. It overhauled the induction process for new employees. The Team’s greatest focus, however, was on reviewing the performance management coaching tool used by the organisation called Building Achievers (BA)

View the Project - 05Project - MP- STDC - Building Achievers

For more information on the project contact - adrieen.hickey@stdc.govt.nz

  Making Democracy Work

Simplicity and Culture change were at the heart of this project. The idea was to use council's most important business asset, its people to develop a simple governance model that would catch all layers and levels of the organisation.

View the Project - 05Project - MP - Far North DC -Making Democracy Work

For more information on the project contact - alistair.wells@fndc.govt.nz

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