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Public Service Act 2020

People working in public service - Senior leadership and management capability

61: Commissioner must develop and implement leadership strategy

You could also call this:

"The boss of the public service must create a plan to help top leaders get better at their jobs and work well together."

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The Commissioner has to make a plan to help senior leaders in the public service get better at their jobs. You can think of this plan as a way to improve leadership skills. The Commissioner must talk to public service leaders when making this plan. The plan must work for both the public service and the agencies that are part of it, and it must allow senior leaders to move to different jobs if needed. The Commissioner can share this plan with other State services and ask for their help to make it work, and they can even invite them to help develop the plan, you can find more about this in the State Services Act 1988 and other related laws.

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Part 3People working in public service
Senior leadership and management capability

61Commissioner must develop and implement leadership strategy

  1. The Commissioner must develop and implement a strategy for the development of senior leadership and management capability in the public service (the leadership strategy) and do so in consultation with public service leaders.

  2. The Commissioner must ensure that the leadership strategy meets the needs both of agencies and the public service, including allowing for flexible deployment of senior leaders.

  3. The Commissioner may promote the leadership strategy to other State services, and may invite them to assist to develop and implement the leadership strategy.

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