Fear of failure is a genuine concern for people, stemming from past experiences and the way individuals and leaders have handled failure. Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, talks about this further in this frequently asked question and how important it is for her, as a leader, to really be considered in how she responds and reacts to failures as that can make a huge difference in people wanting and being willing to try and experiment again in the future. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.
Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, discusses how her team champions innovation and engages in important conversations about risk tolerance and risk appetite to understand what they are willing to do in this frequently asked question. Deb also discusses having safeguards in place for experimentation and viewing failure as a learning opportunity when things don't go as planned.
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Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, reflects on a time earlier in her career when she used emerging technologies like the internet and when emails began to replace the use of sending faxes. Her advice on this frequently asked question is not to be scared of new technologies, as they will eventually become the norm; instead, approach them with curiosity and experimentation in a safe environment. Deb also provides further examples of the things her team has been doing. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.
Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, talks about how her department has tackled workforce planning in this frequently asked question. Deb shares how this process has involved thinking about where they are getting their talent from in identifying the feeders and where people are learning their craft, especially around data and digital skills, and also where they advertise jobs and the language they use in those ads to attract talent. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.
Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, provides some key advice from the time when she joined the public sector, where she learned that it was best to sit back, listen, and learn, giving things time to understand the perspective better rather than jumping in on the first day and asking all the questions. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.
Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, shares her top three tips on helping newcomers integrate into teams, as well as when combining teams, in this frequently asked question. These include getting your recruitment right, ensuring that team members understand the operating style of their leader and the team members around them, and spending time with team members to build relationships and understand what is important to them. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.
Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, reflects on how workplaces have changed throughout her career from having people being physically around her to geographically dispersed teams and how that's made her carefully think about how she can build personal connections with her team in this frequently asked question. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.
Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, shares the foundational skills that are important in teams now and will remain as important in the future. Those skills focus on building team relationships, having a clear purpose, and embracing the diversity of a team. Deb reinforces that these foundations will also be pivotal in any team, even though technology and the way we work will continue to evolve in this frequently asked question. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.
“Collaboration works when you know why you’re actually collaborating.” Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, talks about how important it is, especially in government organisations which are often large and you are working in silos, on having the conversation at the beginning about why you are there and what the purpose is on you coming together in a team in this frequently asked question. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.
It may sound like a simple question, but there's a lot behind what makes teams great. Deb Jenkins, Deputy Secretary of Corporate Enabling Services and Chief Operating Officer at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, explains three crucial elements that she feels create high-performing teams in this frequently asked question, which are having a diverse make-up, putting the investment into building great relationships, and having a clear and common purpose that the team coalesces around. Listen to Deb’s full episode here.