Improving Performance through Leadership Excellence Award
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The State Services Commission and the Leadership Development Centre jointly sponsor the Improving Performance through Leadership Excellence IPANZ (Institute of Public Administration New Zealand) award
Research shows that leaders who are effective at developing other leaders can boost the performance of their direct reports by up to 27%. Greater organisational performance, including a lift in employee engagement is another outcome of this investment into developing other leaders.
The award for Improving Performance through Leadership Excellence recognises leaders who are "walking the talk" in identifying, developing and supporting high potential individuals in their organisation and providing relevant opportunities for development in the public sector.
Criteria:
The extent to which the agency's organisational development project or programme demonstrates that:
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the chief executive is actively leading the identification, development and support of high potential talent
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other managers are also engaged and participating in talent identification and development
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staff are exposed to experiential development opportunities both within and outside of their agency
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the chief executive and other senior managers are providing quality experiential development opportunities to people from other agencies
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the chief executive is recognised for their contribution to leadership development beyond their own agency
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human resources systems and processes are in place to support identification and development of high potential talent
Nominations/Applications:
The Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) coordinates the nomination process. Information is available from the IPANZ awards website (http://ipanzawards.org.nz/awards/nominate).
Nominations are due Monday, 13 February for the 2012 year.
Past winners of the award include:
2011 – Ministry of Social Development for its Chief for a Day programme.
2010 - Ministry of Social Development for its Leadership Cascade project.
Winners of the State Services Commission Award for excellence in improving performance through people include:
2009 – Hawkes Bay District Health Board for its Programme Incubator
2008 - New Zealand Police for the New Zealand Police Leadership and Management Development Framework.
