Resilience In Action: Leadership Conversations for senior executives

Leadership Conversations bring new ideas and perspectives, challenge mindsets and inspire excellence in the public sector.

This conversation is for senior executives

A conversation for senior executives including chief executive officers and those in the Senior Executive Service (SES).

Resilience In Action: Leveraging resilience to build adaptive teams

In a rapidly shifting environment, senior executives are leading through unrelenting change, rising expectations and shifting systems. In this landscape, the most effective leaders are those who can maintain personal steadiness while cultivating teams that can learn, adapt and respond with clarity.

This conversation brings together senior leaders for a strategic and reflective conversation on the internal and cultural foundations of resilience and adaptability. It recognises that executive leadership is not only about direction, but also capacity. The capacity to stay grounded, to think clearly under pressure, and to create conditions where people can thrive in uncertainty.

Resilience in Action offers a high impact, research informed reset designed specifically for leaders carrying the weight of major decisions, organisational expectations and system wide influence. It blends psychology, adaptive leadership thinking and practical application to help leaders strengthen themselves and the environments they shape.

In this interactive online conversation you:

• identify and strengthen your personal resilience capacity
• recognise the connection between your personal resilience and that of your teams
• define the core characteristics of an adaptive culture
• apply 3 leadership leverage points to foster adaptability in your teams and directorates.

This conversation supports your development in the following expected behaviours set out in Leadership Expectations:

• Lead adaptively
• Build capability
• Think through complexity

Conversation facilitator: Matt Brown

Matt Brown is a highly experienced facilitator who brings over 20 years leadership experience in some of the world’s largest manufacturing organisations. He has supported multiple public sector organisations in designing operational excellence and innovation programs

Passionate about helping leaders and teams thrive in fast‑changing environments, Matt focuses on building adaptability, strengthening psychological safety and simplifying complexity to support sustainable high performance. An emotionally intelligent and collaborative coach, he is an ICF Associate Certified Coach, enabling him to deliver engaging, human centred workshops that empower leaders to navigate ambiguity and align diverse agendas with confidence.

Audience

A conversation for senior executives including chief executive officers and those in Senior Executive Service (SES) in the Western Australian public sector only. You must use your Western Australian public sector email address to register.

Delivery

For the best interactive learning experience, we use Zoom. Ensure you can access this platform from a work or personal device before registering.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you to participate in this conversation, please email Leadership@psc.wa.gov.au as early as possible to discuss available options.

Cost

Your time, participation and commitment to learning.

Access and Inclusion

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all participants can fully engage in this learning experience.

Do you have any accessibility requirements?

If yes, please provide the details via Leadership@psc.wa.gov.au, or if you prefer to speak to a person, please contact 6552 8766 to discuss your requirements.

Your privacy and confidentiality will be respected. The Public Sector Commission only provides limited information to other staff, so that adjustments and services can be arranged for you, when required.

Diversity data

We value the diversity of our people and aim to build a more inclusive learning experience. The following questions are voluntary and designed to assist the Public Sector Commission in better understanding the diversity of our programs.

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