Last year SOLGM honoured ALGIM CEO Mike Manson for his 40 years of work in local government. Mike spoke with Ruth Le Pla about how the sector has changed and his predictions for local government IT of the future.
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Asked to name the biggest challenges that technology has resolved during his 40-year career in local government,...
SOLGM CEO Karen Thomas reflects on the 2018 local government year and predicts what the incumbent government will bring about next.
This time last year I wrote a similar predictions piece against a backdrop of a newly-elected parliament, a change of government (in some ways unexpected) and a policy community coming to grips with what it...
The local government year is kicking off fast. So, we thought we’d spell out the deadlines and options for entering upcoming awards, scoring scholarships and nailing down opportunities for getting your work showcased at conferences. Here’s a quick guide.
Friday February 8: 5pm
Entries close for 2019 McGredy Winder SOLGM Excellence...
SOLGM’s LG Executive Leaders Programme
Get in early to be part of a future cohort
SOLGM has filled all places for its 2018/19 LG Executive Leaders Programme. However, expressions of interest are now open for candidates wanting to join the 2019/20 cohort. For more information, contact SOLGM’s manager professional development Fiona...
Entries are now open for Kiwi council teams to register for next year’s Australasian Management Challenge. Teams can sign up anytime between November 1, 2018, and February 28, 2019, to take part in the New Zealand leg of the challenge.
SOLGM strongly advises councils to get in early so they can get started on the initial pre-challenge...
SOLGM asked Ruth Le Pla to go see for herself the New Zealand heats of the
Australasian Management Challenge. She came away exhausted and impressed.
ROB GOLSBY
For Rob Golsby, there’s no question that the Management Challenge can be transformative. A member of last year’s Tauranga City Council Blue Sky team – the team that...
Samantha Gain is manager, legal and procurement at the Greater Wellington Regional Council. She has also just been elected president of IPWEA NZ. She took time out at the organisation’s annual conference in Dunedin to talk with Ruth Le Pla about her priorities for her new role, how IPWEA NZ is evolving and the significance of being the...
Peter McKinlay announces a new resource to generate research and inform debate for the sector.
Hamilton City Council, Masterton and Waipa District Councils and Rotorua Lakes Council are leading the establishment of New Zealand’s first local government-backed think tank. The Local Government Think Tank (LGTT) aims to help New Zealand...
Last month we looked at how a new SOLGM-led skills strategy aims to make councils employers of choice. For this month’s follow-up article we asked four tier two senior executives to tell us about their own professional development. We also asked them to share their views on how the local government sector could attract and retain great...
What would it take to create careers so satisfying that it’s hard to leave local government? Or to get the brightest and best people queuing around the block to join? Bit by bit, a bold new strategy is taking shape to do just that, writes Ruth Le Pla. Plus, we’ve canvassed nine more ideas on what else could be done.
When back in...
