Public Administration and Personnel Department, Ministry of Finance

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Public Administration and Personnel Department,
Ministry of Finance CYPRUS PRESIDENCY
EUPAN Top Executives Development Eliza
Loizou Public Administration and Personnel
Officer A
Joint HRWG/IPSG meeting 15-16 October, 2012,
Limassol
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MTP Bridging Trio Work on Top Executives
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COORDINATION, COOPERATION COLLABORATION THINK
TANKS ENABLERS OF CHANGE INNOVATION
RECRUITMENT COMPETENCIES PERFORMANCE
CONTRACT MODELS DEVELOPMENT...

• POLISH PRES

DANISH PRES

• ...DEVELOPMENT
• TRAINING
• SUPPORT
• EMPOWERMENT

CYPRUS PRES
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CY Presidency TE Development
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• Focus/goal
• To explore the state-of-play and reflect on the
  way forward on TE Development initiatives/activiti
  es
• aiming at enhancing the capacity of TPMs to
• achieve high personal
• and organizational performance in a challenging
  environment

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Work methods and Roadmap
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15-16 October 2012
5-6 December 2012
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TE Development Questions to EUPAN members

• Whats been happening in the past 3-5 years in
  the area of TPM development in your pa?
• In your opinion what needs to be done for taking
  forward the development of TPMs in light of new
  challenges faced by pa?

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Our expectations from TPMs..
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...Professional TPM is a prerequisite for an
efficient and result oriented public sector...
.. It is expected from TPM that they perform as
leaders instead of just as managers and must be
able to manager change in public organisations in
such a way that encourages employees to form part
of the reform movement..
..TPMs must display high sensibility for the
political and societal context
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Our expectations from TPMs..
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Top public managers who launch innovations in
their own area of influence must be able to
motivate, define tasks, lead staff, develop and
serve as role models...
..the worsening of the crisis has underlined the
need of a vision and strategy, strong leadership
competencies and people management skills to
implement reforms quickly and effectively...
...the promotion of talent and talented
professionals becomes a necessity, not a just a
desire...
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TPM Development-Trends Themes
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• Variety of tools/approaches
• Professionalization of TPM management
• Statutory provisions reg. TPM conditions
• More explicit/integrated strategies
• Specialized training programs
• Emphasis on leadership, strategic management
  development
• Innovative and interactive approach to TD
• Adoption/update of competency frameworks
• Development projects co-financed by ESF

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Content/focus of Training Programs
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• Leadership development
• Strategic management
• Change/crisis management
• Quality management
• Modern HRM
• Communication and interpersonal relations
• Innovation and quality
• Orientation towards an administration focused on
  citizens, families and companies
• Personal development

• Knowledge management
• Work-life balance
• Internationalization
• Public Policy
• Public Finance
• Public Procurement
• Accountancy
• Performance-based budgeting
• Mobbing
• Confident business image/media presence
• Information Technology

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Other tools for development empowerment of
TPMs
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• Individual plans of professional development
• Networking events, Leadership forums
• Diversified career path (job transfer,
  fellowships)
• Mobility Job Rotation- enhances qualifications
  and competencies
• Mentoring-active transfer of knowledge from more
  experienced TPMs
• Performance assessment systems
• Management Agreements
• Talent management/future leaders programs

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TPM Development- Way forward
..Empowerment of managers is the single most
important factor.. ..give responsibility to
managers so they can take responsibility
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...Development initiatives should be of direct
relevance to TPMs and their roles and
implemented in a format that fits in with the
demands and time pressures faced by TPMs in
their working environment...

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..Good leadership touches to intrinsic human
skills..being aware and act on less direct
controllable aspects of organization feelings,
vitality, well being, values, vision, passion
...support offered to TPMs, conferring a broader
autonomy in decision making and support in the
implementation of strategies and action plans
developed
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TPM Development- Way forward

• Attractive and challenging training
  courses-tailored to individual needs of TPMs
• Less theoretical-more practical orientation to
  TD
• Further emphasis on building networks of TPMs
• Sharing knowledge and experiences with Top
  Management from Private Sector, other countries,
  politicians
• Form support service for TPMs in everyday work
• Development of effective performance assessment
  tools for TPMs

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Critical TPM Competencies

• Communication and persuasion
• Human-oriented Leadership
• Strategic thinking vision
• Multi-task and well-rounded skills
• Adapting to changing environment and challenges
  (incl. financial challenges)
• Solution/results -orientation
• Citizen satisfaction- orientation
• Co-creative and intense quality thinking
• Innovative approach
• Ability to cooperate with all stakeholders

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Challenges response
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• Evaluate development activities to ensure they
  are fit for purpose
• Set up systematic strategies for leadership
  development, based on diagnosis of the national
  challenges
• Measure organizational impact and performance
  before and after the development activity
• Implement in daily praxis the goals identified in
  training programs

Difficult to evaluate/monitor the effectiveness
of development activities
Context of crisis- limited resources for TD

• Create opportunities for informal learning
• Make use of e-learning tools
• Self-education is also very important (e-
  learning, learning by doing, meetings with
  experts
• Utilize ESF where possible

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Consultation and involvement with TPMs for the
identification and design of a development
initiative is key to ensuring their buy-in and
successful implementation of TPM Development
programmes
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Thank you for your attention
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Questions - Initial thoughts - Any additional
points that should be added