Case study

Golden Plains Shire — enterprise capability strategy

Learning & Development Business Partner · Golden Plains Shire Council · 2023

Turned scattered training into a costed, prioritised capability strategy for a diverse local-government workforce.

The Challenge

Replace ad-hoc training with a strategy tied to Council priorities and real workforce need.

What I Did

Ran an organisation-wide learning-needs analysis from the culture survey and strategic/operational plans; set four priorities; built a mandatory-training competency matrix across service areas and commissioned an RTO to close the gaps.

The Outcome

A $200K capability program, with compliance reframed as capability rather than cost.

Tools — Rise 360 · ELMO

BP · Bernie Petter

Bernie Petter lives and works on Wadawurrung Country. I acknowledge the Wadawurrung People as Traditional Custodians of this land, and pay my respects to Elders past and present. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

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