virtual event
Winning Over Senior Stakeholders: L&D Tactics that Work
For public servants and policymakers worldwide
Thursday, Jun 20, 2024
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Speakers
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Event Description
Building a government workforce equipped to tackle 21st-century problems requires continuous investment in learning and development. As an L&D professional, you know this. But how do you get everyone else to see it?
A recent poll of UK L&D professionals identified 'demonstrating the value of L&D to senior stakeholders' as their second biggest problem at work.
This event will bring together some of the biggest champions of L&D initiatives across the global public service, sharing how they approach investing in workforce development. They will discuss how L&D initiatives, when effectively communicated and aligned with strategic goals, can capture the attention of senior leaders and make an impact.
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Speakers
Isra Pastor
Director of Learning, National Institute for Public Administration of Spain
Spain
Thembi Watt
Head of L&D Capability and Skills | Government Skills, Cabinet Office
UK
Taki Sarantakis
President, Canada School of Public Service
Canada
Isra Pastor, Director of the Learning Department of the National Institute for Public Administration of Spain, has twenty plus years of experience as a Senior Manager in the Spanish State Public Administration. He was the Director of the Centro de Estudios JurĂdicos (CEJ), the Centre for Legal Studies and currently directs the training centre covering managerial skill for all levels of administration in Spain.
Thembi Watt, a high-performing HR Generalist, works at the centre of Government, with experience in Business Partnering, Capability & Talent, Employee Relations and D&I. Thembi is a true strategic thinker who thrives in complex and sensitive political environments, and is a Chartered FCIPD and Prince 2 accredited.
Taki Sarantakis, President of the Canada School of Public Service since July 2018, having previously served as Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Mr. Sarantakis spent most of his career at Infrastructure Canada, including as Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy and Communications. In 2011 Mr. Sarantakis was awarded Canada's Public Service Award of Excellence in Public Policy, and in 2013 he was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
