Late in 2021, the CEOs of Queensland’s regional NRM organisations identified the need for our sector to build capacity to lead at all levels. Developing our leadership capability is a deliberate and continuous practice. 

A Working Group was established in early 2022 and since then, they’ve developed a set of leadership capabilities, gathered data on leadership development underway in individual regional NRM organisations, trained facilitators and held a series of focus groups.

As a result of that work, a Leadership Framework has been finalised and is now ready for launch. The framework will help provide a consistent approach to leadership development across Queensland’s NRM sector.

The framework and its five leadership capabilities provide a common language that will help bring leadership development into our everyday activities and conversations. The framework also complements the leadership initiatives that are already taking place at a regional level.

A series of recommendations were made by the Working Group and three of those recommendations are being implemented immediately. These three initiatives allow regions and their staff to opt-in to a range of statewide learning opportunities including a monthly program of virtual skill-building called Lunch & Learn; a pilot mentoring program; and a review of our Communities of Practice.

Leadership Framework resources

Lunch & Learn recordings

To find out more about upcoming Lunch & Learn events, visit NRMRQ’s Eventbrite page.