The Australian Public Service Commissioner's Directions were updated in late July 2019. The amendments ‘seek to achieve optimal performance management across the Australian Public Service (APS) through extending the responsibility for achieving effective performance to supervisors and employees and requiring agencies to proactively engage in performance management practices.’ Further, the circular announcing the changes suggest that ‘Agencies should review existing performance management frameworks to assess whether the amendments impact on current performance management practices’.
HBA Consulting has reviewed the changes and has set out our initial thoughts about some key areas for consideration by Agencies as they plan their next steps to align their current policies, procedures and support for supervisors and employees with the Directions.
The three key areas where we suggest that Agencies thinking initially focus are:
Our thought piece on Performance Management and the new APS Commissioner’s Directions can be found at www.hbaconsulting.com.au
You can get more detailed information of the new Australian Public Service Commissioner's directions and our key considerations for agencies, in the following PPT.
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