- Building a Culture of Care: Achieving Results Through People
- Maintaining Social Ties Between Colleagues: for Optimal Collaboration and
Conflict Prevention - Women’s History Month
- Cyber Security Awareness Month – Annual Event: Step Up Your Cyber Fitness
- Amendments to the Public Service Employment Act: Overview for Hiring Managers
- Hybrid Seminar – Building a Culture of Experimentation
- GC Diversity Networks
- You have more talent in your team than you think! – Apolitical article
- Values and Ethics Foundations for Managers
National Capital Region
- Managers Connect event in NCR – Sold Out
- Save the date for the next Managers Connect event in the NCR
- Hybrid Seminar & In-person Speed Mentoring Session
Quebec & Nunavut
Prairies & Northern Territories
British Columbia & Yukon
Contact us to learn more about the NMC and how we can help support managers
NMC News
Register for an NMC Managers Connect event in your region
We continue to host in-person regional Managers Connect events throughout the country. We’ve asked attendees of past events to write one word that describes how they felt about their day, and some of the most popular words are: INSPIRING, EMPOWERING, ENGAGED and POSITIVE.
Check out the dates of upcoming NMC Managers Connect events near you, register and share the invitation. We look forward seeing you!
Conversation Corners Networking pilot event: a formula worth repeating
“The room was buzzing with managers keen to make new connections, share insights, and learn from each other. Conversations were animated, thoughtful and people were thankful for the valuable time spent together. It was great to see how many different departments and agencies were represented,’’ commented Brigitte Bélanger, Co-chair of the HC/PHAC managers’ community, about the September 26 informal event co-organized by the National Managers’ Community and the PSPC Managers’ Community Network (MCN).
“Corners” were based on recurring themes emerging from the management community and, resonating ideas and best practices captured in this evolving document for the benefit of the community at large. “I’m looking forward to many more in-person networking opportunities with managers across the community,” concluded Susan Drysdale, event co-organizer and Chair of PSPC MCN.
Events and Celebrations
Building a Culture of Care: Achieving Results Through People
While many organizations primarily associate success with achieving great results and delivering quality service, it is employee care that maximizes human potential and leads to organizational success. This session, provided by The Canadian Innovation Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace, explores how leaders and employees can create an environment of success and innovation by developing and nurturing a culture of care.
October 12, 2023 |Virtual event | 1:00 to 2:30 pm (ET) | Register here
Maintaining Social Ties Between Colleagues: for Optimal Collaboration and
Conflict Prevention
The context of recent years (#metoo, pandemic, equity, diversity, inclusion issues) is accompanied by an increase in inappropriate behaviours that are detrimental to the social bonds between work colleagues. In this session, participants will understand challenges related to the current work context and the impacts on social connections, and identify mechanisms to promote healthy collaboration as well as prevent conflicts.
October 18, 2023 | Virtual event|1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET) |Register here
Women’s History Month
October is Women’s History Month in Canada, a time to celebrate the women and girls who have contributed and are contributing to a better, more inclusive Canada.
Learn more about influential women, including the role and contributions of Indigenous women.
Cyber Security Awareness Month – Annual Event: Step Up Your Cyber Fitness
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an important time to reflect on how to educate, empower and protect ourselves, and those around us, in our increasingly connected digital world. This year’s theme, “Step Up Your Cyber Fitness,” focuses on prioritizing and protecting our digital well-being.
October 31, 2023 | Virtual event|1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (ET) |Register here
Learn more about Cyber Security Awareness Month at getcybersafe.gc.ca
Amendments to the Public Service Employment Act: Overview for Hiring Managers
Changes were recently made to the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA).
To support managers with this change, the PSC in collaboration with CSPS and NMC will be offering this informative event, which provides hiring managers with an overview of the amendments to the Public Service Employment Act, including new sub-delegated staffing authorities and the requirement to conduct an evaluation of assessment methods to identify and remove biases and barriers or mitigate their impacts, among other important changes. We invite all hiring managers to register!
November 2, 2023 | Virtual event
- FRENCH session with interpretation in English|10:30 to 11:30 am (ET) | Register here
- ENGLISH session with interpretation in French|1:30 pm to 2:30 pm (ET) | Register here
Hybrid Seminar – Building a Culture of Experimentation
Join the NMC and the Association of Public Sector Information Professionals (DPI) for this seminar on Building a Culture of Experimentation. You will have to opportunity to hear from Liora Raitblat and discuss the organizational mindset that values and encourages experimentation to generate new ideas, solve problems, and learn from failures.
Participants attending the event in person in the NCR can also register for a speed mentoring portion, with executives from the public service, which follows the seminar.
November 28, 2023 | Seminar (hybrid)|9:30 to 11:00 pm (ET) |Speed Mentoring (NCR in-person) |11:00 to 12:15 pm (ET) | Register and select your participation option here
Spotlight on Resources
GC Diversity Networks
Across the federal government, communities of practice, working groups, and teams from coast to coast are working hard to move the dial and make the GC more diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist. Visit the GC Diversity Networks platform to learn more about what’s underway including a list of GC Diversity Networks, upcoming Events, GC Diversity Initiatives and GC Informal Networking and Mentorship Program.
You have more talent in your team than you think! – an Apolitical article
Organizations are challenged to create diverse workplaces, but struggle to tap into the diverse skills, knowledge, and insights of their employees. As a result, untapped talent begins to create a workplace of employee disengagement and high turnover. The answer: Leaders must begin to discover the full range of skills and talents of their diverse teams and leverage those unique skills and talents. Read full article on Apolitical
Values and Ethics Foundations for Managers
As the Clerk of the Privy Council, John Hannaford, mentioned in his recent Fall speeches, he is engaging the public service on our values and ethics, using the Code of Values and Ethics as our touchstone. As a manager, it may be a good time to refresh your knowledge of the code by taking the Values and Ethics Foundations for Managers, available online at CSPS.
Regional News
Atlantic
Register now for the Managers Connect events in St-John’s
Engagement – Equity– Evolution
(Re-)connect with colleagues to share ideas and experiences.
(Re-)learn tools that will help us be inclusive and engage our teams.
(Re-)discover possibilities and focus our common energy on embracing these challenges.
- St-John’s – October 17, 2023
National Capital Region
Managers Connect event in NCR
The Fall Managers Connect event in Ottawa sold out in just a few days – thank you for your interest! We are sorry if you were unable to register and we encourage you to put your name on the waiting list. If we have any cancellations, we will contact those on the list and keep you informed in priority for the next Managers Connect event in the NCR to be held at the end of January 2024.
And as an alternative you might be interested in signing up now for our November 28th seminar and speed mentoring session in collaboration with The Association of Public Sector Information Professionals (DPI) ! See more details here
Hybrid Seminar & In-person Speed Mentoring Session
The Association of Public Sector Information Professionals (DPI) and the NMC are teaming up to offer an exciting hybrid seminar on Building a Culture of Experimentation, where you will have the opportunity to hear from the renowned speaker, Liora Raitblat, on the organizational mindset that values and encourages experimentation to generate new ideas, solve problems, and learn from failures.
Following the seminar, participants attending the event in-person in the NCR can also register for the speed mentoring portion – The Art of Networking: Building Meaningful Connections and engage with executives from across the public service and gain new perspectives on a wide range of leadership topics.
November 28, 2023
Seminar (hybrid)|9:30 to 11:00 pm (ET) |Speed Mentoring (in-person) |11:00 to 12:15 pm (ET) | Register and select your participation option
Quebec & Nunavut
Register for the Managers Connect event in Montreal
On November 7th, come enjoy a day of inspiration and exchange with fellow managers, supervisors, and aspiring managers from your region. Among others, we’ll be welcoming guest speaker Danièle Sauvageau, who will talk about Leading a Team to Victory!
For all the details of the day, visit the event page: NMC Managers Connect 2023 – Montreal
NEW 2023-2024 Program at the Institut d’Administration Publique du Québec
For 2023-2024 IAPQ is offering 6 webinars on a variety of topics. The IAPQ offers webinars, IN FRENCH ONLY, either à la carte, in individual or institutional packages.
Ontario
Save the date – Managers Connect event in Toronto
Save the date – Managers Connect in-person event in Toronto on January 30. Make sure you’re on the interested in participating list and we’ll send you an email when registration opens!
Prairies & Northern Territories
Register for the Managers Connect events in Regina and Saskatoon
Take advantage of these long-awaited in person events to network and reconnect with colleagues from various departments and agencies. We will explore the benefits of becoming trauma informed managers as well as reflect on what it means to foster cultural safety in your workplace.
- Regina – October 24, 2023
- Saskatoon – October 26, 2023
Future Leaders of Manitoba news
British Columbia & Yukon
Register for the Managers Connect events in BC
Take advantage of these long-awaited in person events to network and reconnect with colleagues from various departments and agencies. We will explore the benefits of becoming trauma informed managers as well as reflect on what it means to foster cultural safety in your workplace.
- Abbotsford – November 21, 2023
- Register here (Program and Biographies to follow)
- Victoria – November 22, 2023
- Register here (Program and Biographies to follow)
- Nanaimo – November 23, 2023
- Register here (Program and Biographies to follow)
- Vancouver – November 24, 2023
- Register here (Program and Biographies to follow)
Contact us to learn more about the NMC
and how we can help support managers
Atlantic | BC-Yukon | Quebec-Nunavut
National Capital
Ontario | Prairies-NWT
Email: nmc-cng@csps-efpc.gc.ca
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