ACTPS Diversity: Attracting & Retaining Senior Indigenous Executives

This report addresses the challenge of attracting and retaining senior indigenous executives in the ACT Public Services (ACTPS) to meet diversity objectives. It emphasizes the importance of organizational diversity for fostering innovation and accessing top talent. The report recommends strategies such as targeted training programs, leadership skill development, and cross-cultural training to enhance the skills and career progression of indigenous employees. It also suggests creating a supportive and inclusive work environment through initiatives like mentorship, cultural awareness programs, and recognizing achievements. By implementing these recommendations, ACTPS can improve its engagement with indigenous communities, leverage diverse perspectives, and promote a more equitable and effective public service. The report concludes by advocating for role-specific courses and collaboration with external training institutions to further support the development of indigenous staff within ACTPS.

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Promoting Diversity in Organization
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Introduction
Organizational Diversity is indicative of equality of the opportunity along with the
employment without any kind of bias in relation to race, sexual orientation or gender.
Diversity can help in the generation of the innovative ideas that can act like an advantage for
an organization. Diversity can help an organization in getting access to the top talent that can
help an organization in making profits. ACT public services (ACTPS) provides services for
the general public in relation to health, transport, schools and the city services (Act.gov.au
2019). This report discusses about the methods that can help in attracting and retaining the
senior indigenous executives in ACT public services of Australia. The report also throws
light on the steps that the managers can take to increase the skill set of the employees that can
help them in occupying the executive positions in the organization.
Development of indigenous employees in ACTPS
Training
The employees who are working in ACTPS can be developed by the management of
the organization that can help them in taking up the executive positions in the organization.
The staff in ACTPS can be provided with the opportunities that can help in strengthening the
abilities of the employees of an organization. They can be provided with the requisite amount
of knowledge that can act like an investment for the organization. It can play an important
role in strengthening the overall governance of ACTPS. The indigenous staff should be
encouraged and supported by the managers in the organization that can help in their
professional development (Kennedy, Castelletti and O’Sullivan 2018). There should be a
planned approach in relation to staff training that can play a crucial role in developing the
skill set of the indigenous employees of organization.

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There should be certain initiatives in the organization that can retain the indigenous
employees within the organization. The plan should be supported by policies that can help in
the retention of the indigenous staff in the organization. There should be in-house training in
the organization that can help the employees in improving the skill set. The training can be
provided to the employees by taking recourse to the instructor-led training that can be useful
for the indigenous employees of organization. Power point presentations can also be used in
the course of the training that can help in making the message clear in front of the learners. It
can act as a powerful medium that can create a lasting impression on learners. The training
can be evaluated by measuring the improvement brought about in the business. The return of
the investment can act as a method that can help in the process of evaluation of the training.
Cross-cultural training should be laid stress by the managers of the organization that can help
in retaining the indigenous group of the employees in the public services company (Larsen
2017). The indigenous staff in ACTPS should be respected by the other employees of the
organization that can help in retaining those employees so that they can occupy the executive
positions within organization. The managers in the organization should ask the experienced
executives or the professionals who are working outside that of the organization to play the
role of role model that can help in their development in ACTPS.
There should be a proper staff induction process that can make the new employees
feel welcome in the organization (Fletcher, Alfes and Robinson 2018). The training in the
organization should include the aspect of the cultural awareness that can act as a positive
factor for the indigenous staff in ACTPS. The training should include the element of
language training that can help the indigenous employees in the area of communication
within ACTPS. It can help them in evolving as effective members of the community that can
help in their development within organization. The indigenous staff should be given rewards
in the organization which can help them in getting promoted to the senior executive positions

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in ACTPS (Asfaw, Argaw and Bayissa 2015). There should be facilities of coaching that can
help in giving guidance to the indigenous employees of ACTPS.
Leadership skills program
The leadership skills program in ACTPS can act as a valuable means that can help in
upgrading the skills of employees of ACTPS. The leadership development program should
focus on the art of that of collaboration that can help in solving the problems arising in the
organization. It can help in taking wise action in the case of the changing conditions. It can
help the employees in building resiliency that can help the indigenous employees in
managing stress at that of the executive level. The managers should look for certain
leadership skills before nominating the executive staff to that of the executive levels in the
organization. The leadership skills that should be looked for by the managers are positivity
along with communication. The people in the executive positions should have positivity so
that they can bring about effective changes in organization. The executive positions should be
nominated on the basis of the communication skills that can help them in effectively
communicating the goals along with the expectations of the organization.
Leadership courses
The managers of ACTPS can lay focus on the aspect of capacity building that can be
advantageous for the indigenous group of the employees. The managers should lay stress on
long-term goal of that of self-determination that can play the role of a catalyst in building the
skills of the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander people of ACTPS (Olson and Jeske
2018). The organization should include the role specific courses that can help the indigenous
employees in achieving proficiency in their relevant positions in the organization. The
organization can take the help of industry bodies within Australia along with external training
institutions like Centre for Cultural Competence Australia that can help in proving the proper

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training to that of indigenous staff in ACTPS. The managers can develop a Cultural
Competence Framework that can help in providing proper training to the employees of an
organization (Hanaysha 2016). It can act as a valuable resource that can help in addressing
the issue of cultural appropriation in the workplace. It can help in the process of driving the
real along with the lasting change in the organization. ACTPS can take the help of the
specialised consultancies that can help in the process of delivering the appropriate strategies
in the organization. ACTPS can provide the customised courses that can help in suiting the
needs of the employees. The courses can be made flexible that can greatly help in the
development of employees of ACTPS.
Conclusion
Organizational diversity refers to equal opportunities being provided to the employees
irrespective of bias relating to race or the gender. Diversity can bring about innovative ideas
that can be a competitive advantage for an organization. In-house training can be provided to
employees that can play a significant role in augmenting the skill sets of the employees.
Cross-cultural training can be provided by the managers of ACTPS that can retain indigenous
employees within the framework of an organization. The process of staff induction process
should be proper that can be effective in retaining the valuable employees in organisation.
Training should take into consideration the element of cultural awareness which can play the
role of a positive factor that can provide encouragement to employees. The benefits that
ACTPS can get in the event of employing the indigenous executives is that it can improve the
manner that the business interacts with that of the indigenous communities. It can help in
making use of the diverse experiences along with the opinions of the indigenous communities
that can help the business in making profits. It can be recommended that language training
can be provided to the employees that can develop the communication skills of the
employees. It can be recommended that the company can include that of role specific courses

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that can help employees in becoming proficient in the various positions in organization.
ACTPS can take recourse to training institutions like that of Centre for Cultural Competence
that can be useful in providing proper training for employees.

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