2016_17_A_Year_in_Review

   We transitioned our ICT systems to the latest             Although commencing in the 2015/16 financial year,
    version of the Cloud which provided enhanced               the process of bringing our new Council up to
    security and stability for our systems which is            speed with the myriad of Council issues was a pre-
    important given the number of cyber-attacks                dominant theme in the first few months of the
    occurring at the moment. We have also continued            2016/17 financial year. This involved a significant
    to roll out our ICT strategy to enhance our system         number of workshops and presentations to
    capabilities.                                              Councillors to brief them on key strategies, projects
   We undertook significant training and development          and priorities. This was quite a seamless process
    for leadership capabilities within the organisation.       resulting in good governance and good decision-
    This included the continuation of the Leadership           making processes.
    Practices Inventory (LPI) program for our senior
    management staff (approximately 30 staff leaders).
    While undertaking a significant amount of
    professional development training for our staff, we
    still have more to do to successfully implement an
    annual staff development program.