| Leadership Skillsbank
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it Suit Your Needs?
The LWA Skillsbank Program can assist a range of diverse not for profit organisations or groups in the community sector, with requests for assistance on a range of purposes. For example your organisation may provide welfare services, protect the natural or built environment, present arts performances or promote the needs of people with a particular disability or health condition. Perhaps you have reached a particular stage in your development and needs the perspective of experienced outsiders, or a new set of professional skills, to help to continue to grow and build capacity.
The ideal project is one that works on an immediate problem you are experiencing but in the process transfers skills, knowledge and contacts from Fellows to the organisation so that it is in a stronger position to tackle similar challenges in the future by itself.
Leadership WA Skillsbank gives preference to requests that:
 Demonstrably add value to an organisation and to the WA community;
Require LWA members to give advice and support to an organisation’s staff or members;
Offer opportunities for the continuing learning and leadership development of LWA members.
The diverse mix of leaders who offer their time to LWA Skillsbank can provide:
mentoring to Executive and Senior management
specific advice relating to LWA members particular professional skills (e.g. community services, the law, accounting, urban planning, creative arts, sport and recreation, environment)
guidance with organisational development issues, strategic planning, and reviews
ideas sessions and think-tanks, to help clarify plans or projects
advice on public profile, marketing and sponsorship
advice on media liaison and media policy development
guest speakers on a variety of topics
advice and support for ‘one-off’ issues, or needs
membership of boards, councils or committees of management
leadership development support/ coaching
change management strategies
Leadership Skillsbank does not help with projects seeking:
- to lobby governments;
- to provide direct financial assistance;
- to provide direct benefits outside Australia;
- work that is clearly part of the day-to-day activities of an
organisation;
- pro bono assistance if the organisation has a capacity to pay
for consultancy advice.
The emphasis is on advice and support. Fellows/ members all have work, family and community commitments. The purpose of their voluntary contribution is to provide strategic leadership support and strengthen the capacities of you, your staff, or your organisation. If you require more significant hands-on work for a project, the Manager Community Engagement can provide you with information on other agencies that may be able to assist, such as goodcompany.
Click here to download the Skillsbank Project Application Form for 2011
Click here to download an application for a Board Vacancy through Skillsbank
Click here to download an application for mentor support
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