Newsletter March 2018

Our Game Changers Program commences in June 2018, so if you would like to be part of this please ensure you register soon as places are limited!

The Game Changers in Infrastructure Program is specifically designed for leaders in infrastructure across Australasia who want to collaborate and lead change in our industry. We believe this program will transform our industry by building the capability and capacity of our leaders across our projects, organisations and client businesses to deliver better infrastructure outcomes and meet the challenges our industry faces over the next five years.

• You will be surrounded by a community of collaborative and growth mindset oriented infrastructure leaders who want to progress their careers, bids and projects
• It is all about you and your growth. You decide on your most important goals and on your game plan. We will introduce you to game changing leadership concepts, principles, frameworks and an environment that will assist you both personally and professionally

• This program will provide you with the opportunity for you to lead change in our industry, across projects and within your organisation, by building your capability to deliver outstanding outcomes for your clients
• We are committed to seeing you progress your career to the next level, as well as winning more work and delivering high performance projects for your clients

• Your four quarterly two day workshops with your coach (Kym Williams) and a community of like-minded peers will be given a rare opportunity to get outside the day-to-day of your business
• You will go through a 360-degree leadership effectiveness assessment on where you are at as a leader and where you want to be
• We will assist you in developing an personal action plan that will be reviewed quarterly to ensure you deliver on these actions

• Between the workshops you will have access to a dedicated Program Advisor, an expert at helping infrastructure leaders implement the tools and concepts of the Program in their lives, organisations and projects
• Each month you will be provided with the opportunity to listen in on our Game Changers in Infrastructure calls to help you and your team remain clear, focused and confident throughout the year

In conjunction with the Office of the Industry Advocate in Adelaide, BRS will be running another Commercial Acumen Training: Building better Business Cases and Driving Value for Money with Suppliers.

The workshop will be facilitated by Heath Colebatch, who has extensive experience in this space and it is specifically tailored for Executives and Senior Staff (ASO7 or above) to maximise the value of projects by:

• Understanding the power of Business Cases and the importance of evidenced based approach to decision making;
• Better understanding of Governance around capital projects or business improvement initiatives;
• Increasing leadership depth and broadening capability of our leaders;
• Increasing our understanding around commercial decision making;
• Realising the importance of developing strong business relationships;
• Increasing value for money for taxpayers and agencies;
• Ensuring commercial decisions are aligned to strategy and promote achievement of project objectives;
• Understanding the cost drivers and profit drivers of service providers;
• Balancing risk and reward and risk allocation in commercial relationships; and
• Learning tips and tricks to maximise project and contract performance.

Strategic and Major Project Procurement Advisor

Department Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

BRS was engaged by the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure (DPTI) to provide strategic procurement advice services for a range of projects, including, Flinders Link, City Tramline Extension, Rail minor works program, Adelink public transport planning project, Gawler East Link Road.

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