'Toitū te Kotahitanga – Better Together', a project by Whakatāne District Council has been awarded this year's Capability Group Award for Organisation and People Development.
Presented by Ryan Moore, Senior Talent and OD Consultant at Capability Group, this award recognises approaches that build an exceptional organisational culture or capability through the application of transformational leadership.
Entries in this category might be multi-year programmes or one-off projects but they will involve organisational redesign, human resource management, leadership development or other means of building organisational or staff capability. The approach must be capable of transfer to other local authorities.
Toitū te Kotahitanga is Whakatāne District Council’s journey of transformation of its organisational culture and leadership capability. This led to staff developing and owning their vision and values and working towards being ‘better together’.
The judges said "we saw five organisational culture programmes this year. Toitū te Kotahitanga stood out not only for the improvements in staff engagement, but that there was a strong linkage to the council’s strategic objectives."
This award's sponsor Capability Group is a provider of professional development opportunities that transform individuals and workplace cultures. Capability Group partners with Taituarā to develop leadership capabilities within the local government sector.
This is the sixth year that Capability Group has sponsored the Excellence in Organisation and People Development category.