Murray River Council has achieved remarkable positive change in less than 12 months, winning a Voice Project 2021 Change Champion Award. Watch the video to see how strong employee involvement unleashed the talent at Murray River Council.
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In Melbourne’s north, Darebin City Council, has been tested like never before during 2020. Darebin had to shift its focus rapidly, structuring a COVID response that served the community and supported staff through a period of upheaval, while delivering crucial and valued community services and keeping people safe.
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Shortly after joining City of Vincent in 2018, CEO David MacLennan commenced an organisational review. It showed that staff didn’t understand the work that other areas were doing, and couldn’t clearly see how that work aligned with the organisation’s overall purpose and vision. It was also noted that City of Vincent’s values hadn’t been reviewed or updated in a decade.
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Voice Project has worked with Lake Macquarie City Council over their last few Staff Engagement Surveys, and had the opportunity with Council’s Director of Community Development, Morven Cameron, to share their story at the 2015 Australian Local Government Leadership Summit.
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One of the privileges we have at Voice Project is to help organisations track organisational improvements, and to celebrate with them when they succeed!
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The motivators are different for indoor and outdoor staff. Indoor workers tend to be more in tune with the purpose of the organisation and feel more involved. Outdoor staff like the lifestyle, flexibility, and job security that working for a Council affords them.
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In NSW, councils have of course been undergoing a period of drastic reform, under the banner of Fit for the Future (FFTF). As part of these reforms, the NSW Government has mandated the amalgamation of 44 councils into 19 new merged councils, with a further 9 new council mergers pending court decisions.
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