The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is continuing to enhance its human resource (HR) systems and leadership development programmes to attain its goals of becoming a future-ready and smart organisation.
“(The CSC) recognised that leadership and human resources are both consistently evolving, driving CSC to upskill and reskill the bureaucracy to keep up with the changes and continue to deliver their mandates with utmost efficiency, diligence and excellence,” Chairperson Karlo Nograles said in a news release recently.
In line with this, the CSC, together with the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC), conducted the Capacity Building Programme on Leadership Development and Strategic Human Resource Management and Organisation Development (HROD) in June at SEAMEO Innotech, Diliman, Quezon City.
The programme, which was attended by officials and employees from CSC Central and Regional Offices nationwide, sought to enhance the participants’ understanding of emerging tools and trends in leadership development and strategic HROD, enabling them to be more effective in their HR functions.
The CSC chair also noted that the Commission’s training arm, the Civil Service Institute (CSI), will benefit from the outcomes of the workshop that supports its mandate to build the capacities and competencies of the country’s 1.8 million civil servants.
During the workshop, subject matter experts Lisa Howdin and Jo Cantle from APSC shared information on digital and career options in the government through APSC’s Career Pathfinder, and discussed the processing and preparation of Training Needs Analysis tools and interventions, as well as demonstrating how to develop an Organisational Development Program Template.
The APSC also introduced concepts, theories, and best practices in Organizational Development (OD) that the Philippines can adopt, which included the Middle Management Continuing Development Framework, Wellness Programme, and APSC Digitalisation Journey.
By the end of the workshop, participants were expected to prepare an action plan for the development of HR systems and craft a leadership development program for implementation in the bureaucracy.
“I am most certain that this capability-building programme with the APSC will be a productive exchange of knowledge and expertise; one that will definitely align our goals to becoming a future-ready and smart organisation. Essentially, capacitating our workforce will greatly contribute to implementing positive organisational change as we will be able to strategically place key players in the right positions and roles,” Nograles said.
Earlier on Independence Day, Nograles emphasised the need for government employees to adapt to the new realities of the present to usher in the future aspirations of the country.
“We must be agile in the face of changes in the workplace, dynamic in our policies to address client demands, and flexible to ensure continuity in the delivery of public services amid any disruption,” said Nograles in his video message to the country’s civil servants.
He also vowed to champion learning and development programmes, such as the CSC-APSC Capacity Building Programme, to promote the professional development of the government workforce.
Meanwhile, he thanked Australian Embassy Counselor for Political, Economic and Public Affairs James Yeomans for piloting the activity, as well as Australia Awards Programme Director Milalin Javellana and Tertiary Education Adviser Mark Kilner, who were present during the three-day program. – PNA
