Advice and Influence (Expert / leading)

70% on-the-job learning

• Lead the development and delivery of free and frank advice to decision-makers on complex cross-agency projects that meets all the Policy Quality Framework criteria.
• Anticipate the need for advice.
• Identify who needs to be influenced and how best to do this so that the right decisions are made and implemented.
• Lead discussions in which you need to be persuasive with the minister, select committees, Cabinet committees, across agencies and with stakeholders.
• Lead and guide discussions on how to improve the way analysis is delivered to ministers.
• Develop case studies for peer learning on what works, and to practice how advice is presented and understood.
• Present your work in your capacity as a compelling and influential subject matter expert.
• Share with others your knowledge on how to advise and influence.

20% learning from others 

• Shadow senior managers in the development of relationships with key decision makers. 
• Work with colleagues in other agencies to identify common objectives, including how policy issues in one area can influence and affect the achievement of objectives in another.
• Join peer networks within your agency or across the public service, where you can share ideas and experiences of presenting advice and influencing decision makers.

10% formal learning

• Consider taking a leadership course (e.g. Leadership by Communicate).