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November 2020
GRA AGM
GRA will hold its AGM on Saturday 14th November from 3-6pm. This meeting will cover the previous financial year, and also look at the recent work done by Liz Brnjak and Jennifer Burrows on the GRA's Membership. Nominations are also open for GRA Members interested in taking up a role on the Directorate. Nominations are due to administator@grouprelations.org.au on October 23rd. Download the 2020 Call for Nominations Download the Nomination Form Members Day and AGM Program 2020
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Listening Post: Australia and the world at the dawn of 2021
A new year’s listening post: Australia and the world at the dawn of 2021 Listening Posts are based on the notion that a group of people meeting together to study the behaviour of the society as a society allows the unconscious expression of some characteristics of the wider social system and the experience of the Listening Post is itself, therefore, relevant to an understanding of society beyond individual and personal preoccupations. The aim of the Listening Post is to enable…
Find out more »February 2021
Wellbeing challenges in the public sector – from heroic sacrifice to mindless suffering
‘Wellbeing challenges in the public sector. From heroic sacrifice to mindless suffering’: A reading, discussion and application group Does ‘the end ever justify the means’ when we think about public sector workforce wellbeing and the effort and expectations in responding to crisis, including bushfires and pandemics? Join Karen Olver and Kristina Karlsson to think about workplace wellbeing using the experience of responding to COVID-19 pandemic to reflect on the challenges, assumptions and expectations that have been raised during 2020. In…
Find out more »Disembodied Relations at Work – Online Conference
Disembodied Relations at Work online conference A group relations style conference for exploring the dynamics of working online during a pandemic. Tuesdays and Wednesdays 16 February - 17 March 2021 (AEDT) Covid-19 has forced many to work remotely. Several months on, we are learning that the reality of working online during a pandemic exposes and amplifies relational dynamics that are already present in organisational and societal cultures. It seems timely to examine these experiences, to explore in-depth the psychic…
Find out more »March 2021
Explore the idea: A Consultants’ Peer Learning Network
Exploratory meeting to be held Tuesday 23rd March 6.00 – 7.30pm on Zoom. Two GRA members – Mike Faris and Joanne Fitzgerald – are establishing a Consultants’ Peer Learning Network CPLN for those in our field whose work involves them in the role of external consultant. A group of only 8 to 10 members will form for 7 meetings held 3-weekly over the next 5 months. The meetings will be conducted on Zoom and run 6.00pm – 8.00pm Tuesdays. To…
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