Rebecca Skinner's guest appearances

Rebecca Skinner

Australia in the World

Work with Purpose: A podcast about the Australian Public Service.

On Balance: Parenting and Education

David Gruen

Frances Adamson

Heather Smith

Maggie Doyne

Elizabeth Kelly

Mark Evans

Tony Abbott

Dave Stewart

Natasha Kassam

Brendan Murphy

Daniel Siegel

Bob Hawke

Mathew Trinca

Allan Gyngell

Chris Jordan

OwlTail

We’re excited to launch Season Two of On Balance with guest Rebecca Skinner, Blue School’s Interim Head of School. Rebecca shares her favorite back to school memories, her first impressions of Blue School, and hopes for our community during this transition period. Rebecca was the Founding Head of the International School of Brooklyn and was most recently a member of the team that launched The Dwight School in Dubai. Visit Blue School's website to learn more about our education philosophy and how to apply. BlueSchool.org

We’re excited to launch Season Two of On Balance with guest Rebecca Skinner, Blue School’s Interim Head of School. Rebecca shares her favorite back to school memories, her first impressions of Blue School, and hopes for our community during this transition period. Rebecca was the Founding Head of the International School of Brooklyn and was most recently a member of the team that launched The Dwight School in Dubai. Visit Blue School's website to learn more about our education philosophy and how to apply. <a href="http://www.blueschool.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BlueSchool.org</a>

Welcome to the School Year with Rebecca Skinner

A shiny new leadership role in the Australian Public Serve and then … the implementation of 50 plus policy decisions by National Cabinet, 3 million phone calls in one day, the number of claims normally processed in years were being processed in days, the onboarding thousands of new staff, and the prospect of helping one million Australians who were about to lose their jobs.This is what faced Rebecca Skinner when she took over the leadership of Services Australia, the agency responsible for delivering government payments and services.Now while Rebecca maybe one of Australia’s most experienced public servants having held senior positions in Defence, Prime Minister and Cabinet and Attorney General’s, what she faced was unprecedented.In this week’s Work with Purpose, Rebecca Skinner shares with David Pembroke her memories of the earliest days of the Covid 19 crisis and how she prepared her team to not just cope but thrive. She reflects on the importance of sharing the load, taking it one day at a time and always remembering that no matter how bad things looked, the sun would always rise the next morning.Discussed in this episode:Managing the pressureMoving services onlineHaving one point of authoritative communicationHow to sustain the momentumHow DSS support their staff’s wellbeingCOVID-19 allowing the APS and Services Australia to demonstrate its mobility Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A shiny new leadership role in the Australian Public Serve and then … the implementation of 50 plus policy decisions by National Cabinet, 3 million phone calls in one day, the number of claims normally processed in years were being processed in days, the onboarding thousands of new staff, and the prospect of helping one million Australians who were about to lose their jobs.This is what faced Rebecca Skinner when she took over the leadership of Services Australia, the agency responsible for delivering government payments and services.Now while Rebecca maybe one of Australia’s most experienced public servants having held senior positions in Defence, Prime Minister and Cabinet and Attorney General’s, what she faced was unprecedented.In this week’s Work with Purpose, Rebecca Skinner shares with David Pembroke her memories of the earliest days of the Covid 19 crisis and how she prepared her team to not just cope but thrive. She reflects on the importance of sharing the load, taking it one day at a time and always remembering that no matter how bad things looked, the sun would always rise the next morning.Discussed in this episode: <ul><li>Managing the pressure</li><li>Moving services online</li><li>Having one point of authoritative communication</li><li>How to sustain the momentum</li><li>How DSS support their staff’s wellbeing</li><li>COVID-19 allowing the APS and Services Australia to demonstrate its mobility</li></ul> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

EP#15: Under Pressure – Chief Executive Officer of Services Australia, Rebecca Skinner

We are very excited to bring you a special interview this episode with Rebecca Skinner, Associate Secretary of Australia’s Department of Defence, and therefore one of the most senior women working on Australia’s national security. It is a wide-ranging conversation that covers topics including the nature of the Associate Secretary role, civil-military relationships inside the department, the never-ending question of reform, gender issues, and contrasts between private and public sector organisations. Allan and Darren also pose big picture questions on the disrupted strategic environment and how to better integrate Australia’s national security community. On the lighter side, the $400 ash tray from the TV show “The West Wing” and (perhaps) its Australian equivalent – a flute – also come up. As always, we invite our listeners to email us at this address: australia.world.pod@gmail.com We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj Our thanks go to AIIA intern Charlie Henshall for his help with audio editing, Rory Stenning for composing our theme music, and Martyn Pearce for technical assistance in setting up this episode. Relevant links Rebecca Skinner’s biography: http://defence.gov.au/leaders/MsRebeccaSkinner.asp The West Wing: “Four hundred dollar ashtray”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9kH_HOUXM

We are very excited to bring you a special interview this episode with Rebecca Skinner, Associate Secretary of Australia’s Department of Defence, and therefore one of the most senior women working on Australia’s national security. It is a wide-ranging conversation that covers topics including the nature of the Associate Secretary role, civil-military relationships inside the department, the never-ending question of reform, gender issues, and contrasts between private and public sector organisations. Allan and Darren also pose big picture questions on the disrupted strategic environment and how to better integrate Australia’s national security community. On the lighter side, the $400 ash tray from the TV show “The West Wing” and (perhaps) its Australian equivalent – a flute – also come up. As always, we invite our listeners to email us at this address: <a href="mailto:australia.world.pod@gmail.com">australia.world.pod@gmail.com</a> We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj Our thanks go to AIIA intern Charlie Henshall for his help with audio editing, Rory Stenning for composing our theme music, and Martyn Pearce for technical assistance in setting up this episode. Relevant links Rebecca Skinner’s biography: <a href="http://defence.gov.au/leaders/MsRebeccaSkinner.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://defence.gov.au/leaders/MsRebeccaSkinner.asp</a> The West Wing: “Four hundred dollar ashtray”: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9kH_HOUXM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9kH_HOUXM</a>

Ep. 21: Interview with Rebecca Skinner, Associate Secretary at Defence