Leaders of Hafnarfjörður meet and learn
Three management days are held annually for all managers of the City of Hafnarfjörður, who work across the 73 sites under the authority of the municipality. For the autumn meeting of 2023, around 120 managers from the City of Hafnarfjörður attended, where they listened to a variety of presentations and took an active part in a workshop on shaping and branding a new management school for the City of Hafnarfjörður.
Hafnarfjörður Management School in the making – the life and work of the manager
Three management days are held annually for all managers of the City of Hafnarfjörður, who work at the 73 sites under the authority of the municipality. One full day is held in the autumn, and two half-days are held in the first half of the year. The services provided by these 73 municipal departments are diverse, but aspects such as operations, human resources, and management are common. It is therefore important to have a forum where the group can discuss and reflect on their projects and main challenges. Around 120 managers from the City of Hafnarfjörður attended the autumn meeting 2023, where they listened to a variety of presentations and took an active part in a workshop on shaping and branding a new management school for the City. The meeting was chaired by Sunna Magnúsdóttir, who recently took up the position of Project Manager for Culture and Tourism at Hafnarfjörður Municipality.
Executive education, teamwork, leadership skills, emotional intelligence and the impact of mindset
The items on the agenda for the Hafnarfjörður municipal management meeting covered a variety of subjects. Sigurður Nordal, Director of the Administration Department and Deputy Mayor, opened the meeting with well-chosen words about the importance and value of the management team. The first part of the day was dedicated to a discussion about the municipality's proposed management school, which is scheduled to open from the turn of the year 2024. A targeted needs analysis took place, where managers had the opportunity to express their ideas about the training and teaching within the school and to discuss the main challenges facing managers across a diverse range of areas. In this context, the main challenges for managers were discussed, relating to the working environment, a successful workplace, workplace culture, change management, multiculturalism, human resources, recruitment, redundancies, challenging personnel matters, finance, and public administration. The second part of the day included interesting presentations by professionals on emotional intelligence, mindset, leadership skills and the recipe for a successful team.