A culture of performance
Delivering high-quality, responsive and sustainable services to the community requires a strong performance culture. A performance culture is characterised by accountability, continuous improvement and the alignment of individual effort with organisational priorities.
In the Queensland public sector, a mature performance culture requires a focus on delivering community outcomes. It also recognises that employee engagement and wellbeing are critical enablers of performance. Strengthening this culture of performance remains a priority for the sector.
This chapter draws on Minimum Obligatory Human Resource Information (MOHRI) data and the results of the 2025 Working for Queensland (WfQ) survey.
Highlights
- Employee engagement is key to achieving a high-performing workforce.
- The overall Queensland public sector employee engagement score is stable at 60%.
- 68% are proud of the work they do for their organisation
- 63% recommend their organisation as a great place to work
- 58% find their organisation inspires them to do their best
- 57% are motivated to achieve their organisation’s objectives
- 55% feel strong attachment to their organisation.
- From MOHRI data, 43.65% of the workforce has been employed in the sector for over 10 years.
Employee engagement
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Positive performance management
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Employee health and wellbeing
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