Leadership, management & business skills
Semester one
Applying the ten types of intelligence in the workplace
Kevin Norton and Colin Emerson
9am - 4pm Friday 1 June - $550 ND
When you know yourself and your workmates, or the staff that you manage, more in depth and thoroughly then you will enjoy better inter-personal relationships, increased productivity and a more enjoyable and beneficial workplace. " What are the ten types of intelligence? " Identify your own intelligence strengths " Using the types of intelligence in the workplace " Which types are relevant to the workplace and managing people? How to recognise and work effectively with the different types.
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Coaching skills for managers
Barbara Miller
9 - 5pm Thursday 22 March - $550 ND
Managers can use coaching to enhance and increase the performance of individuals and teams to achieve organisational goals. Coaching is about creating positive directed change and helping staff develop key capabilities required for their supportive role within a team environment. This course is designed to shift leadership practices from the old "command & control" model to a more inclusive and participative style. The solutions focused coaching approach teaches managers, supervisors and team leaders' how to access and align their staff's personal strengths, traits and skills to improve performance at every level. By attending this course participants will discover more about themselves and their own capabilities as they learn how to use their developing coaching talents for the greater good of the organization.
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Creating or rebuilding morale
Colin Emerson
9am - 4pm Friday 4 May $295 ND
According to sociologist Alexander Leighton, "morale is the capacity of a group of people to pull together persistently and consistently in pursuit of a common purpose." As a leader, your impact on employee morale is immeasurable. To be a successful leader, it's essential to take the time to develop good morale. As a leader or manager, your team's morale starts with you. Building high employee motivation and morale is challenging. Yet applying the necessary steps to achieve that morale is surprisingly simple.
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Emotional intelligence skills
Barbara Miller
9-5pm Thursday 1 March - $650 ND
Emotional intelligence counts more than IQ or expertise for determining who excels at a job - any job - and for outstanding leadership it counts for almost everything. Leaders and star performers high in EI encourage team successes, share collaborative goals and tend to experience greater job satisfaction. This 1 day intensive is an introspective guide to becoming a more effective manager, supervisor or team leader and includes an ability based measure that assesses a person's capacity to reason with emotional information, to solve problems or use emotional information to make decisions. It demonstrates how tuning into your emotions and those you work with and knowing how to manage them will help you succeed and flourish in your career.
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Executive leadership of projects
Dr Ofer Zwikael
9am - 5pm Wednesday 30 May - $595 ND
Project managers, however skilled they are, can not successfully manage a complex project without being support by senior managers in the organisation. In addition, senior managers have unique accountabilities in a project context, such as chairing a steering committee, and realising outcomes and benefits. This workshop discusses the best practices that can be used by executives, with an emphasis on ensuring that you can apply what you learn from the workshop in your own organisation immediately.
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How to motivate
Kevin Norton
9am - 1pm Friday 11 May - $250 ND
With motivation, one size does not fit all. We need the skills to identify what motivates each individual in my team or organisation. What are their psychological hot buttons, needs, wants, goals/career goals? To what kinds of rewards do they respond best? What are their primary, secondary and tertiary motivators?
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Introduction to project management
Dr Ofer Zwikael
9am - 5pm Wednesday 23 May - $595 ND
Get the practical and insightful knowledge that you need to initiate, plan, implement, control and close a project successfully. This one-day course introduces you to most effective and simple Project Management processes and tools, so that you proactively and confidently manage your projects and start applying what you learn from the workshop in your own organisation immediately.
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Leadership & team building for current and future leaders
Kevin Norton & Colin Emerson
9am - 4pm Thursday 24 & Friday 25 May - $795 ND
This course will help participants to gain better knowledge and understanding of successful leadership and team building. Participants will then be equipped to apply these skills in their current and future workplaces. This training adds enormous value because it includes the most important material from nine successful courses. All the major requirements for being a successful leader and team builder are covered. Behavioural styles are discussed as a means of understanding and motivating ourselves and our team. Different leadership thinking is required at the three major levels in an organisation.
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Maximising performance and outcomes
Colin Emeron
9am - 4pm Saturday 17 March - $395 ND
Running any government department, business unit or project today is a tough balancing act. Almost every manager and team member faces the challenges of: o Local and global financial pressures, o the growing impact of knowledge and technology, o new service or project delivery criteria, and o increasing demands for the delivery of those services or projects.
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Positive leadership & management
Geoff Mortimore
9am - 5pm Wednesday 16 May - $550 ND
Drawing on the findings of positive psychology, the course equips participants with a range of leadership and management skills for building on the strengths of individuals, groups and organisations - to foster engagement, creativity and peak performance. Attention will also be given to skills in leading and managing oneself positively.
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Successfully completing strategies, projects and change initiatives
Dr Neil Miller
9am - 5pm Wednesday 6 June - $550 ND
Most strategies, projects and changes don't have a full time project manager, but they still need to be managed to achieve goals. This course provides a simple, easy to apply management method and practical tips on how to achieve goals with a minimum of time, effort and stress.
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The mindful manager
Barbara Miller
9am - 5pm Friday 11 & 18 May - $895 ND
Many managers are encountering new pressures to do more with less. As a result managers often feel overwhelmed or compromised, powerless to make the changes they know will make the difference to their teams and work place. Mindfulness techniques are recommended for use by managers in practice to avoid emotional reactivity and to manage stress. This 2 day course shows you how to discover new ways of thinking and acting, being present in the moment and focusing on what's really important. It includes state of the art mindfulness practices and acceptance and commitment therapy that opens you up to being more courageous and innovative empowering you to bring out the best in yourself and your team.
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The skilled supervisor
Geoff Mortimore
9am - 5pm Wednesday 9 May - $550 ND
An opportunity to expand your repertoire of supervisions skills. Depending on the interests of participants, the course will explore skills in constructively and confidently: managing performance, motivating, giving constructive feedback, coaching & mentoring, building and leading teams, facilitating meetings, dealing with 'difficult people', resolving conflict, managing upwards and managing change.
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