Training Programs
We have a fantastic selection of programs for you to choose from.
For corporate clients, we tailor our off-the-shelf programs to suit your needs and goals. This ensures your teams receive training and content that is specific to your business &/or industry, delivering maximum benefits.
Manager ESSENTIALS
This is the must-have course for anybody who manages people at work.
Essentials is our flagship Management & Leadership Skills program. It delivers the solid foundation that will be the springboard for your future success, as you progress to becoming a great manager who can get the very best results from their team.
We cover not only what you should do, but why + when + how you do it.
This practical approach is what makes our ESSENTIALS program so valuable and highly sought-after, enabling you to easily learn and absorb the key skills and attributes that every manager or leader needs.
Outcomes
After completing this program, you will:
- Understand how to get the very best out of every staff member in your team.
- Know the traits needed to become a good manager, and how you can develop them.
- Learn how to avoid becoming a bad manager.
- Be able to build and maintain a fabulous team culture.
- Gain clarity on exactly what you need to do – and not do – in your role as manager.
- Start quickly developing the number one attribute of truly great managers.
- Discover how to choose the right values and standards that will lead to long-term success for you and your team.
- Be confident in your ability to manage with an approach that not only delivers excellent results but also brings enjoyment to your workplace every day.
The Experience
This program combines a little bit of theory with a lot of practical “learn-by-doing” activities.
Run by an experienced facilitator, you will enjoy plenty of interaction and group discussions throughout the program. We also incorporate hands-on exercises, case studies and breakouts where you are encouraged to think, question and debate before discovering the best-practice answers and solutions that will help you become not just a good manager, but a great one. There is the bonus addition of a healthy dollop of fun, enjoyment and games along the way.
This proven methodology and innovative approach ensures you will get maximum benefit from the program.
Once completed, you will have a new-found confidence as a manager and leave with a raft of useful tools, tips, processes and knowledge that you can draw upon every day in your management role.
Who For?
This course is ideal for:
- New or less experienced Managers (< 10 years).
- Experienced Managers (> 10 years) who are keen to improve their skills, looking for a refresh, or want to discover new ways to manage & motivate staff.
- Aspiring Managers – those interested in becoming a manager at a future time, or who want to acquire valuable management skills.
- Similarly, Leaders of all levels (including CEOs).
- Employees who work in large corporates and are responsible for a team or department.
- Owners and senior staff of small to medium-sized businesses who find themselves managing staff “by default”.
Delivery Options
- One Full Day In-House Workshop – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- 2 x 1/2 Day In-House Workshops – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- Public Workshop – Contact us to register your interest in our next public workshop, where you will complete the course in-person, with managers from other businesses and industries. We run these public workshops in Melbourne and Sydney.
- 1-on-1 Coaching – Contact us to find out more about our personalised management skills training and coaching.
- Online Course – Our new virtual learning option, coming soon.
Manager ESSENTIALS+
Build upon the foundational skills you gained from the Essentials program with our exciting Essentials PLUS (+) program, taking your management skills to the next level.
This is the second in our series of three Management & Leadership Skills programs. It delivers a simple yet powerful framework that will help you become not just a good manager, but a great one, who can inspire teams to consistently hit their targets.
We cover not only what you should do, but why + when + how you do it. This practical approach is what makes the Essentials PLUS (+) program not only incredibly effective but also enjoyable to be part of.
Outcomes
After completing this program, you will:
- Have the knowledge and ability to hold productive weekly check-ins with your staff, that take very little time or effort.
- Discover how you can get greater accountability from your employees via a framework and conversation titled, The Deal.
- Make performance reviews simple and quick via our Good Work process and conversation.
- Gain an introduction to having Hard or Difficult Conversations with anyone in your team or business, without nervousness or fear.
- Know how to professionally Coach and/or Mentor your staff members, and play to their strengths.
- Appreciate where to draw the line with staff around the personal problems and issues they may bring to work, and how to have that conversation both easily and successfully.
- Boost your confidence and lift your level of management skills markedly.
The Experience
This program combines a little bit of theory with a lot of practical “learn-by-doing” activities.
Run by an experienced facilitator, you will enjoy plenty of interaction and group discussions throughout the program. We also incorporate hands-on exercises, case studies and breakouts where you are encouraged to think, question and debate before discovering the best-practice answers and solutions that will help you become not just a good manager, but a great one. There is the bonus addition of a healthy dollop of fun, enjoyment and games along the way.
This proven methodology and innovative approach ensures you will get maximum benefit from the program.
Once completed, you will have a new-found confidence as a manager and leave with another bounty of useful tools, tips, processes and knowledge that you can draw upon every day in your management role.
Who For?
This course is ideal for:
- Anyone who has already completed the Essentials program.
- New or less experienced Managers (< 10 years).
- Experienced Managers (> 10 years) who are keen to improve their skills, looking for a refresh, or want to discover new ways to manage & motivate staff.
- Aspiring Managers – those interested in becoming a manager at a future time, or who want to acquire valuable management skills.
- Similarly, Leaders of all levels (including CEOs).
- Employees who work in large corporates and are responsible for a team or department.
- Owners and senior staff of small to medium-sized businesses who find themselves managing staff “by default”.
Delivery Options
- One Full Day In-House Workshop – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- 2 x 1/2 Day In-House Workshops – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- Public Workshop – Contact us to register your interest in our next public workshop, where you will complete the course in-person, with managers from other businesses and industries. We run these public workshops in Melbourne and Sydney.
- 1-on-1 Coaching – Contact us to find out more about our personalised management skills training and coaching.
- Online Course – Our new virtual learning option, coming soon.
Manager ADVANCED
Apply the finishing touches to your manager development with our powerful ADVANCED program, the final offering in our series of Management & Leadership skills programs.
Here, we dive into the trickier aspects of managing people. Learn how to handle any situation at work by reaching into your new kit-bag of tools and knowledge. This program rounds out your skills and will enable you to lead with extra confidence, authority and calmness.
As with the first two programs in this series, we cover not only what you should do, but why + when + how you do it. This practical approach separates us from the competition and is what makes the Advanced program a truly exceptional program.
Outcomes
After completing this program, you will:
- Have the ability to hold incredibly effective quarterly or monthly 1-on-1s with your staff. These are the key meetings that will lead to long-term success for you and your team.
- Know how to shift your staff from needy workers who command a lot of your time, to self-managed workers, making your life as their manager even easier.
- Deliver your messages and delegate work in a clear, simple and direct way that your staff appreciate and value.
- Immediately and easily resolve all conflicts, tension, problems and issues that will arise in your team from time to time.
- Get your team to focus on the work that matters and deliver the key results and outcomes you want.
- Build a superb culture that is the envy of your competitors, one which enables you to keep your good performers for years yet say goodbye to poor performers quickly.
- Have a system that allows you to complete those pesky formal half-yearly staff performance reviews quickly and easily.
- Regularly step back from the daily noise and be able to think about your team via the Big Picture, to ensure you make the right decisions for the longer term (sometimes called Strategic Thinking, by very corporate people).
- Know how to hire high-quality new staff.
- Know how to fire troublesome or difficult staff who are causing wider issues for you and your team.
- Inspire your team to greatness.
- Increase your confidence so that you approach each day at work with a zest and positive attitude that only the top 1% of managers and leaders enjoy.
The Experience
This program combines a little bit of theory with a lot of practical “learn-by-doing” activities.
Run by an experienced facilitator, you will enjoy plenty of interaction and group discussions throughout the program. We also incorporate hands-on exercises, case studies and breakouts where you are encouraged to think, question and debate before discovering the best-practice answers and solutions that will help you become not just a good manager, but a great one. There is the bonus addition of a healthy dollop of fun, enjoyment and games along the way.
This proven methodology and innovative approach ensures you will get maximum benefit from the program.
Once completed, you will have a new-found confidence as a manager and be fully equipped with a complete kit-bag of useful tools, tips, processes and knowledge that you can draw upon every day in your management role.
Who For?
This course is ideal for:
- Anyone who has already completed the Essentials and Essentials PLUS (+) programs.
- New or less experienced Managers (< 10 years).
- Experienced Managers (> 10 years) who are keen to improve their skills, looking for a refresh, or want to discover new ways to manage & motivate staff.
- Aspiring Managers – those interested in becoming a manager at a future time, or who want to acquire valuable management skills.
- Similarly, Leaders of all levels (including CEOs).
- Employees who work in large corporates and are responsible for a team or department.
- Owners and senior staff of small to medium-sized businesses who find themselves managing staff “by default”.
Delivery Options
- One Full Day In-House Workshop – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- 2 x 1/2 Day In-House Workshops – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- Public Workshop – Contact us to register your interest in our next public workshop, where you will complete the course in-person, with managers from other businesses and industries. We run these public workshops in Melbourne and Sydney.
- 1-on-1 Coaching – Contact us to find out more about our personalised management skills training and coaching.
- Online Course – Our new virtual learning option, coming soon.
Presentation & Communication Skills
Are you that boring or nervous speaker, up on stage at a conference or in front of a group of people at work?
Do you stare at your slides or recite them line-by-line, whilst your audience switches off and starts playing with their phones?
Not any more!
In today’s competitive world, having excellent presentation skills is a huge advantage. Whether you’re a professional aiming to excel in meetings and pitches, an aspiring public speaker seeking to engage and inspire large audiences, or just a regular person eager to stand up in front of a small group and speak confidently without “umm-ing and ahh-ing” every few seconds, this course is your comprehensive guide.
Presenting well and speaking in public are about making sure the things you say hit your audience with the desired effect. You want that to happen 100% of the time. We show you how.
Become empowered with the essential skills, tools and techniques needed to transform you into a confident presenter and public speaker, one who delivers with impact and captivates their audience.
Outcomes
After completing this program, you will:
- Deliver with confidence.
- Learn how to structure your presentations for maximum impact.
- Be able to command attention.
- No longer have the “all eyes on you” butterflies and nerves; you will instead enjoy presenting to groups of people.
- Connect with your audience on a deeper level and leave a positive, lasting impression.
- Convey your message persuasively.
- Unlock your full potential as a dynamic and influential communicator.
The Experience
This program combines a little bit of theory with a lot of practical “learn-by-doing” activities and exercises.
Expertly facilitated, you will enjoy plenty of interaction and group discussions. Blending real-world examples and expert insights, we delve into the art and science of effective presentations.
The program also incorporates plenty of opportunity for you to practise presenting; you will receive expert feedback that is specific to you and your natural style.
From crafting compelling narratives and structuring your content to conquering stage fright and leveraging visual aids, we’ll equip you with the skills to deliver powerful, engaging presentations in any setting.
Our experienced facilitators will guide you through practical exercises, real-world examples, and provide constructive (personalised) feedback to help you build confidence and charisma on stage or in front of any group of people.
We also include a healthy dollop of fun and enjoyment along the way. This proven methodology and innovative approach ensures you will get maximum benefit from the program.
Once completed, you’ll be ready to shine in work meetings, conferences, classrooms, and beyond. Join us in the journey to becoming a confident and influential speaker.
Who For?
This course is ideal for:
- Newcomers eager to conquer the art of public speaking.
- Seasoned professionals looking to refine their speaking abilities and find new ways of engaging audiences.
- Students and Teachers who want to talk to a classroom and do so with grace.
- Office workers who want to shine when it comes to their turn to speak in a meeting, either in front of colleagues or clients.
- Anyone who struggles to speak in front of a group of people and wants to completely change that for the better.
Delivery Options
- One Full Day In-House Workshop – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- 2 x 1/2 Day In-House Workshops – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- Public Workshop – Contact us to register your interest in our next public workshop, where you will complete the course in-person, with professionals from other businesses and industries. We run these public workshops in Melbourne and Sydney.
- 1-on-1 Coaching – Contact us to find out more about our personalised presentation skills training and coaching.
- Online Course – Our new virtual learning option, coming soon.
Edge Builder
What is the special something that separates you everyone else?
That one thing – ability, knowledge, experience, skill, trait, passion, interest – that helps you stand out from the crowd?
We call it: your Edge.
Once you’ve discovered it, how can you then build and use it to advance your career? To stay ahead of the competition? Or even create your own business?
This program gives you the framework, tools and knowledge you need, to not only find and grow your Edge, but make the most of it.
Outcomes
After completing this program, you will:
- Have access to our exclusive framework that will help you identify your Edge and all of your strengths.
- Know how to reality-check your external circumstances and take the next practical steps to achieving success at work.
- Learn the 7 key ways to maximise your Edge, differentiate yourself from everyone else at work and progress in your career.
- Understand how to start your own business by using your Edge as the foundation.
- Discover the pitfalls to avoid and the benefits to exploit, when building your own business.
- Be confident and develop a positive mindset about the future.
- Start leveraging your Edge to achieve success, freedom and independence in a competitive world.
The Experience
This program combines a little bit of theory with a lot of practical “learn-by-doing” activities and exercises.
Expertly facilitated, you will enjoy plenty of interaction and group discussions. In addition, the program incorporates plenty of mini-topic-breakouts where you are encouraged to think, question and debate before discovering the best-practice answers and solutions that will help you not only find your Edge, but build it and use it to make you more successful at work and in life. We also include a healthy dollop of fun and enjoyment along the way.
This proven methodology and innovative approach ensures you will get maximum benefit from the program.
Once completed, you will have a fresh perspective on life and be able to use your Edge to achieve outstanding success.
Who For?
This course is ideal for:
- Anyone who feels that there must be “more to life at work than this”, and is keen to discover their Edge.
- People who want to progress in their career but aren’t quite sure how or where to start.
- Budding entrepreneurs who want to start their own business and be in control of their financial future.
Delivery Options
- One Full Day In-House Workshop – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- 2 x 1/2 Day In-House Workshops – Face-to-face, at your business premises.
- Public Workshop – Contact us to register your interest in our next public workshop, where you will complete the course in-person, with professionals from other businesses and industries. We run these public workshops in Melbourne and Sydney.
- 1-on-1 Coaching – Contact us to find out more about our personalised Edge Builder training and coaching.
- Online Course – Our new virtual learning option, coming soon.
Amazing and Innovative Training Programs
We like to be different. To stand up when everyone else is sitting down. To push ahead when others quit. We are maverick in our approach, our attitude and in the exceptional content we deliver. We are driven to help people like you develop the skills you want.
Why?
Because you don’t want ordinary. You don’t want standard, average or boring. Instead, you too want something different. Something better. Something that works. Unique training and guidance which brings out the very best in you – that is what we offer.