A Trusted Learning and Development Advisor
A Trusted Learning and Development Advisor
Appreciative Enquiry is a proven methodology. It deeply explores the impact of your organisational culture. Your organisation is likely doing so many things correctly, so why focus on the negatives. Mixing and sounding your concepts and positive thoughts with an Appreciative Enquiry facilitator is powerful. Your management team will unearth so many opportunities for your organisation. You will have a retention strategy. You will have a solid understanding of a framework to fence in your key employees. You will also know the motivations and thinking styles of your current key employees, and you will reap the benefits of being proactive.
How does it work and how long does it take?
Initially, it is a short workshop with a facilitator with a proven track record facilitating sessions with managers in your Industry. Your initial time investment for your management team is a facilitated 60 -90 minute session.
What outcomes could come out of an Appreciative Enquiry retaining key staff session?
We’ll send you a report highlighting how your organisation can retain your key employees. The report will also highlight the struggles that you’ll face. The report will also give the telltale signs to look for when your employees are about to leave. A report will be sent 1 week after the workshop.
Here are some findings that have arisen from Appreciative Enquiry sessions regarding the retention of key personnel…
“Our high achievers lose interest. They do a very good job but we do not stretch them enough”
“We thought Gen Y high performers were transient and we did not realise we could keep them if we had individual career plans”
“We know how to keep key staff and we are now aware of telltale signs when they begin to think about leaving”
“We place too much focus on capturing external key players and we don’t pay enough attention to our internal talent that never lets us down”
“We get used to internal high achiever metrics and we forget to acknowledge the superb work they do”
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Preferred Training Networks 1300 323 752 Email: [email protected]
“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends, there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. – Thomas Edison“
Would you like to attend this program?
For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.
Ideal group size 4 – 10 participants.
Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost
Duration: This program can be conducted as a one day or half day program
Cost: Price on request.
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Preferred Training Networks on 1300 323 752 Email: [email protected]
So here’s a Personal Productivity skills course that helps get people back on the same page. Increase individual personal productivity with this breakthrough course. Improved personal productivity will be observed the very next day by following a proven methodology.
Would you like to attend this program?
Ideal group size 4 – 12 participants
Venue For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your business premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost
Duration Your Personal Productivity Course can be modified to fit inside your timeframe.
Cost Price on request
Target Audience Team Members, Supervisors, Team Leaders and Management
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact us at 1300 323 752 or Email: [email protected]
This course is designed to help participants understand the machinery of local government.
For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.
Ideal group size 4–12 participants
Venue For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your business premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost
Duration This program can be conducted as a one day or half day program
Cost Price on request
Target Audience Local government staff and managers
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact:
Preferred Training Networks on 1300 323 752
Email: Deborah [email protected]
This course will give you a proven management framework to follow. Participants will discover ways to manage the warehouse team as well as the project. Our organisation has been designing niche courses for busy warehouses for the last 5 years. The course is full of humour and interesting stories from warehouses across Australia to keep the audience engaged. Be a part of our warehouse course to increase efficiency in operations.
For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.
Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your workplace. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.
Duration: Each course can be tailored to your timeframes.
Target Audience: Managers and supervisors
Want to know more about our warehouse training course? Get in touch with us.
Email: Deborah | [email protected] or phone 1300 323 752
This training program focuses on achieving a work/ life balance in all facets of your life. Your trainer will explore what having a work/ life balance really means and how to achieve it.
Work/life balance is often an unfulfilled aspiration. You can learn the vital ingredients necessary to have this balance in your life. Organisations can attract and retain employees by communicating a culture that promotes a work/life balance.
For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.
Ideal group size: 4–12 participants
Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your business premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.
Duration: Your Work-Life Balance Course can be modified to fit inside your timeframe.
Cost: Price on request.
Target Audience: Employees, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Senior Managers or CEO’s
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.
Managers often report they’re frustrated when the same reporting problems keep reoccurring. Quite often it’s the same issue being delivered by the same person on a different day. The #1 cause of workplace conflict is role ambiguity, and roles are further complicated within the matrix framework. Traditional reporting lines are scrambled, tensions build as deadlines get tighter and confusion can reign over who was meant to do what!
Smart managers don’t accept that matrix mayhem is inevitable. Instead, they fence off and solve the problems that will occur within the matrix beforehand. Forward matrix planning is a proven productivity tool. This breakthrough course will provide you and your staff with the skills and knowledge to manage and perform within the matrix.
WHAT IS MATRIX MANAGEMENT?
Matrix management is a structure that uses specialist staff from different functional areas to work on projects or assignments being led by project managers. Staff in the matrix structure have two managers – their functional manager and their project manager. The functional manager maintains the line of authority over the day-to-day issues such as work allocation, performance, sign-offs, etc while the project manager has authority over the issues related to the project.
| Marketing | Information Technology (IT) | Human Resources (HR) | Sales & Service (S&S) | |
| Project 1 — Tony | Jim — Marketing | Jane — IT | Steve — HR | Tina — S&S |
| Project 2 — Simon | Sally — Marketing | Mario — IT | Jenny — HR | Marc — S&S |
| Project 3 — Kate | Stefan —Marketing | Deb — IT | Carrie — HR | Bruce — S&S |
| Project 4 — Naomi | Renae — Marketing | Greg — IT | Dom — HR | Ali — S&S |
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
The figure below shows an example of a basic matrix structure. Across the top are the typical organisational functions of marketing, information technology, human resources and sales & service. Down the left-hand side are the various projects being undertaken by the firm. Each project has a project leader and is staffed by a person from each of the functional areas.
A unique dynamic of matrix management is that it creates a dual line of command, as the project team leaders report to their functional manager as well as their project manager. Jim from Marketing is part of Project 1, so his project manager is Tony, however he still reports to his functional manager. Our matrix management workshop enables participants to effectively work in matrix-managed teams with a matrix reporting structure.
DISADVANTAGES
The disadvantages of matrix management are caused by the dual line of command, and this typically plays out as a conflict around resource allocation between the line or functional manager and the project manager. Staff then find themselves lost in the matrix as their functional manager is demanding or refusing one thing while their project manager is demanding something else. The challenge for matrix management is to work through the role clarity issues and providing staff and managers with clear guidelines to address role ambiguity.
“Matrix management is a structure that uses specialist staff from different functional areas to work on projects or assignments being led by project managers.”
This program can be conducted as in house training at your offices.
Group Size: An ideal group size is 6 – 10 participants.
Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your offices. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.
Duration: Each course can be tailored to your timeframe.
Cost: Upon request.
Target Audience: Project Managers, Project Leads, Stream Leads and Line Managers.
A program outline:
Want to know more about our matrix training? Look at what you receive within 24 hours at no cost:
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.
Managing virtual teams training courses became popular in the 20s. The lockdowns across the world meant overnight virtual teams. Some virtual teams excel and others implode. What’s the DNA of the ideal virtual team. Well, that’s the purpose of this workshop!
For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.
Ideal group size: 4 – 12 participants.
Venue: This course can be delivered in-person, virtually or both (hybrid). For virtual delivery, we can use our virtual platforms or your organisations.
Duration: This program can be adapted to meet your requirements.
Cost: Price on request.
Target Audience: Supervisors, Team Leaders and Management
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.
In this managing upwards in-house training course, participants will learn that a one size fits all style will not work. Managing upwards needs flexibility, creativeness and an understanding of human psychology.
How good are you at delegating?
Ask yourself the following:
Your Managing Upwards program can be custom designed. The program provides participants with the practical techniques and tools to be better at managing upwards, thereby reorganising the workflow.
For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.
Ideal group size: 4–12 participants.
Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your business premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost.
Duration: This program can be adapted to meet your requirements.
Cost: Price on request.
Target Audience: Employees, Supervisors, Team Leaders and Senior Managers.
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.
Spotting Reluctant Technical Managers in the Workplace
Look for the signs which include; more likely to focus on their own work, ignore staff issues until they explode, lack direction and vision for their team, won’t delegate, don’t provide feedback, micromanage, separate themselves from team performance issues, expect the team to sort things out themselves.
For maximum effectiveness, this program is best conducted as an in-house program.
Ideal group size: 4 – 10 participants
Venue: For your convenience, you can choose to conduct this program at your premises. Alternatively, we can provide a training venue at a small additional cost
Duration: This program can be conducted as a one day or half day program
Cost: Price on request.
If you would like more information on this training program, please contact: Deborah Dear on 1300 323 752 or email: [email protected] or contact us online today.
