These courses will equip council staff with the skills essential to deliver immediate efficiencies to council and community. |
This one-day course is designed to cover the basic principles of managing projects to help you plan, control and organise activities to ensure that you are delivering successful projects every time. It is best suited for staff who may be new to managing projects or have not previously undertaken any formal project management training before. Suitable for: Officers, Coordinators and Team Leaders Duration: 1 day In person Investment | Beyond providing you with essential knowledge and skills to plan, manage and execute projects on time and on budget, this course takes a deeper dive into project management theory and looks at both operational and strategic elements of project management. Suitable for: Staff who have experience with managing projects Duration: 2 x 3 hour sessions via Zoom Investment |
This course is designed to help professionals gain an insight into their current negotiation behaviours and preferences, to understand the fundamental framework for all negotiations and to develop the skills and micro-skills that are necessary to navigate through the range of negotiations they face in the workplace. Suitable for: Coordinators, Team Leaders, Managers and Executives Duration: 1 day in person Investment | This course uses your own writing examples to demonstrate the use of Plain English principles and persuasive writing techniques. Suitable for: Officers, Coordinators, Team Leaders, Senior Managers Duration: 1 day in person Investment
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In partnership with UniSA This course has been designed to provide essential insights into how to lead and sustain continuous improvement across organizations or departments. Each participant will leave the program with a draft 12-18 month strategy/action plan, developed in consultation with our Lean experts. Suitable for: Mid to Senior Leaders Program Days: 3 days Local Government Fee: $2,700 ex gst Program Dates: 23 - 25 August 2021 How to Register: When completing the application form, participants click on group, and in the box that follows and states “If you are applying as a group, please indicate the number of applicants below” enter 100 | In partnership with UniSA This course has been designed to teach participants how to reduce duplication of efforts, improve the way work is done, service levels, quality and flow, increase capacity, add value and empower people in organizations to become frontline change managers. Participants will develop skills to successfully lead and manage improvement programs across their organizations, through understanding the key elements for achieving sustainable and continuous improvement. Suitable for: Improvement Leaders / Champions, Change Managers Program Days: 10 days Local Government Fee: $6,600 ex gst Program Dates: How to Register: When completing the application form, participants click on group, and in the box that follows and states “If you are applying as a group, please indicate the number of applicants below” enter 100 Find out more | In partnership with UniSA Six Sigma is a data driven quality improvement philosophy that emphasises defect prevention over defect detection. Six Sigma drives customer satisfaction and bottom line improvement by reducing variation and eliminating waste through structured problem solving (the Define-Measure-Analyse-Improve-Control – DMAIC – framework) and the application of data-driven management and statistical analysis. The methodology is generally used for more complex improvement areas within organisations, where competing outcomes and a range of cost and quality drivers make structured analysis critical in determining optimal long-term solutions. |
In partnership with UniSA The Six Sigma Green Belt program has been designed to equip participants to work with Black Belts, developing process maps, collecting and analysing data and conducting the design, execution and analysis of experiments. Suitable for: Improvement Leaders or support staff / Champions, Change Managers Program Days: 10 days Local Government Fee: $5,950 ex gst Program Dates: How to Register: When completing the application form, participants click on group, and in the box that follows and states “If you are applying as a group, please indicate the number of applicants below” enter 100 | In partnership with UniSA The Six Sigma Black Belt program is an additional 10 days following the completion of the Green Belt. In addition to expanding the statistical toolset to include advanced techniques in analysis and experimental design, the Black Belt course provides participants with a comprehensive and disciplined model for improvement, linked to organizational objectives and strategies. Suitable for: Improvement Leaders / Champions, Change Managers who hold a Green Belt Certification. Program Days: 10 days Local Government Fee: $5,950 ex gst Program Dates: How to Register: When completing the application form, participants click on group, and in the box that follows and states “If you are applying as a group, please indicate the number of applicants below” enter 100 Find out more | In Partnership with UniSA Lean and Six Sigma are two of the most respected continuous improvement methodologies to enhance organisational performance. Combined they provide a powerful foundation to drive a culture of sustainable improvement with competitive advantage along with reducing waste. Suitable for: Leaders, Managers, Improvement Champions, Change Managers and Consultants. Program Days: 5 days Local Government Fee: $3,300 ex gst Program Dates: 13 - 17 September 2021 How to Register: When completing the application form, participants click on group, and in the box that follows and states “If you are applying as a group, please indicate the number of applicants below” enter 100 |
In partnership with UniSA This course provides an essential tool for managers who are responsible for improving throughput, reducing backlogs and bottle-necks and process lead times, or reducing and simplifying expediting in an operating system. It has been developed from the management doctrine of Theory of Constraints to address the challenge of “Unlocking Value” via leveraging your Constraints. Suitable for: Managers, Improvement Leaders, Champions, Change Managers Program Days: 2 days Local Government Fee: $1,755 ex gst Program Dates: 22 - 23 November 2021 How to Register: When completing the application form, participants click on group, and in the box that follows and states “If you are applying as a group, please indicate the number of applicants below” enter 100 Find out more | In partnership with UniSA This course draws on the process constraint frameworks and applies this specifically to project management. Suitable for: Anyone managing a project/s with an understanding of the fundamentals of project management. Program Days: 1 day, following Process Constraint Management. Local Government Fee: $895 ex gst Program Dates: 24 November 2021 How to Register: When completing the application form, participants click on group, and in the box that follows and states “If you are applying as a group, please indicate the number of applicants below” enter 100 |