University of Adelaide Professional and Continuing Education
Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Planning for Life Beyond Work

Transition from work to retirement requires preparation and planning. While a lot of information is available on financial planning, the area of personal and emotional planning is almost entirely overlooked. As ’Baby Boomers’ are poised to encounter the retirement phase of their lives, there are sometimes few role models from previous generations that appeal. Safely confronting per......
 

When you have professional qualifications there comes a time when you need to decide if you will continue as a professional practitioner or if you will embark on a management career. It is not always apparent what the role of a manager entails and what skills are required. However success in management requires people-oriented management skills to complement expert professional knowledge. Th......
 

Explore and develop your career aspirations in a supportive atmosphere with other professionals. You will be challenged to look closely at your motivations, your contribution at work and how to maximise your opportunities to expand your career. You will explore and map your desired career, set achievable career goals and discover how to make the most of development opportunities on the job ......
 

Ongoing skills acquisition, business acumen and operational and strategic common-sense are now expected of an executive assistant. Support roles are being reduced as individuals become more administratively self-sufficient. There is a real need for executive assistants to have a wider range of relevant, practical, higher level skills. In this one-day course, participants will identify th......
 

Making the transition from co-worker to supervisor or manager can often happen quickly, with little preparation for the difference it makes to your work habits and relationships. This one-day program will provide you with strategies to deal with the personal changes and challenges you may face in your new role. You will explore the issues and develop basic skills in the areas of leadership,......
 

Running an office efficiently and effectively is a complex job. This one-day course is designed to equip personal assistants and office managers with a range of techniques to enhance administration functions. Explore proven methods for being more productive, organised and effective as well as develop PR skills to assist you in representing your organisation and executive officer professiona......
 

If you are planning to take the next step in your career, this workshop will provide you with the skills and confidence to develop an application and to perform well in an interview. Participants will develop an understanding of the importance of preparation, the purpose of selection criteria, how to manage the interview process and answer questions effectively. Most importantly, participants w......
 

All supervisors and managers are responsible for developing effective working relationships with their staff and for developing and monitoring individual and team performance. Understand how to identify key performance indicators, monitor and evaluate individual and team performance, provide effective feedback, undertake performance counselling and introduce rewards and recognition in the workp......
 

Dynamic, unprecedented changes are occurring in Australia’s workforce and the solution to skills shortages lies in the ability of employers to attract and retain experienced workers. As a team leader, supervisor or manager understand and implement seven key strategies to ensure your organisation can benefit form the widest possible talent pool. Learn creative employment strategies from others......
 

Challenging staff can be defined as both under achievers and over achievers! They can be defined in terms of their performance output or their personality traits. This workshop will discuss strategies to enhance the performance of underachievers as well as strategies to motivate, challenge and engage the overachiever. In implementing these strategies managers, supervisors and team leaders wil......
 

One of the major challenges for middle managers is to meet increased demands for productivity and output with limited human and financial resources. This comprehensive and challenging program will give participants the opportunity to learn practical strategies to manage themselves, their team and performance. The program involves an initial two-day course with half-day sessions on ‘leadership a......
 

Bullying in the workplace undermines both individuals and organisations. This course introduces managers and staff to current understanding and legislation about bullying in the workplace, examines the effects on individuals and organisations, explores prevention and redress and provides ideas and support for creating a respectful workplace environment. This course provides practical stra......
 

Supervisors are an integral part of an organisation and their role impacts on staff productivity, motivation and performance. This two-day program is designed for the individual who is new to a supervisory role, or who wants to improve their performance in their current supervisory position. This program will provide participants with essential knowledge and skills to enable them to understan......
 

What are the characteristics of an ideal job applicant? Research suggests that whilst technical competence is clearly important and must be assessed, there is a need to probe further to understand the applicant’s attitude and motivation to do the job. This one-day course will introduce you to Behavioural Interviewing - an approach that involves identifying the criteria required for success......
 

Increasingly today, coaching skills are being recognized as a necessary skill for managers, team leaders and supervisors.Coaching in the workplace is much more than training. Coaching is highly collaborative and can focus on skills, performance, and/or development. Coaching focuses on solutions and results with managers and supervisors enhancing the work performance and then the self-directed l......
 

This course provides insights into the features and the use of VideoPaper, a powerful content delivery system that combines video and PowerPoint. Developed by the University’s School of Education, VideoPaper is user-friendly and system compatible. The VideoPaper format (Adobe Flash) can run on most up-to-date Internet Browsers on any Operating System and uses state-of-the-art data compress......
 

Professional telephone skills are a key priority in today’s business environment, given that organisations and customers increasingly conduct business over the telephone. This program will provide participants with practical strategies to ensure they create a positive first impression and demonstrate a high level of telephone etiquette. It will also provide a step-by-step framework for ide......
 

Reports come in all shapes and sizes from memos, standardised form reports to formal reports. They can be highly technical in nature or a straight forward routine business report. Regardless of what you are writing you report on, it has the potential to influence a significant number of people now and in the future. You will be known for what you have written - for better or worse. The ability ......
 

Many organisations seek suppliers by requesting tenders or proposals. The challenge for a business is to submit a tender or proposal that emphasises their strengths and added-value benefits, that differentiates them from other applicants. This one-day course will provide participants with practical strategies and tools to ensure that the structure, content and presentation of their tender or pr......
 

This introductory course is designed to give participants practical know-how in the area of media and publicity. It will address key areas of public relations including; researching appropriate media, press releases, how to interest the media in your story and media interviews. This course is suitable for middle managers, administrators, small business owners and event managers who are responsi......
 

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