Training Services
“To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as in constant change, and who without thinking they control it, wish to influence its direction.” Theodore Zeldin
Our workshops and training are available as in-company and public courses. Our workshops are all well researched, highly interactive and practical. Our facilitators are experienced professionals with a passion and desire to seeing businesses and people succeed.
All workshops are customised to the clients’ needs with careful attention to ensuring that both the content and design is relevant and well-targeted. Whether it is a one-hour workshop or a two-day program we will attempt to meet your needs through customisation.
Our primary expertise is in
Age and Work
Ageing Workforce Strategy Builder programme
Building Capability Managing Risk Realising Opportunities
A 25 hour programme comprising 3 x four hour workshops, 2 webinars, workplace exercises and in house coaching over four months for a cluster of 8 organisations who want to develop an understanding of their mature aged workforce, realise the opportunities of population ageing and design a strategy and action plan for their organisation.
Upcoming in 2020
Hawkes Bay
Commencing 22 April
Download flyer here AWSB Programme Hawkes Bay For further information contact Leonie Wallwork.
Auckland
Dates to be confirmed
Download flyer here AWSB Programme Auckland For further information contact Muriel Roake
Dunedin
Commencing 23 April.
Download Flyer here. AWSB Programme Otago For further information contact Geoff Pearman
Brisbane
Contact us to discuss running this program in SE Queensland. For further information contact Rebecca Muldoon
LIMITED PLACES Each programme is limited to 8 employers.
This programme is approved in New Zealand for the Management Capability Development Voucher Fund. Small businesses may qualify for vouchers to help pay for the Strategy Builder programme.
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Short Courses for Employers, Managers and People Leaders
Engage – working with an ageing workforce
Mature aged employees are staying on at work from choice and through necessity. This is bringing challenges, risks and opportunities for employers.
This half-day workshop will introduce you to the realities and provide you with a framework for engaging with the changing face of your workplace
Converse: having an effective life stage conversation
Employers want to be able to talk with their employees about their intentions but back off for a variety of reasons. Mature aged employees want a conversation if approached in a respectful way.
This practical “how to” half-day workshop provides you with the skills and knowledge required to talk positively with your staff.
Creating an Age Inclusive Workplace- your key to increased productivity
In the not too distant future, if not now, your workforce could include four generations with employees ranging in age from their late teens into their 70’s. Research has found that high levels of productivity are associated with diverse workforces. That includes age diversity.
In this half-day workshop, we will explore what it means to create an age-inclusive workplace and identify simple things every employer can do.
NOTE
Partners in Change offers services in New Zealand that are registered with the Management Capability Development Voucher Fund. Small businesses may qualify for vouchers to help pay for the above training workshops and Strategy Builder programme.
Life Stage Short Courses for Employees
Create – take charge of your future
Is it time for a mid-life and career review? People often reflect on what they wish they had known in their 30’s and 40’s. But somehow life was just full on – the ‘rush hour of life’. Yet we know that this stage in our lives is when the building blocks are put in place for the future. Why not a half-day mid-career check-up workshop?
Revitalise – re-energise your career
Reaching the age of 50 you may still have another 15 – 25 years of working life. This half-day workshop is for you if you want to take time out to reflect on where your career has come from and what the next stage might be. New options are opening up as we take up the benefits of increased longevity.
Explore – your future beyond work
The evidence is that fewer than twenty per cent of people have plans in place for a
future beyond work. Many are confused and scared. So they procrastinate. This workshop is for you if you are over 50 and want to start thinking about the future.
A 2.5-hour facilitated group conversation with follow up meetings with a financial advisor and a life stage coach.
Stakeholder Engagement
Engage for Success. A one-day workshop that introduces the key concepts of stakeholder engagement and provides practical tools and resources to develop an effective stakeholder engagement strategy and plan.
This workshop is approved in New Zealand for the Management Capability Development Voucher Fund. Small businesses may qualify for vouchers to help pay for the Strategy Builder programme.
Knowledge Cafes
Geoff trained with David Gurteen and together they ran a master class in Knowledge Cafes. If you have an occasion when you want to have people engage in real conversations Geoff would be happy to assist. He uses this method regularly and while most cafes have between 8 and 30 participants he has used the methodology effectively at a conference of 180. Imagine not having to listen to the interminable questions fired at keynote speakers (yawn) and instead being able to have a small group conversations about what you have just heard – learning at its best.
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” Socrates