Staff development
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Contact:

Stephen Crowe
Managing Director
(02) 9221 6422
scrowe@chall.com.au

Narelle Hess
Organisational Psychologist - People Services
(02) 9221 6422
nhess@chall.com.au

Susan Kealey
People Services Consultant
(02) 9221 6422
skealey@chall.com.au

Mary Turnbull
People Services Manager
(02) 9221 6422
mturnbull@chall.com.au

Patricia Hegarty
Recruitment Manager
(02) 9221 6422
phegarty@chall.com.au

Learning and Development Workshops

Challenge Consulting's workshops, presented by our entertaining and experienced facilitator, will give participants skills and knowledge vital to ensuring success in today's highly competitive and rapidly changing business environment. Our workshops encourage active participation from attendees.

Return on your Training Investment

  • Leadership Training increases median revenue by $31,000 per employee and productivity by 17-21% *
  • Training yields a 24% higher profit margin and achieves a 6% higher shareholder return for every $680 invested *
  • Coaching increases training effectiveness by 50%*
  • Calculate the ROI of your Learning & Development
* American Society for Training and Development

Our workshops meet a range of staff and organisational development needs. We have also customised our materials, as well as developed new materials, to meet individual clients’ training needs. The industries we have worked with include:

  • Finance and Banking
  • Asset Management
  • IT
  • Automotive
  • Commercial Construction
  • Environmental Consulting
  • Retail
  • Fashion
  • Advertising and Design
  • Not-For-Profit

    We will come to you to minimise your staff’s down time. Or, if it better suits your operation's needs, you can purchase our workshop materials, including comprehensive facilitator guides. To discuss any training requirements, please contact us:

    • Mary Turnbull, People Services Manager - email | (02) 9221 6422
    • Narelle Hess, Organisational Psychologist - People Services - email | (02) 9221 6422

    Our Workshops

    Empowering Front Line Managers

    Gain the practical skills you need to get the best performance from your team

    Mastering Time Management

    Learn how to successfully manage your time to achieve your most valuable goals

    Establishing and Maintaining Rewarding Customer Relationships

    Implement strategies to identify and engage with your key clients, both internal and external

    Managing Employee Performance

    Make performance management a valuable and valued experience

    Presenting with Impact

    Learn the art of conveying your message effectively and confidently to any audience, large or small

    Hiring Techniques to Secure the Best Candidate Every Time

    Become an effective hiring manager by using the latest, proven, practical skills

    Train the Trainer

    Enable subject matter experts to transfer their knowledge utilising the principles of adult learning

    Organisational Change Workshop: How to Prepare and Manage Your Workforce

    Help your line managers develop their understanding and skills to help build engagement and readiness for change.

    Workshop Feedback

    • "I used the Hiring Techniques material and advice in interviews the very next day!"
    • "The Hiring Techniques workshop will help us ensure we ask the right questions to get the right people to fit our corporate culture."
    • “Thanks again for the Presenting with Impact workshop. I just finished a talk at an industry conference using many of the things from our session, with a grand total of zero ‘ums’ and a killer performance that I actually found fun and which garnered an invite to repeat in the USA!”
    • “Our Train the Trainer workshop went so well! What impressed me greatly was that immediately after your training, the three participants responsible for carrying out the earliest sessions started thinking about their strategy and planning using the flip charts that covered method, material and content.”
    • “The Empowering Front Line Managers workshop has dramatically improved the way in which I approach the day-to-day running of my team. The course was delivered in an easy, open environment and I would highly recommend this for all current and future supervisors.”
    • "Attending the Empowering Front Line Managers workshop helped erase self-doubt regarding my management skills."
    • "The Managing Employee Performance workshop was the most professionally-presented workshop I have ever been to!"

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    End-of-Financial Year Learning & Development Promotion


    Do you have training budget that you need to spend before the End-of-Financial Year?  
      
    Book a Challenge Consulting Half-Day or Full-Day Workshop before June 30th to receive 15% discount on the RRP*.

    Challenge Consulting's Learning & Development Workshops will give participants skills and knowledge vital to ensuring success in today's highly competitive and rapidly changing business environment.

    For more information on our available Learning & Development Workshops click here or contact Narelle Hess on 02 9221 6422.

    *Workshops must be invoiced before June 30th 2013 and scheduled before 31st December 2013 to be eligible for this promotion. 

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