A Trusted Learning and Development Advisor
A Trusted Learning and Development Advisor
Great organisations don’t run themselves — they are driven by effective managers who balance results with relationships. Strong management isn’t about reacting to problems. It’s about setting expectations early, guiding performance consistently, and keeping operations running smoothly.
The 7 Maxims of Management course by Preferred Training Networks breaks workplace management into seven clear and practical principles. Participants walk away with simple frameworks they can use immediately to reduce drama, prevent recurring issues, and manage with confidence and fairness.
Leadership isn’t static – it evolves. Many organisations overestimate leadership capability, yet struggle with difficult conversations, unclear expectations, low accountability, and disengaged teams.
The 7 Leads of Leadership program by Preferred Training Networks breaks workplace leadership into seven practical and actionable areas. Participants gain tools they can apply immediately to improve clarity, performance, culture, and engagement.
This course is practical, reflective, and results-focused. Leaders leave with a clear understanding of their strengths, blind spots, and opportunities for growth.
Let’s make your emerging leaders feel special. Let’s bring them together and give them the skills that emerging leaders need. Let’s also set expectations. You don’t want your emerging leaders to become disillusioned in the process and lose interest in becoming an emerging leader.
Being an emerging leader is a very exciting time. You want to prepare your leaders and give them the tools for their leadership journey.
This two-day course builds confident and capable frontline leaders. Participants learn how their behaviour and communication shape team culture and morale. Participants explore how to lead people, not just manage tasks. The course covers leadership styles, communication, delegation, and feedback. It also looks at resilience, stress, and conflict in teams. This program bridges the gap between managing tasks and leading people, thus creating capable, confident, and future-ready frontline leaders.
“Coming together is beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success” – Henry Ford
Often, it can be a big jump from mates to managers. For some people, it’s an easy jump and for other people it’s a reluctant jump. Most times the jump will lead to a pay increase.
But the cost is that you’re in a different work cohort. You’re expected to act differently. In essence, you’ve got different responsibilities. So, this means you’re getting paid to perform differently.
It is also important to keep a fall-back position open. The ‘mates to managers’ course helps participants clearly identify the expectations and behaviours of their new role.
Most not-for-profits (NFPs) and community services couldn’t thrive without the incredible contributions of their volunteers. The key to success lies in understanding how to manage volunteers effectively and respectfully.
Would it make a significant difference to your organisation if both paid and unpaid staff worked more collaboratively? Studies consistently show that volunteers often feel disconnected from the broader organisational vision. Many report feeling undervalued, isolated, and that their individual needs and motivators are not fully understood. Volunteers bring diverse expertise and life experience to their roles, yet frequently feel their contributions go unrecognised.
Our Volunteer Management Course was developed by an experienced organisational psychologist with over 16 years of work and research in the not-for-profit sector. This practical, research-driven course introduces proven strategies that deliver immediate impact.
Would you like your organisation to move beyond focusing on challenges and instead highlight your collective achievements? Engaged, appreciated, and well-supported volunteers are worth their weight in gold. With the right volunteer management in place, you’ll unlock the full potential of your team and move closer to your organisational goals—together.
What is a manager management training course all about? Well, it’s a great opportunity to look at management skills of the participants and how they fit with the organisational needs. This skills-based program supports confident decision-making and strategic oversight. Customised to suit your organisation’s goals, this niche course etches out management leapfrog strategies. Sometimes managers are busy managing all levers and widgets in the organisation. But maybe they need to delegate the less important tasks and drill down into the critical needs of the organisation.
Leaders can transform an organisation. You’ve heard the expression, “lining up the ducks”. Leaders are very good at motivating the ducks to get tasks done. But the managers would align the ducks. Management and leadership are different skillsets. If you can develop a combination of both skills then you’re a terrific asset to an organisation. You don’t have to be equally adept at both. In this course we’re looking at developing the management skills of your leaders. We’re not replacing the leadership edge. Instead, we’re sharpening your leadership edge with expert management skills on top.
