Macquarie’s professional development workshop program is designed to provide staff with the tools they need to develop, succeed and create happy, efficient teams.
Here’s what’s coming up in July and August.
Don’t forget, Macquarie staff also have access to thousands of free courses on LinkedIn Learning (why not try the popular new course ‘One minute habits for success‘?).
How to book
Book in Workday via the links below, or you can browse all workshop options in the Learning tab within Workday by clicking on the ‘Browse learning’ link (tip: filter by ‘Course Offering Locations’ to find on-campus workshops).
All workshop places are limited, with a waitlist option available. If you can no longer attend a workshop, be kind and cancel your registration at least three days prior to the course date so that your allocated place can be offered to others.
* In the event of an extension of current COVID restrictions, workshops may be rescheduled or moved online.
Strengthening Staff and Personal Resilience for Managers
Thursday 15 July (On-campus*, 2.5 hours)
Learn evidence-based research and models to strengthen resilience and development mental fitness for yourself as a manager and your teams. Further explore the connection between wellbeing and performance to support your leadership style.
Strengthen your ability to cope and self-manage in uncertain and challenging times: 7 practical strategies
Thursday 22 July (On-campus*, full day)
- Identify the impacts of challenging and uncertain times on health, work and relationships
- Bring a holistic perspective to understand coping – physical, cognitive and emotional
- Explore 7 evidence-based strategies to build coping skills, drawn from the disciplines of psychology, organisation development, wellbeing, coaching and counselling
- Balance building strengths as well as personal management/coping strategies
- Learn practical ways to integrate coping and resilience- building strategies into everyday life
Managing Projects
Wednesday 11 August (On-campus, full day)
- Develop the skills needed to initiate and plan a project effectively
- Understand approaches to managing stakeholders on your projects
- Develop methods to manage project team members to deliver set objectives
Communicating Effectively
Thursday 12 August and Thursday 19 August (2 x 2hr Zoom sessions)
- Refresh core communication skills including active listening and questioning techniques
- Build effectiveness in communicating clearly, confidently and assertively with others
- Improve your confidence and effectiveness in communicating with others
Writing to persuade
Tuesday 17 August (On-campus*, full day)
- Learn how to present options concisely and in a balanced way
- Understand how to decide what to put in and what to leave out
- Learn two basic structures for presenting a case and develop the skills needed to be more efficient in your writing
Strengthening Personal Resilience (staff)
Friday 20 August (On-campus*, 2.5 hrs)
Understand a practical, evidence-based model for strengthening resilience and developing mental fitness for coming through change
- Explore the essential elements of building emotional resilience and the positive effects this can have on a number of areas of your life
- Explore and challenge your current state of thinking to start to bridge the gap between what you know you should be doing to boost your resilience and what you are actually doing
Find more ways to develop your career in the development section of the staff portal.
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