Leading self

Leading Self is the process of acquiring knowledge, skills, and insights independently, driven by personal curiosity, motivation, and initiative. It involves seeking out resources such as books, online courses, tutorials, and experiences to expand one's understanding and abilities. Self-learners take ownership of their education, setting their own pace, goals, and pathways to mastery in various subjects or domains of interest. This approach fosters autonomy, adaptability, and a lifelong love of learning, empowering you to thrive.

Programs

The University offers a wide range of professional development programs directly related to employees' current positions or career progression. We encourage our employees to continuously improve their knowledge and skills through professional growth and development activities.

Delivering Service Excellence

Learn how to create a service culture that meets student/client needs and delivers business results. Using action psychology for self-achievement & service excellence, you will be inspired to consistently engage positively with students/clients.

Duration: 6 hours
Learning mode: In-person

Communicating with Confidence - Building your profile

This half day session will include, understanding your natural communication styles, adapting your style and message for your audience, techniques to speak up in group settings and raise your visibility and using storytelling to pitch ideas and be heard.

Duration: 3.5 hours
Learning mode: Online

Communicating with Confidence - Courageous conversations and dealing with conflict

This half day session will include understanding your mindset and internal framing, strategies to prepare and hold courageous conversations, listening techniques to support better conversations, techniques to deal with difficult people, and managing our stress response in conflict situations.

Duration: 3.5 hours
Learning mode: Online

Cultural Awareness Training

This course helps staff understand cultural obligations and responsibilities within their Faculties, Schools, and Programs, enabling respectful engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students across the university community.

Duration: 6 hours
Learning mode: In-person
For Broome campus, contact Todd Phillips to request a training session.

Intercultural Training

This 4-hour program will be delivered over two days to enhance our employees' understanding of international students' expectations, mindsets, and experiences. Employees who work in student-facing positions are encouraged to attend.

Duration: 4 hours
Learning mode: Online

Have you discussed your Performance Development Plan (PDP) with your manager?

Before registering to attend the training, it is important to discuss your professional and career development goals with your manager as part of the Performance Development process, and to determine whether attending this session is suitable for you.

You are required to include this training session in your PDP and gain your managers approval to attend. Discussions with your manager should include workload contingency plans for the duration of the course so that you can focus on your professional development.

Cancellation policy
If you must cancel, please provide one week’s notice prior to the commencement of the course to allow someone else an opportunity to attend. We understand that sickness and misadventure can't be planned for but please contact us as soon as possible by using the cancellation link provided in the confirmation email. This will allow us time to notify participants on the waitlist.

Please be aware that any cancellations made with less than one week's notice may result in the registration fee being charged back to your department. Failure to attend the training program without prior notice may impact your application to attend future training sessions.

Contact us

If you have a specific area of development not covered by one of the above programs that you would like support with, please contact the Organisational Development team. We can provide you with advice and guidance on practical and targeted development solutions.

Organisational Development Team
Email: organisational.development@nd.edu.au