Training

What will the training be like?

The training is whatever you need it to be. We will meet with you and learn about your needs and your team and then design a program to suit.

We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all (we all know those things usually fit no one well!). We also know everyone is busy – and taking a day or two out to ‘attend training’ only to find it wasn’t at all useful, can just add to an already stressful week. Designing a program suited to your team, your work and the things that you encounter means you’ll walk away with learnings you can put to use straight away.

We don’t believe that training should be death-by-powerpoint or a day of being talked at either. We believe learning is increased through interaction, through active and robust participation and through engaging with each other – so you won’t be falling asleep in the back row!

Is the training ‘accredited’?

The main difference between ‘accredited training’ and non-accredited training is that the successful completion of an accredited training course means you are issued with a qualification such as Certificate or a Diploma.

We’re not an education provider like a school or a TAFE, we aren’t aiming to qualify people in particular fields, we are aiming to deliver purposeful training in dispute resolution that meets your needs.  Therefore, we do not offer ‘accredited’ training.

The great thing about our training is it is tailor made for you and your needs. This means its flexible and dynamic and responsive, it means value for money and getting exactly what you want. Having this flexibility in training design means it can’t be accredited. The process of accreditation requires certain ‘boxes to be ticked’, and we don’t want to tick boxes if that means delivering you something you don’t need, or something that isn’t flexible to change.

Our focus is on learning useful and relevant skills – not on ticking accreditation boxes.

So while we have trainers who have training qualifications, but we chose to use those skills in the professional delivery of an tailor made training program, not to meet accreditation requirements. 

What does it cost?

Costs of training can be significantly reduced if you provide the venue, and you don’t want catering. These are simple ways to make training cost effective without losing any of the substance.

We can also fit much more into the day (and thus much more value into the training) by doing simple things like giving participants some advanced warning about context of training so they come to the training prepared with particular ideas and examples; having working morning teas instead of break times; and getting participants to work on projects in teams.  

Also – costs don’t increase much by increasing attendee numbers (unless you want catering) so if you have 10 people attending or 15 people doesn’t make a huge difference. So perhaps consider if you can share the costs of training with another team – this gives the group greater diversity and shares the costs.

It is almost impossible to give a general cost indication as it will vary significantly dependant on your location (if travel is involved in us getting to you), the amount of days, if you need catering provided and the level of complexity of the course design.

Just give us a call and we can discuss your needs and put together a basic estimate of costs for you.