Session 1 – Creativity and Innovation – Thursday 22nd August 2024

• Understand the four types of creativity
• Understand the six steps of the creative process
• Learn Positive Constructive Daydreaming
• How to do a mind map
• Understand how to break associative barriers
• Learn 7 simple creative techniques
• Understand how to maximise creative flow at work
• Effective brainstorming

Session 2 – Developing your thinking skills – Thursday 5th September 2024

• Understanding multiple intelligences
• Using and improving intuitive thinking
• The attributes of a critical thinker
• 9 tools for problem solving
• Drawing your problem – drill downs, cause & effect diagrams and concept fans
• How to look out for biases and disconnects
• Developing a weighted decision matrix
• Getting started with systems diagrams

Session 3 – Change Management – Thursday 19th September 2024

• Understand the difference between personal and organisational change
• Understanding and responding to the 4 different stages of personal change
• Lewin’s 3 step change model
• Kotter’s 8 step change model
• Creating a sense of urgency
• Understand how to do a force field analysis
• Understanding the 4 outcomes of change to consider
• Communicating change to 4 different types of audiences

Session 4 – Project Management - Core Functions – Thursday 3rd October 2024

• How project management and change management work together
• Understand the nine knowledge areas of project management
• Project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile and Scrum
• Learn tools for the four core functions of project management
• Key tools for scope management including work breakdown structures
• Key tools for project time management including Gantt and Pert charts
• Key tools for project cost management including payback analysis and Net Present Value
• Key tools for quality management including process control tools

Session 5 – Project Management - Facilitating and integrating Functions – Thursday 17th October 2024

• Understand the four facilitating functions of project management
• Key tools for project communication including communications planning and change impact statements
• Key tools for risk management including threat identification and risk estimation
• Key tools for project HR management including load charts
• Key tools for procurement management including make or buy analysis and supplier evaluation
• Key tools for integration management including project charters
• How to do a stakeholder analysis and form a stakeholder game plan

Session 6 – Improving your presentation skills – Thursday 31st October 2024

• Dealing with speech anxiety
• Verbal and non-verbal elements of delivery
• Understanding your audience
• Developing a presentation plan
• Structuring presentations
• Introductions, transitions, previews, summaries, signposts and conclusions
• Using supporting material
• Preparing for questions
• Reviewing and evaluating your presentation

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The Presenter

​ Wayne Back is the founder and Managing Director of Management Training Australia whose training experience includes

• Creation, development and delivery of the Leadership Development, Management Development, Team Leadership and Personal Effectiveness training programs
• Development and delivery of a wide range of tailored in-house programs to suit the needs of different organisations
• Presenter of training programs from frontline to senior managers throughout Australia, Asia-Pacific and Europe
• Business conference speaker
• Creation, development and implementation of transformational, cultural and organisational health diagnostics
• Creation and delivery of Cultural Change Programs
• Liaising with business owners, CEO’s and Senior Management teams to create change strategies for their organisations
• Facilitation of strategic planning sessions
• Executive coaching of CEO’s