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Dunedin October BA5 hosted by the Best Cafe
Established in 1932 Best Café is a Dunedin institution. A Seafood restaurant and takeaway ...
Essential Leadership Skills (Oamaru)
Learn the skills to successfully manage and lead your team, and gain the knowledge and confidence...
Ripples in the Ecosystem: A Talk by Trevor McIntyre, Founder of RPPL
Join Trevor McIntyre, tenured CEO and brand new founder of rppl, one of New Zealand’s most ...
Employment Law for Managers
If you have staff responsibilities, this will be your guide to employment law compliance in New Z...
Essential Leadership Skills
Learn the skills to successfully manage and lead your team, and gain the knowledge and confidence...
Essential Business Writing
Effective writing is a powerful tool for business professionals. Learn how to write in plain Engl...
Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Don't let your fear of finance get in the way of your success! This course will provide the knowl...
Building on Health & Safety Representative Training (Stage 2) - Oamaru
Build on the skills and knowledge developed in Health and Safety Representative Training – ...
2024 Great Southern Payroll Conference
Manufacturing and Engineering Tour series - Freight
Join us at EB Engineering for the first in our series of our topic-centric workshop tours. As wel...
Smash Your Sales Dragons
Increase your knowledge of the fundamentals of an effective sales process, and achieve fantastic ...
Dunedin October BA5 hosted by the Best Cafe
31 Oct 2024
Established in 1932 Best Café is a Dunedin institution. A Seafood restaurant and takeaway located a 30 Stuart St, Central Dunedin. Specialising in the freshest local seafood including Bluff Oysters, Blue Cod and Whitebait. Best Café has a nostalgic classic New Zealand vibe welcoming our loyal locals and visitors to experience authentic Dunedin dining.
We welcome you to join us, meet our new management, hear and talk about our history and future. To enjoy honest Southern hospitality as we gear up for a great summer and holiday period.
**Limited Numbers**
Essential Leadership Skills (Oamaru)
04 Nov 2024
Learn the skills to successfully manage and lead your team, and gain the knowledge and confidence to ensure you continue on the road to successful management. Ideal if you have recently become a leader, manager, or are about to be promoted into your first management position (also suitable for any leaders with no formal training).
Duration: 1 Day ► 9.00am - 4.30pm
Delivery: Whitson Room, Brydone Hotel, 115 Thames Street, Oamaru
Ripples in the Ecosystem: A Talk by Trevor McIntyre, Founder of RPPL
04 Nov 2024
Join Trevor McIntyre, tenured CEO and brand new founder of rppl, one of New Zealand’s most exciting startups, as he discusses their journey, AI, the virtues of taking on the world from Otepoti Dunedin, and why there has never been a better time to start you own company.
Trevor McIntyre has led two of Dunedin’s most successful tech companies as CEO, driving innovation and growth in the region’s tech ecosystem. With a strong background in finance and strategic leadership, Trevor is recognized for his ability to build high-performing teams and forge lasting partnerships in the tech industry.
Employment Law for Managers
05 Nov 2024
If you have staff responsibilities, this will be your guide to employment law compliance in New Zealand. Find out how to lawfully employ staff from hiring through to termination.
Duration: Full Day ► 8.45am - 4pm
Delivery: Online
Essential Leadership Skills
05 Nov 2024
Learn the skills to successfully manage and lead your team, and gain the knowledge and confidence to ensure you continue on the road to successful management. Ideal if you have recently become a leader, manager, or are about to be promoted into your first management position (also suitable for any leaders with no formal training).
Duration: 1 Day ► 9.00am - 4.30pm
Delivery: Business South, Training Room
Essential Business Writing
06 Nov 2024
Effective writing is a powerful tool for business professionals. Learn how to write in plain English for better results.
Effective written communication is vital for success in business. This virtual course will show you how to create clear, purposeful documents that connect with your readers.
If you want to communicate for greater clarity and impact in a variety of formats, including technical documents, tenders, reports, specifications, and correspondence, this is the course for you.
Duration: 7 Hours ► 8.45am - 4pm
Delivery: ZOOM
Finance for Non-Financial Managers
06 Nov 2024
Don't let your fear of finance get in the way of your success! This course will provide the knowledge and skills to better understand the key financial information in order to make confident decisions in an organisation, and is suitable for anyone who plans, manages or reports on financial data and wants a broader understanding of business finance.
Duration: 1 Day ► 9.00am - 4.30pm
Delivery: Business South, Training Room
Building on Health & Safety Representative Training (Stage 2) - Oamaru
13 Nov 2024
Build on the skills and knowledge developed in Health and Safety Representative Training – Stage One, with an in-depth focus on the Health and Safety at Work Act and associated regulations for maintaining safe working environments.
Duration: 2 Days ► 9.00am - 4.30pm
Delivery: TBC, Oamaru
Manufacturing and Engineering Tour series - Freight
14 Nov 2024
Join us at EB Engineering for the first in our series of our topic-centric workshop tours. As well as showcasing our fantastic local companies, this series is designed to provide an opportunity to network, share insights, information and an avenue to support our Manufacturing and Engineering companies.
Smash Your Sales Dragons
15 Nov 2024
Increase your knowledge of the fundamentals of an effective sales process, and achieve fantastic results by learning how to Smash your sales dragons. This course is suitable for anyone in sales, whether you are new to sales or been in sales for a while and need to have a refresher course or simply learn a different way of doing things.
Duration: Half Day ► 9.00am - 1.00pm
Delivery: Business South Training Room or via Zoom