The Advanced Skills for Elite Personal Assistants (PA’s) and Executive Assistants (EA’s) is a course that represents a key area of PD Training’s new Signature Series. The revised course material has been completely re-written and re-designed to provide participants with the skills they need to be an effective and efficient assistant. Being a leader in …
Part of PD Training’s Signature Series, the Emotional Intelligence (EQ) training course has been completely rebuilt from the ground up to provide each and every participant the chance to develop and improve their relationships both at work and in their personal lives. PD Training is a personal development industry leader that felt the quality of …
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On Friday, 14 of July, the Brisbane Town Hall hosted the gala ceremony for the finalists of the 2017 Telstra Business Awards for the state of Queensland. For the past 25 years, the Telstra Business Awards has been recognising, rewarding and empowering Australia’s best small and medium businesses and charities. PD Training (PDT) has been proudly …
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Why Should You Get Lean Six Sigma Certified in Australia? According to Money’s Highest-Paying Skills for 100-plus Jobs, many Six Sigma jobs are among the highest paying. Among them are the positions of Project Management, Product Development, Statistical Analysis, Operations Management, Data Analysis, Quality Control, Strategic Planning, Process Improvement and Business Development.[i] In Australia, a …
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The popularity of Office applications has not died. A report by Okta, an identity management firm found that Microsoft Office 365 is the most popular application used by businesses in Australia.[i] Office 365 remained the number one application software in their network in 2016.[ii] Among the top office apps for Android, Microsoft Word, Excel and …
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HR leaders realise that without tapping into the skills of employees, they cannot achieve maximum growth. But to use human talent to its full potential, specific fundamental skills are required. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, human resource managers must have skills in planning and coordination, supervision, handling staff issues, and recruitment.[i] Moreover, the …
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Only 56% of strategic initiatives are successful, a report by The Economist Intelligence Unit states.[i] The reason for it is poor implementation. In the survey, 61% of the respondents admitted that their firms struggle to bridge the gap between strategy formulation and its day-to-day implementation. “Strategy is intensely personality-and-relationship driven,” Roland Pan, Director of Strategy …
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Einstein stressed that lifelong learning should be a focus because personal growth stops where there’s no learning. Continuous personal development is a necessity for top professionals, but failure rates are alarmingly high, Harvard Business Review states.[i] When a survey was conducted of over 1,000 people who worked on personal development, as many as 96% of …
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In a survey conducted by OfficeTeam and the IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professionals) of more than 2,200 administrative professionals, 50% of the support staff said that they have skills that are not being tapped, while 7% felt completely underutilized.[i] Only 43% said that the full range of their skills and talents are being utilised. …
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For a professional trainer, the greatest measure of success is the success of the participants. Therefore, it’s essential for a professional trainer to have a special set of skills designed to impact the course participants in the desired way. The Australian Skills Quality Authority states that the most vital skills a trainer needs are knowledge …
Top 8 Leadership Skills Required by Today’s Managers According to a report by Harvard Business Publishing[i], the eight key capabilities leaders need to handle today’s complex business landscape include acting strategically, managing complexity, and promoting employee engagement. The report also puts emphasis on personality development, especially on adaptability and resilience. Lack of important skills in …
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Top 10 Australian Supervisory Skills Supervisors in Australia have the difficult job of bringing the best out of their staff. Though it sounds simple, this requires a unique set of skills. According to Indiana University Bloomington, the role of a supervisor includes goal setting, decision-making, time management, delegation, and communication.[i] But that is not all. …
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