Category: Case Studies

A growing number of ageing Australians are redefining career and life goals such as retirement. Research has shown that more and more over-65s are looking to stay in the workforce for a number of reasons. Aside from the obvious increase in cost of living and lack of sufficient retirement funds for some, there is also… Continue reading Opportunity of an ageing workforce

Corporate mindfulness programs are being developed and implemented in some of Australia’s leading and global organisations. Think Google, Cadbury, NAB, ANZ and even the Department of Education. There are significant benefits of integrating mindfulness practices in the workplace. Improved ability to remain task-focused Create a more cohesive team environment Healthier organisational culture Ability to be… Continue reading Mindfulness, essential for your workplace

The drive to grow and develop is like the drive to live. It is one of the primal human drives. In modern society the amount of knowledge in the world is currently doubling every 13 months. http://www.industrytap.com/knowledge-doubling-every-12-months-soon-to-be-every-12-hours/3950. For this reason we live in the era known as the knowledge economy. Given this information there is… Continue reading 3 Tips To Avoid Overwhelm

I often get asked why should I study Tourism, I don’t want to be a travel agent! Well let me explain how the Tourism course is the best course to do for any business that has customers, now let’s face it every business has customers. Unit one is about time management, setting goals and making… Continue reading Why Tourism is the Qualification for You

I was speaking to a friend last night who runs a martial arts business. Despite having cleverly pivoted his business as gyms and sports activities were shut down in March 2020 and providing a well created and engaging online offering for his existing student’s he has lost over half his total students and spoke about… Continue reading The Road to COVID-19 recovery starts here!

Natalie Bell, executive producer from Spare Parts took us on a journey behind the scenes and showed us all aspects of production. Her role includes the production of the theatre as well as accessing grants and the public relations and marketing so necessary to attract the customers. It sounded like an exciting and varied job… Continue reading Spare Parts Puppet Theatre Virtual Visit

When learners come to our face to face classroom they have certain expectations about the experience. That experience depends upon their perception of your organisation when they signed up for the course. As trainers there are also strategies that we implement based on what we know about how people learn. These may be similar –… Continue reading Tips for the Virtual Classroom

With the relaxing of the pandemic restrictions, the Skills Strategies International team met at the new Mandurah office last Friday. The theme of the outing was to write marketing content. But really the desired outcome was to get together and have some fun outside the office. (Which really means outside normal work regime because we… Continue reading Four Benefits of Team Outings

Complacency is becoming the new pandemic in WA. We seem to no longer have any/many COVID cases and for many it is like COVID never was. After all Victoria is on the other side of the world and we can keep the borders closed indefinitely………can’t we?? Recently KPMG has predicted we are heading into a… Continue reading Preparing for the next wave with FREE training

Productivity We keep hearing the catchcry from peak bodies and government that Australia is lagging in workplace productivity. At a recent CCIWA HR conference it was reported that workplace productivity in Australia had fallen from 5th place globally to 60th place. Obviously this is a huge concern, particularly in times of economic downturn. But what… Continue reading Productivity Strategies to Ignite Business