RTO Organisational Charts
Several aspects of a RTO’s performance are regulated through the Standards for RTOs; therefore, responsibilities and accountabilities over these areas must be established. Governance RTOs must establish an effective structure through which the RTO’s goals are achieved. This includes the...
Why focus on trainers and assessors’ capabilities?
For several years, I have been alerting colleagues and leaders of RTOs about the need for better and more relevant training and professional development opportunities for trainers and assessors. I must admit, my presentations in conferences, meetings and networking events...
Three Reasons Why Compliance Training Fails
Three Reasons Why Compliance Training Fails In this article, I will analyse the top three reasons why RTO compliance training often fails. Despite being in the training industry, many programs, including formal ones, fail to positively impact RTO performance. Lack...
Finding time to mentor in an RTO environment
We all know how difficult it is to find the time for our daily work duties, managing compliance, and running a business in a very competitive market, so when are we going to find time to mentor others within the...
8 Reasons Why to Have Remote Workers
Is your management team wrestling with the decision to let people work from home? It can be a big change, but it’s also a positive and necessary one. Increasingly, people are viewing “work” as something you do, rather than somewhere...
Non-for-profits Need More Training
New Australian research shows that one in two Not for Profit employees do not have access to any professional development. According to researchers at The University of Western Australia Centre for Social Impact (UWA CSI) and funded by the Origin...
8 Ways to Ensure Mentoring Program Success
If you want to incorporate a mentoring strategy or program in your own or a client’s organisation, department, or team, these tips will help ensure its success: Mentoring is a development opportunity for both parties. Eager learners and seasoned veterans...
The non-for-profit leader
You may ask, “Why non-for-profit leadership?” After all, leadership is leadership, right? The answer is Yes—and No. Unique ChallengesThe context and challenges of leadership in the non-for-profit sector are unique. The primary difference, traditionally, between for-profit and non-for-profit businesses is...
What’s the Primary Driver of Innovation?
Innovation is the creation and implementation of something new and different. Innovation is a fresh approach to solving a problem and application of the solution. Innovation is both thinking and doing. Innovation is follow-through, the commercialization of a good idea....
Tips for Success as a Mentor
If you want to succeed as a mentor, first seek to understand yourself and others. —John C. Maxwell There are many types and styles of mentoring, from the traditional “mentor” and “mentee” approach to mentoring partnerships across the generations. However,...