Learning and development for business success.
The Chamber offers an extensive range of high-impact, expert-facilitated professional development training programmes, courses, and workshops designed to develop skills and improve business performance, productivity and effectiveness. Courses are designed to be engaging, enjoyable, and packed with actionable takeaways that can be applied to your business.
We offer a full calendar of public training programmes. The advantages of attending public programmes are that participants learn from our experienced facilitators as well as other course participants. Participants may complete different courses at different levels depending on their own level of experience. Please take a moment to explore the range of training offered below, or download our interactive 2024 Training Calendar (PDF).
If you can’t come to us, we can come to you. All of our public training programmes can be delivered in-house exclusively for your team. In-house training offers you the flexibility, impact, confidentially and expertise when, where and the way you need it, and can maximise your time and budget.
Our team can design a customised in-company training programme to address your organisations specific challenges and learning objectives.
Chamber members’ have access to all our business training programmes, workshops and events at special member rates. The wider business community may also attend, at the guest rate.
The Chamber also offer you the opportunity to make connections with other businesses, listen to great speakers and keep up-to-date with the latest information via our events. Click here to view the range of events offered.
We look forward to partnering with you, and your team.
We offer a range of training to build your capability and help you achieve your business goals.
Building Capability Series
______
Bite-sized learning designed to support organisational success in Southland.
The Chamber is partnering with Community Trust South, and our members’ to provide not-for-profit community organisation’s and local businesses with easy, and affordable access to bite-sized professional development workshops to ensure they are armed with best-practice knowledge and up-to-date techniques.
The Leadership Academy
______
Developing future Southland business leaders.
The purpose of the Southland Leadership Academy, which is completed over multi-days, is to provide leaders with the opportunity to build leadership capabilities through their own personal development and by learning from the experience of others.
Exclusive to Chamber members, The Leadership Academy is for people looking at developing their existing leadership experience and who have the potential for holding senior positions and governance roles.
Management and Leadership
______
In addition to the popular Leadership Academy, we have carefully selected a range of professional development training programmes from around New Zealand to support our business owners, managers and team leaders successfully lead their teams:
- Essentials of Leadership
- Legacy Leadership
- Courageous Conversations
- Persuading & Influencing Others
- Performance Management
- Negotiating with Integrity
Business Owners Programme
______
We are delighted to partner with The Icehouse to deliver the Business Owners Programme – a capability development solution for Southland business owners.
This is a practical three-month programme for business owners – where you’ll have the opportunity to learn new business skills, network and redesign your business for the future.
The programme is designed for owners of SME businesses with revenue between $1M to $3M+.
Project Management
______
In partnership with Project Results, The Chamber offers the popular Project Management PRINCE2® qualification. Courses include:
- Foundation – An intensive three-day course delivered through presentations, discussions, exercises and exam practice.
- Practitioner – This two-day course follows the Foundation course and uses scenario-based training focusing on the application of PRINCE2 under different project environments
and scenarios.
Administration
______
We introduced a new range of professional development training programmes designed to support administrative professionals including:
- Art of Minute Taking
- Essential Skills for Administrators
- Project Coordination Skills for Administrators
Plus
______
You will be provided with the opportunity to attend a variety of other courses throughout the year. These may include:
- Business Communication Skills
- Time & Self Management
- Business Writing
- Delivering Exceptional Customer Service
- Financial Skills for Non-Financial Managers
- Presentation and Communication Skills
- Good Governance, plus many more.
Contact us to discuss your training needs, click here to view our online Training Calendar; and subscribe to our Events and Training e-Newsletter to keep up to date with upcoming training.
Regional Business Partner (RBP)
The Southland Chamber of Commerce offers services that are registered with the Regional Business Partner (RBP) funds.
Small and medium sized businesses may qualify for funding to help pay for services such as training workshops and courses that build the management capabilities of their owners and key decision making managers. To learn more contact a Business Growth Advisor at Great South or visit business.govt.nz/regional-business-partner-network.
