ABOUT the Practical Workforce Workshop Series
Most businesses don’t have a learning problem. They have an application problem.
You attend courses. Good ideas get discussed. Then everyone goes back to business as usual.
The Practical Workforce Series is designed to close that gap.
If you own a business, manage people, lead a team, or influence how work gets done day-to-day, these workshops are for you.
The focus is practical workplace performance:
• stronger leadership
• clearer systems
• better communication
• stronger follow-through
• teams taking more ownership
• helping change stick
No theory for theory’s sake. No corporate jargon.
Just practical tools and real-world discussion you can take back into the workplace and use.
If you have emerging leaders, experienced managers needing a reset, or key people you want thinking differently about performance and workplace culture, get them involved.
Workshops run monthly from 3.00pm–5.00pm:
• Tuesday — in person at UCOL Whanganui
• Thursday — online via Zoom
No charge for Whanganui businesses thanks to ChamberWorks support.
Workshop 1: Set Goals That Actually Work
Tuesday 19 May in-person UCOL Whanganui Campus
Thursday 21 May online via Zoom
Most teams aren’t short on goals — they’re short on goals that lead to action. This workshop focuses on setting practical, useful goals people understand, buy into, and follow through on. Learn how to create clearer direction, stronger accountability, and goals that support better workplace performance instead of becoming another document no one looks at again.
Workshop 2: The ‘WHY’ Factor
Tuesday 23 June in-person UCOL Whanganui Campus
Thursday 25 June online via Zoom
People rarely resist change for no reason. More often, they don’t understand why it matters. This workshop explores how leaders create stronger engagement by connecting people to purpose, outcomes, and practical reasons for change. Learn how to communicate change in ways that build understanding, ownership, and action.
Workshop 3: Making Change Stick
Tuesday 21 July in-person UCOL Whanganui Campus
Thursday 23 July online via Zoom
Good intentions don’t change workplaces. Systems, habits, and environments do. This workshop looks at how small practical changes in the workplace can support better behaviours, stronger follow-through, and more consistent results. Learn how to remove friction, reinforce expectations, and make change easier to maintain over time. BOOK NOW
Workshop 4: Change the System – Change the Result
Tuesday 18 August in-person UCOL Whanganui Campus
Thursday 27 August online via Zoom
When the same problems keep turning up, the issue is often bigger than the people involved. This workshop helps you identify the workplace systems, behaviours, and patterns driving current results — and how to change them. Learn practical ways to improve communication, accountability, decision-making, and day-to-day performance. BOOK NOW
Workshop 5: Pinpoint the Skills that Matter
Tuesday 22 September in-person UCOL Whanganui Campus
Thursday 24 September online via Zoom
Not every skill gap is obvious — and not every training course solves the real problem. This workshop helps leaders identify the capabilities that actually improve workplace performance and support change. Learn practical ways to assess what matters most, focus development efforts, and build stronger, more capable teams. BOOK NOW
Workshop 6: Turn Learning into Action
Tuesday 20 October in-person UCOL Whanganui Campus
Thursday 22 October online via Zoom
Training only matters if something changes afterwards. This workshop focuses on turning learning into practical workplace application. Learn how to improve follow-through, reinforce learning on the job, and help people apply new skills and behaviours in ways that improve performance and results. BOOK NOW