Event Calendar

AEN will be hosting an IR Basics workshop run by Janet Nicolson from WorkSight

The session will cover:

Modern Awards, the Fair Work Act and employment responsibilities to apprentices and trainees.

This workshop will focus on application and interpretation of awards and the Fair Work Act to the employment of apprentices and trainees.

The workshop aims to expand understanding of industrial relations concepts and how GTO employers can manage compliance with legal obligations.

The workshop will be useful for payroll staff and field officers who need to manage industrial relations conversations with host employers.

A healthy employee is a happy and productive employee, and that is a goal for every organization. Through our Health and Wellness at Work program the participants will experience the benefits of a healthier lifestyle and workplace.

The Health and Wellness at Work course will be instrumental in creating a “Culture of Wellness” within the organization. The participants will touch on common issues such as smoking cessation, nutrition & weight loss, and preventative care. Health and Wellness is the responsibility of everyone in an organization so take the positive step and create a program at your organization.

Workshop Objectives:

• Access Health and Wellness Program Needs
• Plan a Health and Wellness Program
• Implement a Health and Wellness Program
• Maintain a Health and Wellness Program

In today’s society, many people experience information overload. We are bombarded with messages to believe various ideas, purchase things, support causes, and lead our lifestyle in a particular way. How do you know what to believe? How do you separate the truth from the myths?

The answer lies in critical thinking skills. The ability to clearly reason through problems and to present arguments in a logical, compelling way has become a key skill for survival in today’s world. This two-day workshop will give you some practical tools and hands-on experience with critical thinking and problem solving.

Workshop Objectives

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Define critical and non-critical thinking
• Identify your critical thinking style(s), including areas of strength and improvement
• Describe other thinking styles, including left/right brain thinking and whole-brain thinking
• Work through the critical thinking process to build or analyze arguments
• Develop and evaluate explanations
• Improve key critical thinking skills, including active listening and questioning
• Use analytical thought systems and creative thinking techniques
• Prepare and present powerful arguments
• Take back time from e-mail and handheld devices
• Beat procrastination

Most people find that they wish they had more time in a day. This workshop will show participants how to organize their lives and find those hidden moments. Participants will learn how to establish routines, set goals, create an efficient environment, and use time-honored planning and organizational tools to maximize their personal productivity.

Personal Productivity is a goal most of us have. Through this workshop your participants will be on the right track in achieving that goal. Some people blame everything that goes wrong in their life on something or someone else, but through this workshop your participants will take ownership and begin to lead a more productive life.

Workshop Objectives

• Set and evaluate SMART goals
• Use routines to maximize their productivity
• Use scheduling tools to make the most of their time
• Stay on top of their to-do list
• Start new tasks and projects on the right foot
• Use basic project management techniques
• Organize their physical and virtual workspaces for maximum efficiency
• Take back time from e-mail and handheld devices
• Beat procrastination

AEN is holding a two day workshop at the Atura Albury on Thursday 31 October and Friday 1 November 2019. Over the two days, there will be four workshops as well as an AEN industry update.

Thursday 31 October

AEN Industry Update

IR Basics Workshop – Worksight

Managing Difficult Situations Workshop

This is a free event for AEN members. The non-member rate is $155.

Workshop Description

Managing Difficult Situations

This course provides you with an extremely insightful and practical guide on how to manage yourself and the difficult people and situations that you encounter in your workplace. It will provide you with tips and techniques to enable you to develop the confidence to be proactive and not reactive when challenged by people and circumstances.

You will learn how to understand other people’s behaviour and how to respond appropriately. You will gain practical guidance to apply to your own situations and you will leave the course with a set of handy reference cards to remind you of key skills and techniques learned during the course in your day-to-day activities.

Workshop Objectives:

• Developing an Understanding of Behaviour
• Forging Positive Working Relationships
• Managing Difficult People
• 7 Steps for conflict resolution
• Adopting a Confident, Professional and Appropriate Style
• Planning Your Personal Strategy

AEN is holding a two day workshop at the Atura Albury on Thursday 31 October and Friday 1 November 2019. Over the two days, there will be four workshops as well as an AEN industry update.

Friday 1 November

Emotional Intelligence Workshop

Mental Health Workshop

This is a free event for AEN members. The non-member rate is $155.

Workshop Descriptions

Emotional Intelligence Workshop

Emotional intelligence describes the ability to understand one’s own feelings, and that of groups, and how these emotions can influence motivation and behavior. The concepts of Emotional Intelligence have been around since at least the 1900’s, but the term was first introduced by Wayne Payne in 1985.

As a result of the growing acknowledgement by professionals of the importance and relevance of emotions to work outcomes, the research on the topic continued to gain momentum, but it wasn’t until the publication of Daniel Goleman’s best seller Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ that the term became widely accepted by mainstream media.

Workshop Objectives:

• Define and practice self-management, self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, and empathy.
• Understand, use and manage your emotions.
• Verbally communicate with others.
• Successfully communicate with others in a non-verbal manner.
• Identify the benefits of emotional intelligence.
• Relate emotional intelligence to the workplace.
• Balance optimism and pessimism.
• Effectively impact others.

Mental Health in the Workplace

Participants will understand the importance of a mentally healthy workplace. Participants will be able to identify behaviours and patterns of mental health in workplace environments and what actions can be taken to assist those affected.

These programs clarify what resilience is and how important resilience is to maintaining employee wellbeing and fulfilling their role.

Managers undertaking training will understand what legislative requirements apply to mental health and wellbeing in the workplace as applicable to their role and responsibilities as a manager. The methods and techniques used to effectively deal with situations of mental un-wellness are also addressed to build skills and confidence in responding to an affected team member.

Responsibilities for employees are properly defined, with instructions on how to identify mental ill health, how to respond and what can be done to assist a fellow team member.

Workshop Objectives:

• Understand and comply with relevant legislative requirements
• Identify the indicators of a current period of mental ill health
• Identify the workplace risk factors which may lead to the development of or exacerbate a mental health condition
• Understand how to communicate about mental ill health
• Identify why resilience is important to the person and in the workplace
• Identify ways to improve well-being and the ability to cope with challenges

We’ve all met that dynamic, charismatic person that just has a way with others, and has a way of being remembered. You will identify ways of creating a powerful introduction, remembering names, and managing situations when you’ve forgotten someone’s name.

The Enhancing Workplace Relationships workshop will help participants work towards being that unforgettable person by providing communication skills, negotiation techniques, tips on making an impact, and advice on networking and starting conversations. They will also identify the skills needed in starting a conversation, moving a conversation along, and progressing to higher levels of conversation.

Workshop Objectives

• Understand the difference between hearing and listening
• Know some ways to improve the verbal skills of asking questions and communicating with power.
• Understand what is ‘non-verbal communication’ and how it can enhance interpersonal relationships.
• Identify the skills needed in starting a conversation.
• Identify ways of creating a powerful introduction, remembering names, and managing situations when you’ve forgotten someone’s name.
• Understand how seeing the other side can improve skills in influencing other people.
• Understand how the use of facts and emotions can help bring people to your side.
• Identify ways of sharing one’s opinions constructively.
• Learn tips in preparing for a negotiation, opening a negotiation, bargaining, and closing a negotiation.
• Learn tips in making an impact through powerful first impressions.

Confidence, Self-Esteem and Assertiveness are three skills that are crucial for success in life. If you don’t feel worthy, and/or you don’t know how to express your self-worth when communicating with others, life can be very painful. These skills will provide opportunities and benefits to your yourself and your clients in their professional and personal lives.

This workshop will give participants an understanding of what assertiveness, self-esteem and confidence each mean (in general and to them personally) and how to develop those feelings in their day-to-day lives. These skills will encompass many aspects of your participant’s lives and have a positive effect on all of them.

Workshop Objectives

• Define self-esteem, assertiveness and confidence, and list the four styles of communication
• Describe the types of negative thinking, and how one can overcome negative thoughts
• Explain the difference between listening and hearing.
• Define the importance of goal setting, and practice setting SMART goals for assertive behavior
• Utilize methodologies for understanding your worth — and the use of positive self-talk
• List reasons why a pleasing appearance and body language are critical for creating a strong first impression
• Practice sending positive communications phrased as “I-Messages”
• Practice strategies for gaining positive outcomes in difficult interpersonal situations.