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New Horizons’ Professional Development Portfolio Celebrates a Dozen Years. |
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New Horizons Learning Centres is celebrating the twelfth anniversary of its Professional Development (or business skills) Portfolio in Australia. With an average of 300 classes a year that’s about 30,000 customers that have enhanced some facet of their people or performance skills. |
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Sydney, Australia, 1st June 2014 marks the twelfth anniversary of New Horizons’ Professional Development training courses. Whilst New Horizons has been in Australia for sixteen years and worldwide since 1984, training in the areas of technical and desktop applications, the Professional Development training arm was only started on 1 June 2012. After helping IT professionals for nearly two decades with their skills development, New Horizons recognised the need for the development of communication skills for technical staff within an organisation. |
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Since then, New Horizons’ Professional Development Portfolio has
grown to cover all industry verticals with a suite of offerings of
more than 45 programs which range from leadership and management
through to communications, customer service and sales. |
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“We have taken the approach of having a backbone of publicly
scheduled courses such as Time Management, Coaching and Negotiation
Skills; programs that our clients can access in ones and twos as
their need arises. We also then do tailored programs within
organisations to solve specific business problems,” said Tim Higgs,
Cultural Psychologist and Manager of the New Horizons Professional
Development Portfolio. |
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New Horizons was first to shift from the term Business Skills to the
now commonly accepted term, Professional Development. Higgs
continues: “Our job is not just to transfer knowledge but to help
develop people develop professionally and ultimately facilitate
behavioural change.” |
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To this end New Horizons’ Professional Development Portfolio has
kept a dedicated band of trainers who have been there for 6-8 years
and have professional qualifications as well as real life
experience. |
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This means that clients experience a consistency in the quality of
training and participants get theory as well as real-world practical
examples and demonstrations. The participants also leave with action
plans to help integrate the newly acquired skills into their
day-to-day work. |
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New Horizons has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
However, New Horizons’ instructors frequently visit regional as well
as interstate clients in order to help them with their skills
development needs. Professionals who are looking to improve their
business skills can visit www.nhaustralia.com.au/PD to view New
Horizons’ complete list of course offerings. Alternatively, please
contact New Horizons on 1300 794 006 to speak to an Account Manager
to discuss any specific skills development needs. |
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For additional information:
Girish Verma, National Marketing Manager, New Horizons Learning Centres
(Australia)
T: +612 8263 5900
E:
[email protected]
Product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their
respective owners. |
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