Chamber Training

Thinking about becoming a director or trustee? Maybe you already are and want to brush up on your knowledge and skills? When is the right time to set up a governance board? How well are we doing in governance terms?

This half day course is for anyone considering becoming a director, about to join a board or those who have recently become a director.

The session is interactive and will provide practical exercises to enhance your governance skills and experience. A mock board meeting will give participants a hands on experience and attendees will be provided with a set of board templates that can be adapted for their own use.

The session covers:
• Governance vs Management
• Strategy vs Operations
• Board and CEO (or GM or MD) relationship
• Duties of a director including legislative and regulatory obligations
• Board papers – getting the information you need to make good decisions
• Assessing Risk
• Budget processes
• Managing conflicts of interest
• Good board practice – policies and procedures

The cost is $450+GST. Register your interest for 2025.
This course is registered with the Regional Business Partner Network. To explore if your business is eligible for support, contact your local Regional Business Growth Advisor : Sandra@commerce.org.nz

In today's fast-paced business world, having a clear strategy is not just an advantage – it's a necessity. This course offers more than just theory; it provides practical, actionable insights that you can implement immediately to see tangible results in your business.

Course Highlights:

Goal Setting: Seamlessly integrate personal and business growth objectives.
Strategic Planning: Develop robust strategies to navigate market challenges and seize opportunities.
Competitive Analysis Techniques: Stay ahead of the curve by understanding your market position.
Target Setting and Action Planning: Learn to set ambitious yet achievable goals and create plans to reach them.

This course will empower small to medium sized businesses to expedite their marketing initiatives. By establishing a solid foundation, businesses can ensure they allocate their time and resources effectively, especially when lacking the capital for a comprehensive one-on-one marketing strategy with a professional strategist.

The course will contribute significantly to the long-term success of participation businesses by laying the groundwork for informed and strategic marketing decisions.

Topics Covered

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis for the brand.
Identification of the ideal customer (s)
Development of the brand voice
Crafting the brand story.

During this full-day business planning course, with up to 15 other local businesses, you will have our expert business coaches facilitating discussions and activities, to help you formulate a concise, one-page Business Plan that will act as your guiding map to success.

Learning outcomes;

- Learn how to set realistic and measurable goals.
- Create clear strategies to achieve your goals.
- Develop a one page Business Plan which will act as a roadmap.
- Craft actionable strategies to achieve your goals.
- How to identify resources needed to support goal attainment.
- How to establish realistic timeframes for achieving objectives.
- How to distinguish short-term wins from long-term vital projects.
- Develop a template for reviewing actual performance against targets.
- Learn how to formulate a platform for financial forecasting. - Know how to set individual goals and targets for team members.

The cost is $495+GST. Register your interest for 2025.
This course is registered with the Regional Business Partner Network. To explore if your business is eligible for support, contact your local Regional Business Growth Advisor : Sandra@commerce.org.nz

The purpose of this one-day course is to give you the oversight you need to ensure your business health and safety systems and processes reflect a best-practice approach. Each session comes with practical templates for you to use in your business to comply with the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015. It also supports your understanding of the core elements of a health and safety system.

The service description:

This course is suitable for people who own a small business and want to ensure they comply with health and safety best practice requirements. It is also good for those businesses without a health and safety committee and anyone who is required to be involved in health and safety in a small business.

Learning outcomes

Understand the core elements of a health and safety system.
Understand the key duty holders and their respective duties under the Act.
Understand essential health and safety components and how they relate to your legal duties.
Understand practical ways to increase the effectiveness of your health and safety system.

This professional development series helps you build your people management skills to deal with the human aspect of business success.

The series consists of 7 x 2 hour group sessions, including a final session to reflect, adopt and plan. This immersive process, with post-session action planning, and progress-checkpoint calls, allows you to put theory into practice. Expert facilitators will guide your discussions, identify common pain points and provide insights that you can take away and use with your team to overcome day-to-day management challenges you face.

Limited to only 12 participants, this small group format is designed to encourage valuable connections with other managers. You’ll support one another and share ideas along your journey to become better people leaders.

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The cost is $1290 +GST. Register your interest for 2025.
This course is registered with the Regional Business Partner Network. To explore if your business is eligible for support, contact your local Regional Business Growth Advisor : Sandra@commerce.org.nz

The aim of the Nelson Tasman Leadership Academy is to provide leaders and aspiring leaders with the opportunity to build capability through personal development and by learning from the experience of others. The Leadership Academy is for people who want to develop their leadership experience, people who have their sights set on senior management positions and governance roles.

On completion of the six sessions attendees will have a good understanding of what is required to be an effective leader in their own organisation and the wider business community. Each two-hour session is led by a senior executive from a significant Nelson Tasman-based organisation. Participants will benefit from the opportunity to interact with the presenter and build connections with other people on the programme.

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The cost is $1500+GST. Register your interest.
This course is registered with the Regional Business Partner Network. To explore if your business is eligible for support, contact your local Regional Business Growth Advisor : Sandra@commerce.org.nz