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Why You Need Professional Development

Is your career stalled, or are you finding it difficult to kick on a business, or move to the next level on the jobs ladder?

There are a range of common reasons why people stall:

  • Losing focus. Life can get complex after you start a job or business. It is easy to become absorbed by day to day necessities (eg. complying with procedures and regulations, managing the accounts, dealing with complaints) and never make time to focus on the big picture.
  • Do not try to be like everyone else. Being different is a key to success. Having the same skills, same qualifications, same products and services to offer will simply put you in competition with already successful people. Having something that is a little different makes you stand out.

Ask yourself every day… what will make the biggest difference to moving my career/business forward, and devote at least 10% of your time to doing just that.

Our courses are designed to help you develop a different set of skills to your competition, to sharpen your focus, build confidence, communication skills and unique networks of contacts …. Many schools simply do not do this.

 

MEET SOME OF OUR TUTORS

 

 

          

Tracey Jones -Academic Officer & Tutor (U.K.)
B.Sc. (Hons) (Psychology), M.Soc.Sc (social work), DipSW (social work), PGCE (Education), PGD (Learning Disability Studies).

Tracey has around 15 years experience within the psychology and social work field, particularly working with people with learning disabilities. She is also qualified as a teacher and now teaches psychology and social work related subjects.

She is a book reviewer for the British Journal of Social Work. Tracey has also written a text book on Psychology and has had several short stories published.

Karin von Behrens - M. Arts and Media, Grad Cert Communication and PR, Hons. Screen Studies and B. Creative Arts.

Karin has an extensive background in Creative Arts and Media including animation, film production, radio, journalism, visual arts and creative writing. Having attended six different universities, Karin has a diverse knowledge of the arts both nationally and internationally and has spent a number of years travelling the globe. Her undergraduate degree included a year of exchange studies at the University of California Santa Cruz. Karin has worked on feature films, short films, festivals and spent four years with the City of Sydney Council doing everything from teaching creative writing to the elderly to event management and administration.

 		  John L. Mason Dip.Hort.Sc., Sup'n Cert., FIOH, FPLA, MAIH, MACHPER, MASA
Mr Mason has had over 35 years experience in the fields of Horticulture, Recreation, Education and Journalism. He has extensive experience both as a public servant, and as a small business owner. He has held positions ranging from Director of Parks and Recreation (City of Essendon) to magazine editor. John is a well respected member of many professional associations, and author of over thirty five books and of over two thousand magazine articles. Even today, John continues to write books for various publishers including Simon and Shuster, and Landlinks Press (CSIRO Publishing).

 

 

 

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