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River Empowerment

Increasing Business Efficiency  Suitable for Start Up Businesses  Suitable for Adolescent Businesses  Suitable for Mature Businesses

For

Managers responsible for an area of performance within their business. This may be any area, for example, operations, sales, human resource or finance.

What I will learn

This workshop will help you increase your operating efficiency in order to remain competitive and continue to be profitable. You will learn how to identify efficiency improvement opportunities, how to design improvements and implement to implement them successfully to achieve better results.

Workshop Content

This workshop covers the following areas:

  • What is efficiency?
  • The other side of the efficiency coin – what to watch out for
  • The single most powerful thing you can do to increase efficiency
  • Where the most common inefficiencies are
  • Specific efficiency improvement methods and ideas you can choose from
  • How to involve your staff effectively
  • How to prioritise your improvement initiatives
  • A step by step method for implementing efficiency improvement initiatives
  • Simple ways to track your progress
  • What must be included in every efficiency improvement initiative
  • How to make efficiency improvement ‘business as usual’

Productivity Improvements

On completing this course you will:

  • Understand the factors that influence efficiency
  • Have the ability to identify efficiency improvements within your business
  • Be able to successfully design and implement efficiency improvement initiatives that increase the efficiency of your team and department/unit.

 

Click here to find out about running this course in-house with your team.

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Additional Learning

Business Unit Management
Strategy Formulation
Better Business Systems
Essential Performance Measures
How to Maximise your Profits
Strategy Implementation


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What Clients say about our training...

"Very good for progressing 'hard to do' actions.  It's all working better than expected already."

Carl Morton, Norske Skog, Kawarau NZ

"Lots of useful information and tools that can be applied in the workplace.  It was well structured with lots of variety and topics covered.  The River Empowerment team provided excellent presenters who kept it fun."

Fiona Knowles, Genesis Energy, Hamilton NZ

"Thoroughly enjoyable.  I have a lot of ideas that I'm going to try in our workplace - thank you."

Quinton Darby, General Manager, Auckland NZ

"I enjoyed it immensely, I have learnt so much.  Lisa's facilitation of the course was excellent."

Tania Gardiner, Norske Skog, Kawarau NZ

"Was not sure what to expect, very informative and will help with my everyday issues that arise and looking at the bigger picture.  Have found that the tools will be extremely useful in my current role and any future roles."

Craig Inger, Train Services Manager Auckland NZ

"Had a far greater content and value than I expected."

Peter Ferguson, Finishing Manager, NZ

"Great use of my time and well facilitated.  Thanks very much.  Learned heaps and still learning."

Natasha Polai, HR Manager, NZ

"Far more than I expected!  My level of understanding of how my business unit 'fits in' and what the opportunities and constraints are."

Charmaine Barnard HR Manger, Auckland NZ

"I really enjoyed the fun way the course was presented."

Jaqui Toung, HR Manager Auckland NZ

"Exceeded original expectations, resulting in applications to workplace rather than just theory."

Christina Gibbons, Accountant, NZ

"The literature was absolutely great and a huge resource."

Cayne Pratt, Operations Manager, Napier NZ

"Lisa is an awesome presenter and facilitator."

Megan Stewart, ICC, New Plymouth NZ

 


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