Growth is a wonderful double-edged management ninja sword. Because growth is good for both your employees and it’s good for you, the boss. But did you know that one of the unwritten responsibilities of a boss is that you have to ensure that your employees have the skills they need to do their job and are always working to improve? This is why employee development is one of the essential manager skills. But the problem is that school doesn’t teach you the skills you need to be Super Boss. And employee development gets left to HR. This article will show you why & how to use employee development as a management tool to increase results and retention. It contains information from the program on the Go1 Academy: How to Develop Your Employees

PS: Are you responsible for Learning & Development in your organisation? Help to build a culture of learning in your organisation by sharing this article with your managers.

Using online learning to achieve your development goals: Getting Going with Go1,

Do your employees have the skills and abilities you want? Take the online Development assessment to find out more (must be logged into your Go1 portal),

Be careful of one-size fits all management advice. Do what is right for you by finding out your Boss Superpower,

Why employee development is essential for employees:

Your employees are complicated animals. You can’t just give them a paycheck and a ping-pong table and expect them to be happy, productive employees. Creating a workplace where people want to work and are good at their jobs means fulfilling your employees need for growth.

Your employees have a desire to learn and grow

Your employees are motivated by doing things they are good at and

Developing skills helps your employees become self-actualised

To put this another way, your top performers will get bored and leave if they are stagnant. Less experienced managers try to motivate employees with pay and bonuses. But successful managers know that quality employees choose growth over short term pay.

Why employee development is essential for managers:

I remember a time when you weren’t a proper business if you didn’t have a fax machine. But business is competitive with unrelenting progress. If you think your employees have all the skills they need, then you may as well be waiting by your fax machine for an update. And if you think employee development is a job for Human Resources alone and not managers, then you will soon watch your competitors overtake you. It’s your jab as a boss job to deliver, maintain and grow results. And one of the best ways you can do this is to develop the skills & capabilities of your employees. Because:

Increasing skills delivers results with increased speed and quality,

Increasing capabilities supports delegation so you can manage your own workload,

A constantly changing competitive & technological environment means your employees need to constantly develop their skills and

Learning promotes innovation & problem solving

Less experienced managers view skills development as a “nice to have”. They leave skills development to Human Resources for “when they have the time”. Successful bosses partner with Human Resources to take an active role in developing their employees’ skills. This is because they know that developing skills delivers results. Effective managers know that employee development is an effective tool to motivate and retain top talent.

I get it, employee development sounds time-consuming, where can managers find the time to develop employees? This is really the wrong question, because the true problem is that no-one ever taught you how to develop employees or any of the other essential manager skills. Because employee development can be as simple as a ten-minute conversation about the future. And you don’t even have to book extra meeting time because the best place to do this in your in your regular one on one meeting with your employee. (Not having one on one meetings with your employees – well of course you won’t have time to develop your employees!)

3 Actions you can take to develop your employees:

Because I believe in actionable advice, here are easy 3 actions you can take to kick start your employee development right away:

Have a ten-minute development conversation with each of your employees. Tell them what skills you want them to develop. Collaborate to produce a training contract 

Delegate a growth assignment to your employees. This is something that will support their next career step or is a challenge that gives them a chance to use their skills. Helpful resource: The Ultimate Guide to Delegation

Pick a skill you want your employees to learn/improve and use the Go1 feature to assign a Go1 training course to them. Tip: Don’t forget the human touch, follow up the course assignment with a conversation explaining why, what your expectations are and what’s in it for them. 

Top tip: Looking for a good place to start? Choose something short/fun/informative/helpful. Here are some relevant Go1 courses to assign: 

a. Have better meetings with your employees by assigning One on One Meetings with your Boss

b. Improve your employees focus, stress management and more by assigning Desk Meditations

Super ninja manager skills are where you use momentum to go with the flow, instead of fighting against the tide. When it comes to skills development, it sometimes feels like you are pushing uphill to develop your employees’ skills. The smarter way is to help your employees to develop themselves by assigning Self Leadership: Developing Yourself.

I just want to leave you with this final thought: Have you ever had a mentor (a boss, teacher, coach, etc.) that invested in you?

Someone that guided you through your career path,

Someone who knew what you were capable of and supported you to achieve your potential, and

Someone who pushed you to be better when you needed a little extra encouragement.

What difference did this make to your performance? How meaningful is this person to you? When you are a boss, you have an opportunity to make a difference to your employee’s lives. And this isn’t just because it gives you a warm fuzzy feeling but also because it makes fantastic business sense. This is the difference you can make when you invest in developing your employees. 

Note: employee development and online learning by Go1

I don’t work for Go1, I work with Go1 to help businesses deliver results via improved soft skills. Go1 is a fantastic resource where you and your employees can access training for almost any development need. But giving your employees access to an online library and expecting them to develop themselves into happy, productive employees is not realistic (Hot tip: How’s your own online development going?). To make the best use of online development tools such as Go1, don’t forget the human touch. Such as: Encouraging and supporting employees through their development. Helping them to choose the right development for them and their career. 

The concept is to leave the time-consuming training to the subject matter experts on Go1 and you do the less time-consuming parts of coaching your employees through their development. 

Keith Tatley is a Chartered Accountant and Yoga Teacher. He helps people to have successful and happy careers by showing them the soft skills that people need to be effective in the workplace. 

Headline skills that people need for better relationships between employees and their bosses include: 

How to have One on One Meetings with your Boss

Keith operates the brands www.ManagerFoundation.com, Karm.Academy and WWW.BOSS.CAMP . Contact him at Keitht@ManagerFoundation.com for consulting on how to create better work environments. 

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The hospitality industry is fast-paced, creative and unpredictable. In such an energetic environment, ensuring staff members are up to date with the latest training and compliance can be a challenge.

With the anti-social hours most employees work, and the physical nature of the job, finding the time for training can be difficult. The team is exhausted at the end of a busy shift, and when the customers are in, the focus is on their experience. 

Essential areas of training for hospitality staff

Hospitality environments are often stressful and fast-paced. Kitchens are places where a lot of accidents can happen, so safety of staff and customers should always be paramount. Training in this area will supply learners with the knowledge and skills required to apply solid WHS practices.

Being up to date with guidelines on workplace bullying is crucial for those in hospitality management. The high-pressured service industry often creates a climate of perfectionism, and in such conditions, it can be easy for staff members to take out their stress on each other. Training will encourage staff to reflect on how they should act in certain situations and what to do about bullying incidents.

Linked to training on workplace bullying, harrassment and discrimination can easily arise when a workplace cutlure becomes unfriendly.  In times of stress, it can be difficult to remain civil and treat other employees and customers with the respect they deserve. However, customers will notice if staff members or other customers are being treated poorly. 

Knowledge in this area is a basic prerequisite for any establishment preparing food for customers. Making mistakes can result in businesses paying the ultimate price and being shut down. Training your team with real-life scenarios will educate them on the importance of food safety, and the consequences of their actions if mistakes are made.  

The hospitality industry can be physically draining.  The heat of the kitchen, constantly being on your feet and lifting stock can be extremely taxing on the body. Those responsible for staff welfare need to be sure that the team understands how to stay safe. They need healthy bodies to do the work to the best of their ability! Training will provide learners with the skills they need to look after themselves in the workplace. 

Tips for hospitality staff to make the most of online learning: 

As the person responsible for ensuring your staff is compliant, it can be difficult to know whether the information from an online course has been taken on board. It can also be tempting to tick the box once the course has been completed, but your staff needs to apply what they’ve learnt to a practical context. 

If you are the manager or owner, you will already have a lot on your plate to keep your business running.  It might be helpful to designate a trusted employee to oversee and implement training. Then, you can be sure your staff members are not only well-trained, but also have a senior member of staff to ask for help should they need it.

However you decide to ensure your team is up to date with the latest training, here are our tips to be sure your staff members make the most of their online learning experience:

When setting staff the task of completing online training, it can sometimes be difficult for them to see the bigger picture or understand why it is important.  They have physical and often challenging work days, so they need to understand why they are making the extra effort.  

Many who work in the hospitality industry are driven by the desire to serve customers to the best possible standard.  If you can use this purpose to frame regular training updates, it will help staff to become invested and want to ensure they complete the training to the best of their ability. Ultimately, if your staff is not compliant in these areas, the customers will pick up on this and think twice about coming back to your establishment.

 It is important that every member of staff is well-versed in the online training.  This includes those in management, or even investors. Anybody who has regular contact with the business should understand the rules and live by them.  A whole-team approach is key.  

Show staff examples of best practice: Whether you as the manager are responsible for training, or you have allocated this job to another member of staff, modelling best practice is the best way to ensure team members take their learning on board and begin to apply it in the workplace.  If those in leadership are not showing staff how things should be done, the online training will lack purpose.

Although it can be difficult to find the time to do so, taking the time to consolidate learning from online courses in a practical environment can be invaluable to staff members.  Every staff member needs learning put into the context of their daily work.  This could be as simple as demonstrating steps throughout the day to ensure the safe handling of food, followed by reviewing the steps with staff members. 

To make the learning process easier, Go1 has partnered with Allara Learning to help you keep your staff up to date. Whether you run a bustling cafe or sophisticated fine-dining restaurant, well-trained staff members are guaranteed to improve customer satisfaction. Allara Learning’s Hospitality Compliance Training Package is specifically designed for the Australian market, and is essential for reminding staff of their legal obligations.  The package can also be used to on-board new team members, and focuses on five key training areas. All are equally important for ensuring your establishment is up to scratch and meets the basic requirements. 

Easy steps to make sure your hospitality business is compliant 

This month, we're focusing on all things management - so keep an eye on the blog over the next few weeks to read more about Go1’s relevant training content!

When looking for a Go1 Premium provider with great management courses, Cegos has risen to the challenge.

For nearly a century, Cegos has supported companies in their plans to transform and grow, advancing the personal and professional development of individuals worldwide - and we think Cegos is an excellent tool to use for your management training needs. With over 100+ Cegos learning resources available to all Go1 customers, they have great coverage of soft skills training, with content for almost every soft skills topic imaginable.  

Cegos offer a range of management training via Go1. Their expert training offers guidance for all levels of management and has been developed by drawing on research, their own business experience and work with thousands of clients around the world.

They have courses for new managers - to take their existing skills and knowledge, and translate them into effective management techniques. And for more experienced managers, who are looking to refresh their skills, learn to think more strategically or understand how to manage specific people or situations, Cegos also has a range of courses on topics such as Remote Management, Emotional Intelligence and more. 

In Go1 Premium, the Cegos courses for management we suggest you should have a look at are:

Making your new management position successful - Part A and B

For anyone who is taking up their first management position, this two part course will help you to learn about the demands of a management posting and your medium-term priorities, and how to prepare for your new appointment. 

Part A takes you through key responsibilities such as delegation and team motivation. 

Part B will show you how to lead your first meeting as a manager, handle initial interviews with your coworkers, or manage more delicate situations - such as managing former colleagues, experts and more senior coworkers. You will also be able to identify and differentiate between tasks that are urgent and important, thereby helping you to delegate effectively.

Managers have to deal with a range of different situations, from co-workers with different skills and motivations, to circumstances with varying imperatives and degrees of urgency. Managers must constantly adapt. Intuition, experience and personality are not enough on their own. Instead, managers must be conscious of their preferences, strengths and weaknesses, and constantly adjust their behaviour. They need to assess risks and develop their interpersonal and organisational strengths if they want to succeed. This module will help you understand the different options and adopt the appropriate behaviour.

Being persuasive in management situations - Part A and B

The term “negotiation” is used to refer to relationships with unions and management, customers and suppliers. However, the term “negotiation” is less widely used in relationships between managers and staff. Nevertheless, certain situations involve negotiation, even if it is implicit. Use this course to prepare for your negotiations.

Effective ways to communicate with team members: This module will give you a few tips about how to manage team members’ activities as well as how to boost each remote team member.

How to handle poor performing employees: Handling team member’s performance remotely is not an easy task. Learn how to create an employee performance improvement plan and choose between asynchronous and synchronous interaction. 

Try out Cegos training and let us know what you think!

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Want to access Cegos courses but don't have Go1 Premium? Enquire here!

The spotlight this week is on Cegos - a Go1 Provider with great management content.

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Go1 welcomes SkillPath (business and software skills)

A leader in learning and development since 1989, SkillPath provides professionals worldwide with strategic and innovative training solutions. Their mission is to provide the highest-quality training for companies and businesspeople around the world, so they can benefit personally and professionally from the experience. 

Go1 has over 200 SkillPath learning resources available in Premium - the courses are most relevant to US Go1 customers. 

Check out some of their courses below, available to all Go1 Premium customers:

Course blurb: It doesn’t matter if you’re addressing an informal meeting or making a full-blown presentation in front of hundreds… you need a winning speaking style to convey that you’re in charge and get your message across. This confidence-boosting video provides the preparation pointers and critical delivery skills you need to overcome any uneasiness you may have in order to make a dynamic presentation and leave a memorable impression. 

Different resources cover: Begin and End With a Bang!; Constructing Your Content the EASY Way; Confidence – It Will Make or Break You;  Your Body Language Speaks Loudly; Connect With Your Audience; Handling Unexpected Situations With Immediate Resolve;  Digital Age Dilemmas. 

Course blurb: The workplace is bursting with emotional situations, and the people who most successfully navigate through it are the ones who’ve unlocked the power of emotional intelligence (EI). This DVD is your key. It reveals the secrets of EI — the ability to stay calm and in control of every situation — and explains how to use this skill to take your career to the next level. 

Microsoft Excel 2013 Essentials (content divided down into different functions)

Microsoft Powerpoint and Word 2013 Essentials

Microsoft Excel 2010 Pivot tables + Charts and Graphs 

Go1 has added a large amount of training to Go1 Premium from new Provider eSoft Skills, covering topics such as soft skills, management, leadership, HR, compliance and more.

eSoft Skills creates engaging courses developed by subject matter experts for individuals and teams. The courses include video tutorials, training manuals, activity worksheets, Q&A reviews and animated case studies.

Course blurb: As we grow, we learn to become leaders. Being a leader is natural for some, and learned for others. No matter how we have become a leader, it is important to remember we must lead ourselves before we lead others. Take the time to motivate yourself and realize that you can do it.With this “Self-Leadership” workshop, your participants will discover the specifics of how to be a better leader for themselves and for others. 

Course blurb: The meaning of Soft Skills can sometimes be difficult to describe. It can be that unique attribute or characteristic that facilitates great communication. It can be the special way that you show confidence in a challenging situation. These and other events can become more easily managed with this great workshop. With this course, participants will begin to see how important it is to develop a core set of soft skills. By managing and looking at the way people interact and seeing things in a new light, participants will improve on almost every aspect of their career. 

Every organization is responsible for ensuring cybersecurity. The ability to protect its information systems from impairment or even theft is essential to success. Implementing effective security measures will not only offer liability protection; it will also increase efficiency and productivity. With this “Cybersecurity” workshop, your participants will discover the fundamentals of cybersecurity as well as the methods that should be implemented to make sure their computer systems are protected.

This week, we welcome some exciting new providers with plenty of training content to help boost soft skills!

What does your to do list look like at the end of the day? Has it got shorter or longer? Sometimes it feels like you’re fighting against the tide. You’re getting work from your own boss, at the same time as managing your employees. Are you neglecting your own important priorities because of work overwhelm? Effective managers don’t do everything themselves. Effective managers focus on their priorities and delegate work they should not be doing to their employees. This article will help you identify the work that you should not be doing so you can start delegating work to turn the tide around.

PS: Delegation is one of those Essential Manager Skills that they just don’t teach you in school. This article contains information from the Ultimate Guide to Delegation. 

How do your delegation skills compare to other managers? Take the Delegation Check-Up to find out (must be logged into your Go1 portal to view)

Is your never ending to do list a source of stress? Feeling overwhelmed can turn healthy work pressure into unhealthy distress. Take an online Stress Assessment (must be logged into your Go1 portal) to find out your stress score and get customised stress management advice,

Want to be a better boss to deliver results & supercharge your career? Have you got what it takes to be a great boss? Start by finding out your Boss SuperPower 

Delegation to Motivate & Retain your Employees

Did you know that you can use delegation as a tool to motivate and retain your employees? This is because:

Your employees want a chance to learn & grow and;

Your employees want to be entrusted with responsibilities

If you don’t delegate effectively, then your top talent will leave you to get their growth needs met elsewhere.

Effective managers know how to use delegation as a management tool “to get stuff done”. That’s why delegation is an essential manager skill. But the problem is they don’t teach you how to delegate in school. Following a good delegation process means starting by identifying what to delegate:

Tip: As you read through this list get a pen and paper out to write down these responsibilities. Take a look at your calendar, email and to do list to make sure you don’t miss anything. This list then goes on to your delegation worksheet. (Helpful resource: Delegation worksheet to download from Go1)

1. What tasks can someone else do better than you? AKA what challenges can you solve by asking for help?

Did you get to be a boss because you were good at what you did? What got you here, won’t get you there. The truth is you’re not the expert at everything. The truth is you don’t have the time to “do everything right”. Effective managers know how to use their employees, time, skills and abilities to do a better job than they could do themselves. 

Super Ninja Manager Skills Bonus: Solving problems by asking for help. We’ve all got those lurking demons on our to do lists. Those problems that tend to get pushed back because we aren’t quite sure how we are going to fix them. This is a clear sign that you’re not the best person for the task in question. A great way to solve difficult problems is to talk to your team about the issue and see if any team members have a solution. When you have a particularly difficult assignment, instead of neglecting it, paying it too little attention or having it suck up all of your time. Delegate it to an employee as a stretch assignment. Remember that people like having problems to solve and want to be entrusted with responsibilities.

2. What tasks do you dislike doing that a staff member would prefer doing?

While being a boss is hard, you do get some privileges. One of which is you have the ability to delegate work you don’t like so you can shape your job to be more enjoyable. But this isn’t about abusing your power because the beautiful thing about diversity is that a task that you hate can be done better by someone else.

Personally, I don’t like doing sales and that means I neglect it and I’m not very good at it. That means someone else should do it.

3. What tasks consume a lot of your time?

All tasks are not created equal - some just seem to suck up hours of your day. Every hour a low priority task takes away from your key deliverables means you’re going to be functioning less effectively as a manager.   

On the positive side, you’re the boss which means you have employees to help you to get your work done. Free up a lot of time in one go by delegating time consuming tasks. Even if your employee takes twice as long to do it, you’ve still saved yourself time.

4. What tasks have to be done but aren’t on your key deliverables?

Are you spending enough time on your key deliverables? Or are urgent, low priority tasks getting in the way? The key to success in life and business is to focus on the right things. The most important things for you to focus on are your key deliverables. These are the things that you can make the biggest impact on. These are the things that matter the most.

Don’t fall into the trap of holding onto work because you like it. Don’t fall into the trap of trying to do everything yourself. Prioritise your work into your top priorities and give the rest to your employees.  

Helpful Resource: Now if you’re like many managers who get to the end of a busy day wondering where your time went, then start off by working out what tasks actually take up your time. You can do this with an activity log delegation worksheet to track where you actually spend your time (must be logged into your Go1 portal to view). 

Bonus Time Management Tip: Have the courage to delegate the lowest priority tasks to never-never land.

5. What tasks can contribute to the development of your employees?

This is one of my favourite things to delegate because by moving work around you can create value. Giving challenging assignments to your employees isn’t just a way to get stuff done. It’s also a way to grow your employees’ skills and capabilities. You’ll end up with a better team, ready to take on extra challenges.

Effective managers know that employees get job satisfaction when they learn and grow. 

Helpful Resource: If your employees don’t have the skills & abilities you think they need to take over responsibilities, then you can use coaching as a time saving method to develop their skills.

6. What can your staff do at a lower cost than you?

When you get your management badge, you should also get some extra in your pay packet. But the way you earn a higher salary is by being efficient with money. Put another way, hoping to walk home with a large pay packet is unrealistic if you fill your days with low value added tasks. Being efficient with company resources doesn’t always mean doing everything yourself. Being efficient with company resources means getting the job done at the lowest cost.

Add value by delegating lower value work to more junior (and cheaper) employees and focus on delivering higher value work yourself.

7. What routine tasks can be codified? AKA delegate tasks that are easy to delegate

Sometimes, a barrier to delegation, is the time and effort involved to train your employees sufficiently to support the delegation. Kick start your delegation by delegating the work that is easiest to delegate. The low hanging fruit is work that lends itself to easy codifying. 

Secret Ninja Manager Tip: Don’t document your work yourself, request that your employee codify your work as part of the delegation process. The easiest way to do this is to get them to shadow you while you do the task.

Did you know that you can use the Go1 system as a tool to codify, store & deliver standard operating procedures? For each process that needs codifying, you can create an online course showing employees how to do the job.

Did you make a list of the work you should not be doing? This is the start of your delegation worksheet. The next steps are to:

Change manage delegation into your team by securing employees support of the process

Identify which employees to delegate what work to

Make the delegation by using a proven delegation script

Avoid reverse delegation by using Active Listening Skills to coach your employees to fix their own problems

Keep your delegation on track with Effective Performance Communication

Helpful Reference: Find out how to delegate effectively in the Ultimate Guide to Delegation.

Managers are responsible for allocating work to the best person for the job. By matching work to skills & availability, you increase the efficiency of an organisation.

Effective managers use delegation to manage their workload, get stuff done and to grow the skills and abilities of their employees. 

The role of the manager isn’t to be a superhero and do everything yourself. Being a better boss means improving your manager skills. When you improve your manager skills, you’ll have more work success, happiness and improve your confidence at work. Kickstart your journey to being a better boss by knowing what to delegate and what not to delegate. 

Keith Tatley is a Chartered Accountant and Yoga Teacher. He helps people to have successful and happy careers by showing them the soft skills that people need to be effective in the workplace. For example: How to have One on One Meetings with Employees, One on One Meetings with your Boss. He operates www.ManagerFoundation.com, Karm.Academy and WWW.BOSS.CAMP 

What are the 7 tasks you should not be doing as a manager? 

Go1 is pleased to announce a new content partnership in Australia, teaming up with building and construction eLearning specialists Pointsbuild. Pointsbuild delivers their own digital learning content, specifically for the Australian building and construction industry. 

The partnership between Go1 and Pointsbuild has initially given Go1 Premium customers access to 12 Courses in the National Construction Code (NCC). The NCC is an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) developed to incorporate all on-site construction requirements into a single code.

For the last decade, Pointsbuild has delivered professional development courses too over 100,000 trades and professionals across a range of Australia’s leading construction companies. They make CPD easy for the construction industry, and can help ensure your organisation fulfils compliance requirements for licence renewal/accreditation in the industry. 

Mitchell Sabine, from Go1's Content Partnerships team, explains the value of this partnership for Go1 customers:

"Together, we will help employers and their staff in the building and construction industry achieve their training and compliance goals.  Pointsbuild are industry experts and have a leading library of courses for a range of trades and professions in building and construction industry." 

Go1 is excited to be partnering with Pointsbuilds - a leading online professional development company for all of the building, construction and property industries. We expect the partnership between both organisations will expand to include more of Pointsbuild's digital learning catalogue. 

Pointsbuild are leaders in education, training and innovation. Established in late 2006, Pointsbuild was founded to provide approved compliance based training for builders, with a focus on those in regional and remote areas - for which there has been a distinct lack of credible training and education options. Pointsbuild has grown from one of Australia’s first approved Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training providers for the Australian building and construction industry to now be the leader of online CPD, education and training services across Australia for construction and building professionals.

Go1 makes it easy for businesses to train their staff, with the world’s largest compliance, professional development and general training marketplace. By providing a single platform that extends from first aid training through to degree bearing courses, Go1 makes it easy to find and compare the best training options available. Since launching in 2015, Go1 has grown to be a world leader in online learning and education.

Local and overseas investors include Y Combinator, SEEK, M12, Tank Stream Ventures, Black Sheep Capital, and Our Innovation Fund.

For more insights, subscribe to the Go1 newsletter to stay on top of all the latest L&D trends. Or, you can book a demo today to find out how Go1 can help with your team’s learning needs.

Pointsbuild - Construction industry compliance training -Go1

Introducing Pointsbuild – helping employers in the building and construction industry achieve their compliance goals

In workplaces today, wellness programs (or at least discussions about them) are on the rise - so how is your organisation approaching employee health and wellbeing?

In this  webinar, we are looking at why you should put employee health at the forefront of your company agenda and how to do that.  

This webinar is run by Go1, with expert host's Simon Sentance from Kineo and Dr. Cam Cliff from Go1 joining us.  Discussion will centre on strategies for workplace wellbeing, and how eLearning courses like those from Kineo can contribute to a healthier workplace. 

Simon will be talking about how eLearning can be the answer to getting your employees healthy. Talking from his experience creating content, Simon will explain why Kineo are creating more and more wellbeing courses for the workplace.  Simon will showcase some new Kineo titles including the Healthy Heart Program and the value that is bringing to employees. 

Go1 will also be talking about the work we are doing for our social impact initiatives and why we think courses that promote wellbeing should be in your training program. 

We will close the session with a Q&A for the audience.

Simon Sentance | Library Content Product Owner at Kineo 

Simon  is the Product Owner for Kineo Courses  in APAC. During his 6 years with the organisation, he continues to be responsible for the growth of the product, taking a big step beyond the cookie cutter approach of many content libraries available off the shelf today. Simon has international experience having worked in Australia and the UK across private, public and not-for-profit sectors. As a product owner he loves looking at, talking with and listening to industry, looking to continually offer ever improving learning products, so is  both excited and humbled to be presenting today.

Cameron Cliff  | Social Impact Manager at Go1

Cam works at Go1 focusing on transforming the CSR and Social Impact of organisations through eLearning. 

This webinar is hosted in collaboration with Kineo, who are now delivering their Healthy Hearts courses via Go1’s Marketplace.

Webinar recap: Wellness starts in the workplace

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With over 200 hours of content available via Go1 - HealthStaffEd are setting the benchmark for online learning for the healthcare industry. 

HealthStaffEd provide the best in current, relevant, interactive eLearning. The Go1 Premium library contains 128 learning resources from HealthStaffEd, that range from specific illnesses, administering medication,  infection control, hand hygiene, aged care and many more topics.  HealthStaffEd content is designed for nurses and aged care staff. 

This 1.5 hour interactive course identifies some of the most common interactions that may occur when some foods are mixed with medications, and the adverse effects that may result.

Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Adults - Diagnosis, Management and Prevention

This 2 hour interactive course covers the causes and implications of IDA in adults and provides strategies for the diagnosis management and prevention of IDA.

Infection control: Reducing healthcare acquired injuries from sharps

This 1.5 hour interactive course will assist all healthcare personnel to stay safe when dealing with contaminated sharps especially needles.

Go1 has a 10 courses in the child care space from International Child Care College. International Child Care College (ICCC) is a leading Australian vocational education training provider in Early Childhood Education and Care programs.

International Child Care College is an award-winning Registered Training Organisation, with a 15 year-long standing in the industry. ICCC are known for delivering quality outcomes for new and existing early childhood educators. The content comes from qualified trainers who have worked in a range of services over a number of years in a variety of positions.

Working in children's services: Child protection - Reporting

This course details the responsibilities of educators and the service in relation to reporting their suspicions that a child may be at risk of abuse or neglect. It examines the steps an educator should take if a child discloses their abuse to you, and also looks at some common barriers or reasons why an educator might not want to report their suspicions.

Working in children's services: WHS compliance

This course focuses on the importance of Workplace Health and Safety for educators in an early childhood service. It gives practical examples of typical policies and procedures in the workplace, and looks at the consequences to the educator as well as the service and other staff members if WHS policies and procedures are not followed. It looks at the most common injuries educators suffer from and how safe work practices can help avoid them.

Working in children's services: Hazards and risks

This course introduces educators to the steps in the risk management process, in the context of early childhood education and care services. It provides lots of examples of the kinds of hazards that can be found in services, and ways that their risk can be removed or reduced to provide a safe environment.

This week, we welcome some exciting new providers in the healthcare and childcare industries!

Part 4 of the Aged Care Quality Standards Series

The new Aged Care Quality Standards are now in place across Australia. The standards apply to all aged care services, including residential care, home care, flexible care and services under the Commonwealth Home Support Program. Now is the time to familiarise yourself with them.  

In order to meet the standards, staff must be well-equipped and feel confident in delivering the best possible care. To support this, Go1 has partnered with Australian training provider Aged Care Learning Solutions to bring you all the online training courses you need to be ACQS compliant.

For Standard 4, organisations need to ensure their services and supports for daily living allow for consumers to do the things they want to do. Meeting the requirements for this standard is closely linked to the guidelines set out in Standard 1.  If consumers are provided with the help to maintain their independence, they will be able to live with purpose and have a sense of belonging to their community. 

What does ‘services and supports for daily living’ include?

Your organisation’s services and support systems include any provisions in place for consumers’ health and wellbeing that enable them to do things they want to do. 

Whether you are working with consumers living in their own homes or those in residential care, each consumer will have goals they want to achieve.  They will also want to be engaged in activities which have meaning and purpose, but may have challenges in their health and abilities which make this more difficult. 

The services and support your organisation provides should enable consumers to work towards their goals and aspirations, and help them to engage in meaningful pursuits. 

domestic help, such as cleaning, laundry, gardening and home maintenance services

food services, including meals, food advice, delivery and preparation

services to encourage and support consumers to take part in social and other activities they are interested in, including community life.

Reviewing your services and support systems

Whether you believe the services your organisation offers are of a high standard, or you think they need improving, you will need to complete a review and ensure they meet the requirements for the new ACQS. 

These are our top tips for aged care providers to use and to generate conversation around the topic. The advice we share is to be implemented at the discretion of those responsible for the quality of aged care provision. Staff wishing to implement changes should do so in consultation with colleagues and line managers: