Forte Management | 2011 Training and coaching programmes

2011 Training and coaching programmes

Forté Management provide a suite of scheduled and customised workshops and coaching options based on their unique expertise in national culture, innovation and intellectual asset management. Each programme is designed as part of Forté management’s integrated and coordinated four part business analysis and development model.

Business Optimisation Model

NZTE Management Capability Development Voucher Scheme and full fee, scheduled and customised programs and services are offered. They are designed for business owners, entreprenuers, and managers, and managers in private firms, sector and other organisations.

Inquiries and bookings to: Tony Smale, Forté Management,

phone 0274 967 821 or email tony@forte-management.co.nz.

www.forte-management.co.nz

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF CUSTOMER AND STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS

Program Name	Introduction to Marketing Management
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Marketing Workshop-
Content description	Understanding what marketing is and is not Marketing planning and strategising Products and services Understanding customers Marketing research - pros and cons Interpreting market research Market segmentation and positioning The role of brands
Duration	2 x 3.5 hrs (morning & afternoon or separate days)
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$340 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people. $360 + GST if lunch to be provided

Program Name	Developing & Implementing the Marketing Strategy
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Marketing Workshop
Content description	Strategy and the marketing mix - product, price, promotion and distribution Developing and protecting the brand Marketing tools and communicating witrh customers The marketing plan and its fit with the overall business plan
Duration	2 x 3.5 hrs (morning & afternoon or separate days)
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$340 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people. $360 + GST if lunch to be provided

Program Name	Understanding marketing to people from different cultures
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Marketing workshop
Content description	The role of national culture in the way people think and behave Introduction to national cultures Understanding the differences in what customers from other nations want and value Aligning the firms value proposition offer with the customer''s value proposition demand
Duration	1 x 4 hrs (Single session or preferably two evening sessions )
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$205 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people

Program Name	Marketing Management
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Marketing one to one coaching
Content description	Mentoring and coaching to provide the knowledge, skills and confidence to apply existing skills and knowledge and that learned in the workshops
Duration	Variable
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue	On Site or Forte Management office
Cost per person	$185/hour + GST. Fee applies to hours of service provided to the client irrespective of number of client's staff involved.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF BUSINESS PROCESSES

Program Name	How to Go Green and Save Money
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Business Sustainability Workshop
Content description	Introduction to the principles of sustainable management Consumer/market and regulatory trends, demands and opportunities Waste and energy reduction techniques Measurement and accreditation options
Duration	2 x 3.5 hr sessions (morning & afternoon or separate days)
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$340 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people. $360 + GST if lunch to be provided

Program Name	How to Go Green and Make Money
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Business Sustainability Workshop
Content description	Creating new value from sustainable management and social responsibility programmes Walking the talk - avoiding "Greenwash" Green branding
Duration	2 x 3.5 hr sessions (morning & afternoon or separate days)
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$340 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people. $360 + GST if lunch to be provided

Program Name	Go Green - sustainable management and corporate social responsibility
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Business Sustainability one to one mentoring and coaching
Content description	Mentoring and coaching to provide the knowledge, skills and confidence to apply existing skills and knowledge and that learned in the workshops
Duration	Variable
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue	On site or Forte Management office
Cost per person	$185/hour + GST. Fee applies to hours of service provided to the client irrespective of number of client's staff involved.

VALUES, MISSION, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGY, TACTICS AND THE BUSINESS HABITAT

Program Name	Business Planning - a practical introduction to the tools and analysis behind effective planning
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Business Planning Workshop
Content description	Introduction to planning versus "writing a plan" Understadning VMOST, SWOT, & PESTEL tools Competitor analysis Value chain analysis Organisational culture Balanced management framework
Duration	2 x 3.5 hr sessions (morning & afternoon or separate days)
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$340 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people. $360 + GST if lunch to be provided

Program Name	Business Planning - joining up the dots & committing the plan to paper
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Business Planning Workshop
Content description	Tools and techniques to integrate the analysis and turn the firm's SWOTs into competitive and sustainable advantage
Duration	2 x 3.5 hr sessions (morning & afternoon or separate days)
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$340 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people. $360 + GST if lunch to be provided

Program Name	Putting business planning into action
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Business Planning one to one coaching and mentoring
Content description	Mentoring and coaching to provide the knowledge, skills and confidence to apply existing skills and knowledge and that learned in the workshops
Duration	Variable
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue	On site or Forte Management office
Cost per person	$185/hour + GST. Fee applies to hours of service provided to the client irrespective of number of client's staff involved.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF STRATEGIC INNOVATION PROCESSES

Program Name	Managing Intellectual Assets (Including IP)
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Managing Resources Workshop
Content description	Understanding the role of intellectual assets Intellectual assets as the hidden driver of value Identifying, evaluating, protecting and developing the intellectual assets The intellectual assets plan and its integration with the business plan
Duration	2 x 3.5 hr sessions (morning & afternoon or separate days)
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$340 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people. $360 + GST if lunch to be provided

Program Name	Improving performance through understanding how Kiwis think and behave
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Managing Resources Workshop
Content description	Understand how the Kiwi mindset influences the way we manage performance Tools and techniques to improve performance management
Duration	1 x 3.5 hrs
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue/Date	To be advised. Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	$250 + GST. Minimum attendance 6 people

Program Name	Managing Intellectual Assets
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	Yes - meets half cost below
Service type	Managing resources one to one mentoring and coaching
Content description	Mentoring and coaching to provide the knowledge, skills and confidence to apply existing skills and knowledge and that learned in the workshops
Duration	Variable
Regions	Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Wellington
Venue	On site or Forte Management office
Cost per person	$185/hour + GST. Fee applies to hours of service provided to the client irrespective of number of client's staff involved.

THE THREE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIWI BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY

Program Name	Three strategies to improve productivity & profitability
NZTE Voucher Scheme Approval	No - free of charge introductory programme
Service type	Business management seminar
Content description	Kiwi businesses have to work half as long again as their Australian counterparts to create each dollar of value. The seminar explores why and then introduces three strategies that will help managers improve productivity and profitability by 20, 80, 120 or in some cases as much as 600%.
Duration	1.5 hrs
Regions	All of New Zealand
Venue/Date	Please contact Forte Management to express your interest
Cost per person	Complimentary introductory program

Forte Management | 2011 Training and coaching programmes

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2011 Training and coaching programmes

17/10/2011 - 3 Key strategies seminar

22/06/2011 - SPAM emails

13/05/2011 - BNZ's Tony Alexander features Forte's National Culture work

12/05/2011 - 3 Mission Critical Strategies - free seminar for Marlborough Businesses

27/04/2011 - Forte at Surveying & Spatial Sciences Conference