Simply Brilliant. Springboard is the world’s leading personal and professional development program for women. It is innovative, timely and has won awards. Springboard has been successful for thousands of women throughout the world and in Australia. It’s about empowering women to take small steps and actions to create a…
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What can Springboard do for my workplace? Winner of numerous awards for design and effectiveness, Springboard is proven in staff development. It has stood the test of time for more than fourteen years. Successfully conducted in seventeen countries around the world. The short version what does it do? … effects change…
Springboard is an outstanding 3 month development program for women. It incorporates personal and work development. It has been known to transform careers and lives. Program Objectives Foster the personal and career development of women Increase women’s confidence and assertiveness Help women identify values, skills and strengths Provide practical models…
Springboard is a remarkable program. Even so, there are times when an organisation needs to progress their diversity, equal opportunity, social justice plans and the 3-4 day format of Springboard doesn’t quite fit. A number of our clients have been in that position. The Women’s Development Day has been designed…
A key resource in the Springboard program is the workbook. Not just any old workbook. This is A4 sized and a whopping 332 pages. Full of information, exercises, case studies, examples and more. And this version is a fully customised Australian/NZ one so what you read is about our part…
Sometimes you just lose that zip, that zap, that zing that makes every day worth getting out of bed for. You get tired of knowing that once you were a confident human being. A capable one. One that did things and got things done. Confidence. Zest. Energy. Feeling comfortable in…
Open to possibilities? Looking for change? Excited to learn? Eager to act? Springboard is simply a brilliant program. If you’re looking for a way to find balance in your different lives, wanting to iron out those things that will make you a better leader, seeking a real result in terms…
Springboard is a robust, well-researched and proven development program that has won awards. It’s been run in over 31 countries for the past 20 years and more than 240,000 women have been through the program. That kind of success implies a program which has been designed expertly to include key elements. And…
This time every year you look at your training schedule for the year ahead and realise that there are still missing elements. How much budget is left? How many courses do you need to run? Is everything covered? What about social justice and EEO issues – are they included? Have…
No matter which gender you were born, there are advantages and challenges it presents. Part of succeeding in life is coming to terms with those and building strategies to minimise the challenges – whether that be real or imagined. Let’s take a quick look at some of the best and…
Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, believed that the answers we seek are within each of us. The following statements from past participants attest to the fact that we often know innately what we need to do but it takes something like Springboard to reawaken us and set our life back…
In the pace of life we find ourselves in, with all the demands on our time, we sometimes forget to acknowledge what we’ve actually done. Here’s a bunch of improvements women who have been on the program have made. Making ‘me time’ to work on my development. Managing to concentrate…
Here are ideas from some of our previous course participants which might help you find a better balance between your home and work life. These women came up with new ideas for them on how to make sure they have fun, spend time with people important to them, renew themselves…
Even extreme optimists have moments when things don’t go the way they are planned. Negativity is all around us. Most of us have times when things just don’t go well. It’s hard to keep your pecker up at times … and at other times we simply run out of ideas…
The U.N. has declared October 11 as marking the International Day of the Girl Child. This year, 2017, the focus is on data. A number of strategies and initiatives are underway to quantify issues surrounding young females, especially in developing countries to enhance the lives and livelihood of young girls. Data for…
What is Coaching? Professional coaching is an ongoing partnership between coach and client, in which the coaching client is helped to achieve extraordinary results in their personal and professional lives. Through the process of coaching, clients typically deepen their awareness and learning, achieve more effective results more easily, improve their…
IWD (International Women’s Day) is celebrated on March 8 each year. Such recognition provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of women and their contribution to society. In many countries IWD is celebrated as a national holiday. Women are frequently divided by national boundaries as well as by ethnic, linguistic,…
The Springboard Women’s Development Program is delivered as a four-day series of workshops to ensure the integrity and learning value of the program. Each workshop day builds and integrates with the others and is supplemented by other program elements. Check that you are receiving the genuine article – if it…
Every year, a day in October is dedicated to breast cancer awareness via Pink Ribbon Day. It used to be 24th October though it now seems to have stretched into a longer period. During October, wear pink in support of those who are battling breast cancer, those who have survived, and…
Failure is often described as an opportunity for feedback. I like to think of it as an indication of course-correction being needed. The trick is to interpret the warning signs before heading too far along the wrong path. I came across this article and thought it discussed the issue of…
People often say things like “if only I had a $1,000,000…. then I’d be happy” or “if only I had a great body (etc)… then I’d be happy”. Well… here’s the thing, if you want to change your external world, you need to find who’s the one at your core.…