IN A changing global world, the need for employees to continually be upskilled has never been more important.
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With this in mind, SunRice and TAFE NSW have embarked on a unique partnership to do just that.
As part of SunRice's ongoing strategic focus on developing a high performing team, 17 current and future company leaders are midway through a specially tailored TAFE NSW leadership and management course.
The idea is help bolster their leadership skills and better meet future workplace challenges.
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The staff members, from Leeton, Deniliquin, Jerilderie and Finley, commenced the training late last year and will complete four workshop modules as part of the Certificate IV in Leadership and Management.
The modules include leadership, strategy and planning, innovation and operations.
The training is unique in that each subject is entirely tailored to what the employees face daily in the workplace.
TAFE NSW leadership and management teacher Nicole Martin said the idea was to make sure the training translated into "real life".
"This is 100 per cent targeted at what they actually do in the workplace," she said.
"It's all about SunRice's own policies and procedures and the reason it works so well is because it's real.
"I commend SunRice for investing in the future of its staff, it can only make the organisation stronger through a workforce engaged with its overall vision and values."
As part of the course, three senior executives from SunRice have contributed to the program, sharing their experiences to the new emerging leadership group.
Eastern Murray Valley supervisor for AGS, part of the SunRice group, Richard Fox, is midway through the course and said it had altered the way he viewed managing people and himself.
"It's made me think a lot about the different leadership and communication styles," Mr Fox said.
"It's also taught me how to self-assess and develop my own skills and the skills of my team."
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