Bite Size Learning

Bite Size Learning: Short courses delivered online and in-person

Fast and effective learning in just 90-minutes!

In today’s world, it’s more difficult than ever to find the time and resources to effectively train your people. Busy and overwhelmed staff, travel schedules, tight project deadlines, and shrinking training budgets all add up to a logistical headache when trying to set up training.

Now, there’s a simple solution: Bite Size Learning! Focused 90-minute short courses which can be delivered online or face-to-face in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific Region.

Provide your people with laser-focused, just-in-time training that they can apply immediately to their work, in an easy-to-digest 90-minute short course format. 

Easy to set up and with a range of topics, Bite Size Learning short courses are designed to improve staff skills and performance, whilst saving you time and money. 

The problem with traditional employee training is that it isn’t designed to meet the needs of today’s workplace. Employees simply don’t have the time or bandwidth to spend hours or days in training programs. When they do, they end up bored, overwhelmed, or don’t even use the information they’ve been taught.  In fact, it’s estimated that within less than a week, adult learners forget 75% of what they learned in traditional training programs.  

Meet your people where they are, today, with relevant short course training that they can put to work the minute they get back to their desks. 

Say goodbye to:

  • Expensive multi-day training
  • Training that overwhelms
  • “One size fits all” training programs

Start serving up:

  • Relevant information that your employees can use now
  • Bite Sized Training that gets to the point so employees can spend their time implementing
  • Short course workshops that motivate and engage without draining your training budget


Why is Bite Size Learning so effective?

  • Maximised focus: Research suggests that the average person can focus effectively for about 90-minutes before mental fatigue sets in. By training for 90-minutes, you're capitalising on your brain's peak focus and concentration levels.
  • Flexibility: 90-minute sessions are easier to fit into schedules and accommodate learners without disrupting work routines.
  • Improved retention: Shorter, focused workshops make it easier for your brain to process and store information. This means you'll retain more of what you learn and can apply it more effectively.
  • Efficient learning: The 90-minute window allows you to dive deep into a topic, explore concepts, and engage in meaningful discussions. It's a sweet spot for delving into any subject matter. Plus, if you are running a series of 90-minute sessions, you build on the learnings each time!
  • Accessibility: Online 90-minute training is versatile and accessible for all, especially for organisations with a dispersed workforce.
  • Practical learning: The sessions focus of the “how to” methods and skills that can be applied immediately following the course.
  • Improved engagement: All our courses are built on the AGES model, a neuroscience-based approach for optimal learning.
  • Cost effective: The 90-minute format means that the unit cost per course and per head is less. Plus, you don’t lose as much opportunity cost by having people out for a whole day.


What Bite Size Learning short course are available?

Bite Size Learning short courses caters for a wide audience of participants and can be delivered to mixed groups or intact teams. See the table below for a full list of bite size courses. 

Focus area

90-minute Bite Size courses

Leadership

  • Developing your leadership style
  • Emotional intelligence at work
  • Core coaching skills
  • Building a cohesive team
  • Managing a hybrid team
  • Influencing others
  • Influencing stakeholders
  • Being an effective mentor

Performance

  • Setting performance goals
  • Skills for effective supervision
  • Mastering feedback for managers
  • Mastering feedback for employees
  • Working well with your mentor

Change

  • Leading change
  • Communicating change
  • Thriving through change
  • Building resilient thinking

Personal effectiveness

  • Mastering time management
  • Ruthless prioritisation
  • Boost your productivity
  • Mindset for success
  • Practical problem solving
  • Working well with a team
  • Conflict management
  • Managing stress
  • Managing projects

Communication

  • Effective communication
  • Crucial conversations
  • Effective collaboration
  • Vital workload conversations
  • Designing presentations
  • Delivering presentations


Here is what a recent client has said about Bite Size Learning:

“I must say that the condensed bite sized course that you do, gets right to the point. The handouts are like a ‘cheat sheet’ for quick reference, rather than volumes of stuff to trawl through from the 3-day residential on leadership”. Senior Manager – Australian Government


Sample learning programs


Personal Efficiency (courses delivered every two weeks)

  • Ruthless prioritisation
  • Mastering time management
  • Boost your productivity
  • Vital workload conversations
  • Managing stress
  • Managing projects


Leadership Development (courses delivered every two weeks)

  • Developing your leadership style
  • Emotional intelligence at work
  • Core coaching skills
  • Crucial conversations
  • Leading change
  • Communicating change


Manager Essentials (courses delivered every two weeks)

  • Building a cohesive team
  • Setting performance goals
  • Mastering feedback for managers
  • Managing a hybrid team
  • Influencing stakeholders
  • Being an effective mentor


Communication Mastery (courses delivered every two weeks)

  • Effective communication
  • Influencing others
  • Effective collaboration
  • Designing presentations
  • Delivering presentations


Interpersonal Success (courses delivered every two weeks)

  • Mindset for success
  • Mastering feedback for employees
  • Conflict management
  • Working well with a team
  • Thriving through change
  • Building resilient thinking



Case Studies


Client:Government Department

Requirement: As part of a skills uplift project we delivered a range of 90-minute bite size learning courses online. There were multiple deliveries of each course 

Workshops selected: Ruthless Prioritisation, Boost your Productivity, Mastering Time Management, Vital Workload Conversations , Managing Stress, Setting performance goals, The Art of Feedback for Employees, The Art of Feedback for Managers, Emotional Intelligence at Work, Influencing others, Influencing Stakeholders, and Crucial Conversations.

Client:Large Corporate

Requirement: Delivered concurrent training sessions as part of a national conference.

Workshops selected: Mastering Time Management, Effective Communication, Conflict Management, and Emotional Intelligence at Work.

Client: Property Developer

Requirement: For an organisational change initiative we delivered a variety of courses on change management over several months.

Workshops selected: Thriving through change (8 sessions - all staff), Leading change (2 sessions -managers only), and communicating change (2 sessions - managers only).

Due to there popularity with staff many organisations use Bite Size Learning courses as part of the ongoing Learning and Development approach.


Ready to book? Getting started is easy

  • Select the bite size courses from our menu...the choice of short courses is completely flexible. 
  • You set the dates, times and venue (online or in-person). Ideally bite size modules should be spaced two weeks apart.
  • Gather your team (maximum of 15 people per session for optimal learning). 

Download the Bite Size Learning brochure here. For more information about Bite Size Learning short courses or to discuss which courses would best suit your needs, please contact us.

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FROM OUR CLIENTS

  • A very enjoyable online session! I felt engaged with the material and enjoyed the variety activities. The use of humour was great! Thanks heaps!
    Online Participant - APS Supervisor
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  • Excellent Bite Size workshop led by a very experienced and knowledgeable facilitator.
    Naomi - Workwear Group New Zealand
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  • From having differing ideas about our goals, we have grown to a cohesive and motivated team with a shared vision.
    Branch Manager - Australian Public Service
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  • The condensed bite sized course gets right to the point. The handouts are like a ‘cheat sheet’ for quick reference rather than volumes of stuff to trawl through.
    Senior Manager - Australian Public Service
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  • You were really able to comprehend and understand what we needed and bring it to life – thank you!
    Senior Manager - Lifeline National Office
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  • The coaching experience was revealing, confronting yet inspiring and enlightening.
    Naval Commodore and Director General - Defence Materiel Organisation
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  • I'm really enjoying the present and looking forward to the future, equipped with incredibly valuable tools.
    Senior Executive Manager - Australian Public Service
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  • Big learnings from the Bite Size workshops. Loved the content and length of the sessions. Would highly recommend.
    Manager - Workwear Group
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  • After our consultation, we achieved a 78% increase in revenue the following year and a 54% increase the year after.
    Andrea Culligan - Managing Director of Unimail
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