All training programmes presented by PPNZ are developed from first principles and draw on the consultancy's experience in organisational psychology, current psychological literature, and the results of research conducted by ourselves and others.  For this reason we are able to tailor our programmes to suit the specific training needs of our clients.

The list below contains just a small sample of programmes we are frequently asked to present:

    Advanced Interviewing Skills
    Stress Management
    The Psychology of Management
    Managing Your Manager
    Team Building
    Individual Training Programmes

For further information on the training we offer in other areas please contact us.

Advanced Interviewing Skills

Properly conducted, interviewing can be an extremely accurate means of assessing the potential of an individual to do a job. The catch, however, is that the apparently logical approach to interviewing is not necessarily the most effective.

To view or download a PDF format document (95KB) outlining this training programme in more detail, click on the following link:  Advanced Interviewing Skills (PDF)

Stress Management

In this popular programme we debunk a number of myths about stress and focus on providing participants with an understanding of what stress is and how to recognise its effects in themselves and others, together with a range of practical skills to increase their ability to cope positively with stress.

To view or download a one page PDF format document which briefly outlines this training programme, click on the following link:  StressProofing 1-page (PDF)

The Psychology of Management

Our approach to management and supervision training is based very firmly on the fact that, as an employee moves from a vocational role (laying the eggs) into a management role (looking after the chooks) the importance of technical knowledge reduces and the importance of a knowledge of behaviour becomes paramount.

The manager must, therefore, have a sound working knowledge of the forces that shape and maintain behaviour and know how to change behaviour.

To view or download a PDF format document (167KB) outlining this training programme in more detail, click on the following link: The Psychology of Management (PDF)

Managing Your Manager

Here is the problem. Jill is a busy working mum with three kids (four if you include hubby) to look after.  In her private life she makes significant financial decisions, operates a very successful budget and takes pride in the way she runs the home.

At work, Jill is so frustrated.  She has to get two signatures from supervisors to replace existing stock, her suggestions on ways to improve things disappear without trace and she is frequently faced with impractical changes originating from head office.  She feels utterly powerless and undervalued.   Ideally, Jill could go and get another job but this one is close to her home, she gets on well with her colleagues, it pays well and is family friendly.

The challenge is to provide a psychological framework which will allow Jill to increase her autonomy, have her ideas adopted, be seen as someone who is worth consulting and gain influence at all levels in the organisation.

The solution we have developed and refined over the past fifteen years involves 'borrowing' a set of behaviours and attitudes from one role in life and applying them in another.  In practice, we borrow the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that everybody uses when they purchase goods or services and subtly begin to apply them in the work place. The result is a very effective form of self-empowerment.   Full details are shown in the programme (PDF format document, 125KB) on the following link: Managing Your Manager (PDF)

Team Building

Our recommended approach to team building is seminar and workshop based, comprising personality assessment and feedback, assessment of the group's 'personality', and teaching specific skills related to the development of a strong team environment.  This approach provides a great deal of very practical training on how to generate and maintain the specific behaviours and attitudes which the team leader seeks rather than having to continually react to problems.  For a little more information on this approach (3 pages, 106KB), use the following link: Teambuilding with Selector PA (PDF)

Individual Training Programmes

Vocational and career coaching is another area in which one-on-one sessions work particularly well.  Click on the following link to view or download a one-page summary outlining our approach to vocational coaching: Individual Career Planning (PDF) 

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