Impactful real-world training, online and face-to-face

Scalable, affordable, and modular 
Face to face, face to screen, blended and online
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"I gained a lot of knowledge out of the course, backed by useful practical examples."
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Four delivery approaches ...

Masterclasses

Ideal for lifting the capability of executives or a dedicated team, quickly.

2–3-days typically offsite
Highly experiential with a fully integrated program. 

Maximum impact.
Insights

Best or focussed development of staff. 

One-day programs, with optional 2-3 hours self-paced online element, maximising opportunity for practical work. Combine several to meet corporate goals.

Best value.

Rapid readiness

Running late, not enough time, need skills urgently for a negotiation?

Part training, part workshop over 1.5 days with a follow-up online session. 

When you really need it.


Introductions

Best for organisation wide uplift or rapidly formed special purpose teams.

Online self-paced, engaging, 3-4 hours.

Designed for affordability and scale. 

Coming soon.

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Our most purchased...

Insight into critical writing

Little is available on how to present the arguments logically, without bias, and ensuring all views are properly represented. Nor are we shown how to write for the most senior executives.

Grammar and expression are important, just not enough by themselves. We learned at university how to get through exams. It's not what we need now.

First structured for the masters of a reports writing, regardless of content, (consultants) this is now our most purchased course.

  • Cut the fluff and focus the message
  • Structure arguments clearly and credibly
  • Write for busy decision-makers

Insight into influence and negotiation

Much more than the commercial activity at the end of a tendering process, this course provides the most powerful tools to be successful at work, at home, and in dealing with anyone who doesn't quite see your world your way.

Just enough theory for participants to understand the why of the tools shared, then its practice, practice, practice.

Content built on the four core approaches to negotiation and influence, activities bult on real case studies, delivered by a Harvard trained, master of international commercial negotiation. Participants will deliver a return on the investment within days.

  • Structure conversations to gain agreement
  • Deal with difficult stakeholders
  • Prepare and position with confidence

Equipping those who serve the public — and those who work with them.

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        An excellent masterclass series... high in rich content and I spent much of the night after the class thinking deeply about the concepts and approaches outlined. 

— Masterclass participant

        Clear, concise and lots of value.
— Online participant
        I can safely say that I will be putting into practice in short order, ideas learnt and inspired by the class. 
— Insights course participant

Scalable, affordable and accessible training

Need to write better, communicate clearer, negotiate more strongly, present more powerfully, influence more effectively? There is a module or course for you.

Designed and built from experience to meet the demands of our clients, we are now offering them publicly as standalone courses. Based on best practices from academia and industry and sharing the tools and techniques across the consulting industry.

“Face to screen” delivery now available

Our Insight courses are now delivered online “face to screen” over 3x2 hour sessions with some online self-paced learning. These provide affordable access to distributed teams or align with preferences for modern ways of working.

Masterclasses

Ideal for lifting the capability of a team, or an executive cohort, quickly.

2-3 day offsite courses.

Highly experiential with a fully integrated program, combining theory and practical immersive activities that each build on the experience of the one before.

Insights

Affordable, accessible progress towards enhanced capability.

2-3 hours self-paced online theory followed by a one-day face to face program that reinforces the theory through practical application.

Do several to build the content of a Masterclass without the impact of several days away from work.

Rapid Readiness workshops

Running a major project or procurement? Perhaps a pursuit? Been invited to demonstrate your solution or engage in a dialogue? 

Support busy teams faced with a hurdle for which there is not enough opportunity for extended training and preparation.

Full catalogue

Why choose Kiah Academy?

Kiah Academy arose from our consulting engagements in assisting both commercial and public sector clients through difficult negotiations and dispute resolution. We needed to uplift their team's capability to participate effectively. Negotiation training was borne.

We don't do things half-heartedly, so we invested in research and development, and attended Harvard and Edinburgh business schools. We developed our own case studies drawn from our experiences working within and alongside the public sector.

At the request of some clients, we extended the offerings to a broader suite of practical practices. They are founded on our internal training, the secret sauce of consultants. Designed to uplift the effectiveness of our teams, quickly. Now available publicly.

You can design a program for your team around commercial practices, contracting and contract management. Alternatively, you can build a focus around the practical practices of communication, critical thinking, presentation, persuasion, influence, negotiation and bias.

If you are in industry, you might want to add some modules on dealing with the public sector.
The content is modular, so you can choose the modules most important for your team and your circumstances. Just choose the delivery method, and we will work with you to structure a program that meets your needs.

If those options don't suit your needs, talk to us anyway.
Who knows what's possible.    

Kiah Academy programs are practical, applicable and immediately useable by participants who return to work striving to deliver better outcomes.

Low on theory and high on experiential learning these programs range from self-paced online, choose your own journey in your own time courses, to high intensity face-to-face immersive masterclasses delivered by experienced practitioners. You can simply choose our content delivered our way, a bespoke program based on our content but tailored to your context, or our team can build a program based on your content for your team.

Commercial Acumen for the Public Sector

Insight into structuring better approaches to market, contract negotiation and management, exploring vendor perspectives in the public sector context. Extends capacity to create, claim, and retain value when procuring services.

Practical Practices for the Public Sector

An experiential program sharing tools and techniques used in business to solve problems and communicate effectively. Described by past learners as a must-do course for public servants, to elevate skills in problem solving, critical thinking, storytelling and persuasion.

Rapid Readiness Workshop

For when you need immediate support for a project or new initiative, but you don’t have the time or budget to complete a full professional development program. We can help to uplift your capability to deliver on-time with confidence.

Bespoke Training

What you need, when you need it. 

Kiah Academy is built on a suite of products focussing on practical practices and commercial acumen. Throughout its development it has constantly morphed in content and focus as clients asked for more, different. Your needs change and so should our delivery. Don't be afraid to ask for more.

Underpinning Kiah Academy is our capability to build affordable, engaging, timely training.  You can spend millions on developing online training. We don't. The opportunity to provide training across your organisation, affordably, when you need it is available. You don't need a Rolls Royce to get from A to B effectively.

Induction! A lost opportunity to get everyone on the same track, every time. Contract management plans that are never read? Align everyone to your project and avoiding passing down practices through hearsay and interpretation. We have delivered induction, WHS, cultural change programs, through to vehicle and facility induction and safety briefs.

Think broadly. It's your business, what will make it better? It can be affordable, quick and effective. 
Give us a call. 

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For more details on our Kiah Academy course offerings, or to discuss a tailored course for your organisation, please submit your details below.