Managing Performance
Learn to manage and improve the performance of your laboratory team

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Course overview
For a leader, supervisor or manager, managing people can be both the most rewarding and challenging of tasks.
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills you need to manage your team so they are performing effectively and efficiently. It covers team management tools, techniques and processes to ensure that you feel confident in supporting your team’s operational performance.
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
Peter Drucker, Management Consultant & Author
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
MANAGE THE ORGANISATION:
- complete strategic and operational planning
- manage team achievement of organisational goals and objectives
- facilitate team meetings
- report on team performance
MANAGE PERFORMANCE:
- manage team and individual performance
- provide feedback and coaching to individual team members
- complete formal performance management activities
Who should attend
This course is ideal for individuals who:
- have attended the ‘Leading in the Laboratory’ course and who would like to develop their leadership competencies further
- are relatively new to team leadership or management
- are experiencing performance issues within their laboratory team and would like strategies for dealing with these
Delivery
Course delivery:
- Face-to-Face
- Virtual
Course content is delivered using engaging learning activities that include:
- individual and group work
- activities and scenarios that apply performance management principles to real-life practice
- opportunities to evaluate understanding as the course progresses
Time:
- All virtual courses start at 9:00 am and finish at 5:00 pm (AEDT/AEST).
- All face-to-face courses start at 9:00 am and finish at 5:00 pm local time.
Locations:
- Face-to-face courses in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are delivered at NATA Offices in those locations – see https://nata.com.au/contact-us/.
- Face-to-face courses in other locations are delivered at venues that are confirmed upon enrolment. These venues are typically in the CBD and are always conveniently located near public transport and/or with parking availability.
Duration
2 days
Cost
Member Rate: $1,404.20 (incl. GST)
Non-Member Rate: $1,652.00 (incl. GST)
Dates & booking
Date | Time | Location | ||
24 & 25 June 2025 | 09:00 am - 05:00 pm | Virtual Course | ||
9 & 10 September 2025 | 09:00 am - 05:00 pm | Virtual Course | ||
10 & 11 December 2025 | 09:00 am - 05:00 pm | Virtual Course |