THE SPRINGBOARD PROGRAM

The Springboard Program is an award-winning 3-month personal development program specifically for women who are not in senior executive roles (for example, APS 1-6, personal assistants, administrative staff, sales and marketing staff, etc.). Developed by the BBC to retain and assist valuable employees, it has won the Lady Platt Award for innovative Equal Opportunities Training and the National Training Award (UK) for quality and excellence in training. Springboard was introduced in Australia in 1993. Only licensed trainers may run the program.

The participants attend one day of training a month over a three-month period. The training includes identifying strengths and goals, learning personal skills such as communication and assertiveness, networking and presentation skills.

Participants are provided with a 300-page workbook which guides them through the process of personal development. The third Australian edition was reprinted in 2001. Chapters in the workbook include:
     Knowing Yourself what you have got going for you
     Finding support
     Setting your goals
     Using assertiveness positively
     More energy less anxiety
     Managing your image
     Blowing your own trumpet CVs, applications

Intellumen is delighted to have available as our Springboard presenter, Ms Bonnie McKenzie who is the director of her own marketing company, Pivot Person Marketing Pty Ltd and its subsidiary, Mentor Projects Centres of Australia. She is an organisational and clinical psychologist who has worked in a variety of corporate roles and has been a senior consultant to Citibank, Ernst & Young, IBM and Tower Life Australia, among others. Her book, Friends in High Places”, based on Australian research, is a recognised business text in executive mentoring. Bonnie is highly experienced in executive coaching with managers. She has been a licensed Springboard presenter since it was first introduced in Australia in 1993 and has trained over two thousand women throughout Australia.

Bonnie McKenzie is a licensed Springboard trainer, psychologist and a specialist in career development and mentoring. She has worked with over 1300 women in Springboard programs and trained over 500 mentors. Her book Friends In High Places is a comprehensive guide to mentoring and for installing mentoring programs in organisations.

Women from public and private sector organisations who have participated in the Springboard courses run by Bonnie McKenzie have rated them highly. In addition to specific work and personal goals achieved during the program, the following are examples of benefits to their organisations resulting from Springboard:
    Better communication
    Actually enjoy working
    More positive employee
    More focused
    Better team member
    Happier, therefore more motivated
    Good at setting goals
    Better at managing resources

In the past two years over 200 women from the ABC, AFP, ATSIC, AFFA, AQIS, AusAID, CASA, AFMA, EA, Centrelink, ATO, MRT, DIMA, DISR, Defence, DEWRSB, DHACS, DFACS, DOTARS, CSA, DVA and AIHW have undertaken the program presented by Intellumen. Many have reported promotions or achieving greater job satisfaction.

Springboard schedule for 2006

ACT Series - (2006 ACT Series has concluded, next ACT Series wil be conducted in 2007, check this page for dates)

Sydney Series B - Wesley Centre
September 20
October 19
November 16

Please note that the courses fill quickly

Download a copy of the Springboard Registration Form:
ACT Registration Form in Word
ACT Registration Form in Adobe pdf

Sydney Registration Form in Word
Sydney Registration Form in Adobe pdf

If you would like a copy of Friends in High Places - the Executive Woman's Guide to Mentoring by Bonnie McKenzie, you can purchase it for $18.00 (inc GST) - a savings of 40% off the recommended retail price of $29.95.

Download a copy of the Order Form:
Order Form in Word
Order Form in Adobe pdf

Any questions?