There are still a few places in this workshop series to be held online on 4, 11, 18 and 25 March at 7.30 pm Canberra time. The workshops will be facilitated by Dr Ashhurst and Dr Long. You may ask: Why are these four activities hyphenated and joined together? The hyphen is often used in SPoR … [Read more...] about March Workshops, Following-Leading-Managing-Supervising
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Leading, Managing and Supervising – Online Workshops March 2026
Dr Craig Ashhurst and Dr Long are presenting a four-part series of workshops online on 4, 11, 18 and 25 March 7.30pm Canberra time. You can register here: admin@spor.com.au and download the flyer here: https://spor.com.au/ Each session will run for 90 minutes and will explore the skills of … [Read more...] about Leading, Managing and Supervising – Online Workshops March 2026
Supervision, Managing the In-Between, On-line Program
Supervision is one of the toughest jobs in the business. Managing the in-between is a huge challenge. Supervisors sit on that thin red line between managing up and managing down, usually to the very people they were a part of only a few months before. The strange thing is, people often accept … [Read more...] about Supervision, Managing the In-Between, On-line Program
Experiential Learning for Safety and Risk
Experiential Learning for Safety and Risk Wikipedia describes Experiential learning as: the process of learning through experience, and is more specifically defined as "learning through reflection on doing" You will see this classic quote many times throughout this blog: “How can I … [Read more...] about Experiential Learning for Safety and Risk
You Don’t Believe in Common Sense?
The Coroners decision confirms it, there is no ‘common sense’, it can’t be assumed, and we shouldn’t talk about it because it dumbs down the industry and perpetuates a delusional myth. On 5 July the Queensland Coroner has found three men who died while working on the Federal Government's home … [Read more...] about You Don’t Believe in Common Sense?
The Essentials of Supervision in Risk
It is a strange that people who rise to levels of supervisor receive little or no education in supervision. I find all the time that whilst executives receive significant investment in professional development that we often expect people who supervise to ‘learn on the job’. Whenever we run … [Read more...] about The Essentials of Supervision in Risk