Purpose

• Familiarise you with our programme, facilities, with the others attending your programme and with New Zealand.
• Create the foundation for the experiential learning process for each person.

Outcomes

• Established relationships between programme, participants, staff, philosophies and New Zealand.
• Each participant will develop their unique personal profiles.

My Profiles

- Learning Styles

- Values and Drivers

- Team Roles

- Personality Profiles

• Understand your own unique style of learning.
• Consider the use of these preferences to maximise learning throughout the via programme.
• Identify your personal values and drivers.
• Understand your unique mix of behavioural strengths and weaknesses and personality traits.
• Examine the implications for interpersonal relationships and communication

Team Building

• Understand the benefits of different styles and approaches.
• Understand how you can best contribute in a group or team situation (social, family, sporting, professional).
• Experience different styles in action and reflect on the implications.
• Build relationships with other Via members.

Health, nutrition and fitness assessment

• Identification of your current state of health, fitness, nutrition and wellbeing.
• Increased understanding of what is meant by health, nutrition and fitness for life.

Life Coaching

-Introduction stage

• Understand the process and benefits of life-coaching.
• Understand the process and mutual benefits of mentoring.
• Engage with a life-coach.

Purpose

Establish a sound understanding of yourself and how to make best use of your unique strengths.

Outcomes

Refined skills and increased knowledge around life balance, health and wellness, personal organisation and presentation.

Personal Organisation

Establish skills and processes that will improve effectiveness in.-

• Goal setting and goal achievement.
• Time management.
• Personal space management.
• Stress management.

Wellness

• Understand the concept of wellness.
• Improved understanding of emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
• Improved understanding of the benefits and principles of fitness.
• Improved understanding of good nutrition.
• Improved understanding of the risks of drugs and alcohol.
• Establish good practices.

Life Balance

• Understand the concept of a holistic view to life balance.
• Establish goals around physical, social, recreational, spiritual, emotional, mental and community activity.

Personal Image and Presentation

• Experience the power of positive thinking and visualisation.
• Understand the importance of presenting a positive image.
• Establish a Personal Image Plan.
• Identify fashion style, makeup and clothing that supports a positive image.
• Gain an appreciation for multi-cultural (global) etiquette.
• Improved skills in How To Shop!

Women's Health

• Understand the common issues in women’s health.
• Establish good personal practices in managing women’s health issues and wellbeing.
• Knowledge for choosing a good medical practitioner.

Solo Preparation

• Establish the skills required to achieve a successful solo experience.
• Techniques for personal comfort and safety.
• Process for reflection.

Solo Experience

• Appreciate time out for me.
• Reflect on my life’s journey to this point.
• Establish questions I would like answers to.
• Determine priorities.
• Determine possibilities.

Purpose

You will understand how your strengths and skills can be used to maximise your effectiveness in interacting with other people and vice versa.

Outcomes

• Refined skills and practices in relationships, teamwork and leadership, negotiation and critical life skills.
• A thorough understanding and respect for the power of diversity.

Teamwork

• Understand the characteristics of highly effective teams.
• Identify when the use of teams is appropriate.
• Improved skills in team problem solving, decision-making, communication and conflict resolution.
• Provide feedback on your contribution to teamwork.
• Establish your best areas of contribution to teamwork.

Leadership

• Gain knowledge in modern leadership styles and approaches.
• Study positive leadership role models.
• Understand the personal practices of effective leaders.
• Provide feedback on your leadership skills.
• Establish a plan to improve leadership skills.

Advanced Communication

• Improved skills in active listening, providing feedback and constructive criticism.
• Establishing rapport.
• Getting to the point.
• Advocation and enquiry
• Recognition and techniques for handling manipulation, dominance, resistance, victimisation etc.
• Provide feedback on communication skills.

Negotiation

• Win-Win approach.
• Playing win-win in a win-lose world.
• Types and uses of power.
• Provide feedback on handling a negotiation.

Media Awareness

(on request only – 12 week programme)

• Knowledge of the uniqueness of each media type.
• Conducting yourself in an interview.
• Radio and TV presentation skills.
• Working with and managing paparazzi.
• How to use the media to your advantage.

Presentation Skills

• Improved skills in public speaking.
• Tapping in to your personal power.
• Knowledge and practise in planning and designing a presentation.
• Adapting to the audience.
• Use of visual aids, voice, body.
• How to effectively handle questions.
• Knowledge and practise in the use of technology and multi-media.
• Provide feedback through video analysis of presentation skills.
• Winning interview techniques.

Debating

(12 week programme only)

• Understanding, skills and processes of effective debating.
• Provide feedback on debating skills.

Effective Relationships

• Understanding of how to establish an effective relationship.
• Giving and taking.
• Friends, family, colleagues and bosses, customers and suppliers.

The Dating Game

• Understanding gender differences in expectation and need.
• How to take personal responsibility.
• Staying safe in an unsafe world.

Valuing Diversity

• Understanding the value of diversity.
• Understanding cultural, religious and political differences and sensitivities.

Purpose

Apply knowledge and skills introduced on the programme to a team-based project out in the real world, review the experience and further refine skills.

Outcomes

Design, preparation, resourcing and implementation of a team-based project.

Project and Event Management

(12 week programme only)

• Understand the processes of project and event management.
• Project planning and time lines.
• Estimating costs, time and resources.
• How to manage relationships with stakeholders.
• Meeting the needs of project team members.

Team Project

• Apply knowledge and skills introduced on the programme.
• Daily contact with facilitator and coach.

Team Project debrief

• Reflect on the progress and knowledge application throughout the project.
• Draw conclusions as to what went well and why, what didn’t go well and why and what we could have done differently to improve the project outcomes.

Presentation Preparation

• Reviewing and organizing information.
• Options for presentation of information.
• Value of practice and peer review.

Wishlist Activity

(12 week programme only)

• Develop a new set of skills by undertaking a new challenge.
• Understand and value the motivation and benefits of constant learning.

Purpose

Here we prepare you for making the most of the next period in your life and establish the support mechanisms that ensure ongoing use of skills and the achievement of your personal goals.

Outcomes

A 12 month plan for achievement of personal goals and commencement of next step support from via

Creating the 12 month plan

• Final sessions with personal trainers, beauticians and life coaches.
• Reflect on the key knowledge gained.
• Create a 12 month plan of Goal Achievement.
• Agree next step support with via.

Programme conclusions and graduation ceremony

• Celebrate the unique gifts you have.
• Celebrate the progress you have made.
• Say good-bye to New Zealand and hello to the new you.

Purpose

• One-on-one support tailored to your needs.
• Integrate content introduced with practical application.
• Personalise the learning to suit your needs.
• Assist with the personal processing of information.

Outcomes

• The establishment of regular wellness habits, interpersonal behaviours and good life practices.
• A clear understanding of the implications of the learning.

Purpose

To use voices of experience that support critical stages of learning

Outcomes

• To learn with the benefit of hindsight.
• An increased awareness of the multitude of views, options and choices open to us in any one field.

Purpose

Establish and maintain a positive via culture and consistency of approach.

Outcomes

Daily forum attended by everyone for communication and collective learning.

Purpose

Provide a level of pastoral care and add to the collective learning of you and your group.

Outcomes

A base for you to informally interact with a small group and a tutor for support, and the sharing of experiences and feelings and for the processing of learning.

Purpose

Understand and value the importance of unconditional giving as part of healthy life balance.

Outcomes

Regular participation in one or more community service projects or organisations – this could be philanthropic, ecological/conservation or community service based.

Purpose

To delver a safe and controlled environment to experiment with wealth creation and management.

To deliver practical advice on wealth creation and management.

Outcomes

Knowledge and confidence in preparation for financial independence.