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Transformed Pty Ltd achieves GreenBizCheck Gold Certification
02-Sep-2011Transformed Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that it has reached GreenBizCheck (www.greenbizcheck.com) gold certification.
GreenBizCheck's practical and effective program helped Transformed Pty Ltd quickly implement environmentally responsible business practices that have helped save resources, attract customers, motivate staff and help protect the environment.
"We are providing businesses with a practical and low cost means of taking action to help reduce their increasing impact on climate change", said GreenBizCheck Managing Director Nicholas Bernhardt. "Our assessment and action-oriented report is so thorough we offer a 100% money back guarantee that clients will easily save the cost of certification in the first year." he said.
"Transformed Pty Ltd enjoyed working with GreenBizCheck to efficiently reduce energy, water and waste costs in our business. Aside from the cost savings we were keen to set a high green standard in our market and independently show Transformed Pty Ltd is committed to sustainable business practices." Transformed Pty Ltd's Michael Young said.
For further information please contact:
Michael Young, Transformed Pty Ltd, info@transformed.com.au
Transformed builds Olympic capability
28-Jul-2011Award winning training company Transformed Pty Ltd has been helping self-starting individuals to achieve their career goals since 2006.
Now they are helping a female staff member to BOX IN THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS.
RANKED NUMBER 2 IN THE WORLD IN HER DIVISION Shannon O’Connell is tipped to represent Australia at 2012 London Olympics as part of the first ever women’s boxing team to attend and possibly go on to represent Australia at the next Commonwealth Games.
Her staggering accomplishments include:
- 6 x State Champion
- 4 x Australian Champion
- 2 x Oceania Champion
- 1 x Arafura Games Champion
- 1 x Arafura Games Bronze Medallist
- Represented Australia in 2 World Championships (The 2nd time finished in the top 8)
- Currently Ranked No 2 in the world in her weight (Olympic division)
Shannon’s goals are to represent Australia at 2012 London Olympics and being part of the first ever Australian women’s boxing team attending the Olympics.
She does all this whilst balancing a sales career at Transformed and a family.
Driven by honouring the memory of her late father who was a champion speedway rider Kevin O’Connell, Shannon is about to embark on a four week tour of Europe to attend training camps and gain wider boxing experience. This is as a result of her talent being spotted recently in an ACT match by Boxing Australia.
Shannon is looking for sponsorship during her tour and to assist her on her path to the Olympics.
If you are able to make a donation and support the first Australian female boxing team get to the 2012 London Olympics please contact: shannon.oconnell@transformed.com.au
For more information on how Transformed can help pave your pathway to success contact:
Michael Young
P: 1300 738 720
www.transformed.com.au
info@transformed.com.au
Transformed wins 2011 Australian Business Award for Project Management
24-Jul-2011
Transformed has been recognised among Australia’s most progressive organisations, winning the Australian Business Award for Project Management in the 2011 Awards. The Australian Business Awards challenges the full spectrum of private, public and non-profit sector organisations in Australia through its comprehensive business and product award categories. Now in its sixth year, the Australian Business Awards program recognises organisations that demonstrate the core values of business excellence, product excellence, corporate responsibility, sustainability and commercial success in their respective industries. A total of 103 recipients were honoured from the 928 organisations that participated in the 2011 Awards. The Australian Business Award for Project Management recognises organisations that demonstrate excellence in project management. Commenting on the win, Michael Young, Managing Director said: “Transformed has been passionate about our role in the developing individual and organizational capability in project, program and portfolio management. Working with key industry bodies, we proudly play an active role leading and shaping the project management industry. It is an honor to be commended for our professional contributions to the industry as a whole by the Australian Business Awards” As an AIPM Endorsed Course Provider and AIPM sponsor, Transformed’s team of award-winning experts deliver a range of project management qualifications, certifications and short courses that combine best-practice theory as well as real world practical skills.
Transformed Managing Director, Michael Young, has been instrumental in developing key industry standards including developing the world’s first competency standard for project portfolio managers on a voluntary basis on behalf of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM). It is intended that this Standard will be used to improve project portfolio management capability in organisations, which in turn promotes efficient resource use and more profitable project outcomes. Tara Johnston, Program Director of the Australian Business Awards, said the standard of entries for 2011 was a testament to the strength and resilience of the Australian economy. “Australian businesses continue to adapt business processes, invest in product development and develop dynamic e-business initiatives that increase productivity and quality standards for all. The Australian Business Awards provide a welcome opportunity for organisations committed to business and product excellence to receive recognition throughout their respective industries for driving positive business outcomes,” said Johnston. “We are proud that the Awards continue to promote the key values in the workplace which foster a vibrant organisational culture and encourage enterprise, product innovation, service excellence, marketing excellence, environmental sustainability and community contribution. We would like to congratulate all the 2011 winners for achieving exceptional results within the respective award categories.” Business award entries are separated by industry classification per award category and evaluated in accordance with the award criteria across seven main areas, including leadership and strategy, impact on industry, adaptability and sustainability, human resource management, customer relationship management, process management and evidence of success. For more information about Transformed, please contact:
The Awards commenced in 2005 and are open to all private, puplic and non-profit sector organisations operating in Australia. This includes multi-national subsidiaries, government departments, agencies or bodies, franchisors and non-government organisations. The mission of the Australian Business Awards is: Details regarding the Awards program can be obtained at www.businessawards.com.au
Michael Young
P: 1300 738 720
www.transformed.com.au
info@transformed.com.au
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Reports
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Media Releases
- Bid to raise procurement standards
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Transformed have attained Approved Study Centre status from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS). This is expands Transformed’s existing suite of qualifications in Government (Procurement and Contracting).
- Transformed builds Olympic capability
- 27 July 2011 –Award winning training company Transformed Pty Ltd has been helping self-starting individuals to achieve their career goals since 2006. Now they are helping a female staff member to BOX IN THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS.
Media Release - Transformed builds OIympic capability (85 KB)
- Transformed wins 2011 Australian Business Award for Project Management
- 22 July 2011 – Transformed has been recognised among Australia’s most progressive organisations, winning the Australian Business Award for Project Management in the 2011 Awards.
Media Release - Transformed wins 2011 Australian Business Award for Project Management (74 KB)
- Best ACT businesses put customers first
- 9 June 2011 – Telstra today named the finalists in the 2011 Telstra ACT Business Awards
with analysis of the finalists showing top customer service is one of the biggest indicators of
business success.
Media Release - Best ACT businesses put customers first (106 KB)
- Transformed BRW Fast Starters Award
- Last week Transformed were listed as a BRW 2011 Fast Starter, an amazing accolade. The quality of the 2011 BRW Fast Starters was as high as ever as businesses and entrepreneurs presented the solid business practices required to deliver growth in a downturn exhibiting innovation and resilience.
Media Release - Transformed BRW Fast Starters Award (172 KB)
- Transforming people's lives
- ACT based training company
Transformed has ACT based training company Transformed
has been helping self-starting individuals
to achieve their career goals since
2004. Specialising in tailored solutions,
they offer training, coaching, consulting
or professional advice that is practical and
cost-effective.
Media Release - Memo - Transforming people's lives (2987 KB)
- A never say die attitude
- ACT based training company
Transformed has been helping
self starting individuals to achieve
their career goals since
2004. Specialising in tailored solutions,
they offer training, coaching,
consulting or professional
advice that is practical and cost effective.
Media Release - A never say die attitude (3477 KB)
- Project Manager short fall for budget initatives
- On 25 May in Question Time, Prime Minister Rudd announced funding for 35,000 projects as part of the budget or economic stimulus packages. While this seems good on the surface, there is evidence that there simply aren’t enough project managers available to deliver the outcomes so desperately needed by the community.
Media Release - Project Manager short fall for budget initiatives (310 KB)
- Firelink Disaster
- The 28th August saw the long-awaited release of the Performance Audit Report on ‘The Firelink Project’ which laid the blame for the calamity squarely on the lack of project management expertise. President of the Australian Institute of Project Management (ACT) Michael Young casts some doubt on whether the ACT Government is sufficiently prepared to resolve the issues that caused the problem in the first place.
- "Incapable Bosses" Need to Learn 'Soft Skills'
- 57.7 per cent of workers say their boss is ineffective (Daily Telegraph 12 July 07) and the key is learning and development. Project management expert Michael Young says skills such as leadership, communication and team building are the difference between outstanding and ordinary leaders.
Media Release - "Incapable Bosses" Need to Learn 'Soft Skills' (32 KB)
- Local company 'unleashes' project managers into the Canberra Market.
- Michael Young, an ex-Army officer, dreamt of creating ‘Transformed – Project management unleashed’ – when he left the Defence force to begin his career as a project management consultant in 1996. ‘Transformed’ was started in 2004.
Media Release - Local company 'unleashes' project managers into the Canberra Market. (20 KB)
- Is the 'Customs Debacle' just the tip of the iceberg in the APS?
- Building APS Project Management Capability might be like trying to stop global warming. ‘The Australian’ in its online ‘AustralianIT’ segment told the story on 13th Feb about the ‘Customs Debacle’ – the cargo management re-engineering project which suffered a 600% budget blowout which the subsequent ANAO report put down to a lack of project management expertise. One way of looking at the disaster is to say that Customs put the cart before the horse by committing to a complex project that required greater capability than Customs people could provide.
Media Release - Is the 'Customs Debacle' just the tip of the iceberg in the APS? (29 KB)
- Where are the skills for construction project managers?
- We hear every day more news of the national skills shortage. One of the hotspots identified for Canberra has been for project managers in Canberra’s construction industry.
Media Release - Where are the skills for construction project managers? (26 KB)
- Canberra IT Project Management Skills the Envy of Other States
- Why is Canberra’s IT industry the most successful in the country and the envy of other states? Because we have Australia’s best IT Project Manager!
Media Release - Canberra IT Project Management Skills the Envy of Other States (38 KB)
- Our best project managers named
- A CANBERRA project management consultancy has won a national award this month for upgrading and replacing the IT system for the Federal Department of Environment and Heritage in Barton.
- Extract from InsiDEH
- For many people, the IT Migration and Desktop Refresh meant getting a new PC and moving to Windows XP and Outlook for email. Others may have also received a new laptop or had their home PC refreshed. However these changes were just the "tip of the iceberg" of a very complex project, starting in December 2004.
Media Release - Extract from InsiDEH (234 KB)
- New CIT program
- The Canberra Institute of Technology recently launched a new Diploma in Project Management which aims to address the fastest growing skills demand in the ACT.
Media Release - New CIT program (876 KB)
- AIPM - 30 Years and still going strong
- Project management has come a long way since the early days of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), which this year marks its 30th anniversary.
Media Release - AIPM - 30 Years and still going strong (845 KB)
- IT refresh and desktop migration project
- Now that the IT Migration and Desktop Refresh is largely complete, it's timely to take a look at just how much was involved in the project.
Media Release - IT refresh and desktop migration project (876 KB)
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