“When you knuckle down and plan your time appropriately by mapping out what you want to achieve then the timing works.”
Myles grew up in Dunedin with trains coming and going and they have been ‘embedded in his subconscious’ for life,. From Thomas The Tank Engine to an ambitious model railway hobby, and as far away as Canada, author Duane Duff wrote about Myles’ railway history (in 2013).
“To consolidate previously learned information and see what’s new and what had stayed the same over the years, I decided to take advantage of the fee-free course”.
The most interesting thing that he found was the incentive to look critically at how systems and processes worked in his company: “This course is particularly good, as it requires you to look deeper into higherlevel company documentation, such as strategic vision. It certainly gets you to look closely at what your company does and how it progresses against the targets that it sets for itself.”
“Blended learning is a very good way of training people, and the face to face sessions are so valuable because they allowed interaction, and sharing of work stories– things to watch out for or things that we can try in our own working lives in the future.
I felt Kari was a very knowledgeable and experienced facilitator, so it was an absolute pleasure to work with her. I was able to work along and be in total control of my own progress and the content produced.”
Time management and structure is the key to Myles’ professional and academic success: “When you learn about setting goals, it’s something that you could and should apply in all aspects of your life. Sometimes the timelines appeared to be a little bit tight but again when you knuckle down and plan your time appropriately by mapping out what you want to achieve then the timing works.”
Myles’ years of experience and work within unions gives him an excellent vantage point to give advice: