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Professional Development Forum (PDF) was established to help diverse young professionals find fulfillment in the modern Australian workplace. We believe that everyone, not the elite few, should have access to the knowledge, mindset, and network to develop themselves. We believe that by becoming the best version of ourselves, we lead a happier, more fulfilling life and inspire those around us..
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
At some point in our lives, we’ve heard the phrase “I don’t think you can do this”. It's come from either a colleague, a family member or a close friend. That phrase starts to stick and becomes part of our self-talk. What we don’t stop to understand is how much of a disservice we do ourselves because of that phrase!
The journey to self-actualisation starts with telling yourself how brilliant you can be and it starts when you are ready to step back, reset your thinking and challenge the status quos surrounding you.
In this session, Alexandra will look to empower you to break old habits, negat ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
What is Negotiation and What can it do for you?
Negotiation will help you understand who your client is and build a conversation that'll fuel the new relationship into a fruitful partnership.
TRUST is the key factor in every negotiation as this determines the outcome of every situation. You can never go wrong when you're equipped with the right negotiation skills.
Steve will use his own experiences to captivate your emotions so you can grasp the importance of negotiation in every situation.
About Steve York:
Steve York is an author, speaker, and negotiation coach.
After 20 years of worki ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
Learn to map your life with the 3 strategies by professional coach, Robin Miles –
Upgrade your avatar
Life considerations
Lead with purpose
In this webinar you will learn to:
Set a vision for yourself in 2021
Create the version of yourself that you aspire to be
Optimise your productivity
Declare the number 1 priority in your life
Get Strategic about creating the life you want to lead
Break-Through your greatest barriers to success
Ignite your peak performance on a daily basis
They say that ‘if you’re not afraid, you’re not dreaming big enough’. The power of Inner Leadership and the potenti ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
Chin Tan is the embodiment of the Australian migrant success story.
After a successful career in law, Chin has transitioned into a public life advocating for a succesful multicultural Australia.
He believes that each of us, whatever our cultural heritage, has much to offer. This goes beyond linguistic skills, but also the ability to operate across cultures, contexts, as well as complex networks and relationships. It also means new ideas, perspectives, paradigms which leads to valuable innovation.
At this event the commissioner will address how to make the most of your diverse heritage and p ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
Remember life before the pandemic? It's definitely a distant memory! It's certainly changed the way we work, and especially how we look for jobs, how organisations recruit. We felt the need to ramp up these sessions and provide the help where we can for our community, especially for job seekers.
In this session with PDF, Rebecca will demystify the job market these days and share with us how you can approach job searching. She will also touch on personal branding and how important of a role that plays in this process is to give your story more depth.
About Rebecca Jarvis:
Since starting her ow ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
"Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life..."
We've all come across this quote at some point but it's not really that simple, is it? What's closer to the truth is working towards what you believe in so that when things get tough, you still stay the course and keep trying.
Tu Le is a person who has never stopped trying to live up to her values and beliefs. Despite a relatively young career, her journey has been topsy turvy and filled with valuable learnings.
She knows the effort it takes to make difficult decisions, change career paths and ignore the noise aro ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
Most organisations today will have a values statement. However, for many, they remain as posters on the walls and have not been converted into conversations in the halls.
In this webinar Stephen will highlight his career journey that has led him to focus on building values-based cultures and introduce the foundational mindset and skill-set for being a values-based leader.
Find out more about Stephen:
Linktree : https://linktr.ee/sjfberkeley
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenberkeley/
About Stephen Berkeley:
Stephen is the Director Global Business at Flyntrok Consulting. He is ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
Natalie was the CEO of the Australia China Business Council (NSW). Prior to that she was the Partnerships and Development Manager at Asialink Business, Australia's leading centre for building Asia capability, public understanding of Asia, and appreciation of Australia's role in the Asian region.
She was recently named Australia’s Top Emerging Leader and MBA Scholar, receiving the 2015 Emerging Leaders MBA Scholarship by the University of Sydney Business School and The Australian Financial Review’s BOSS Magazine. Natalie is also an Ambassador of the Westpac Bi-Centennial Foundation, Asian Exch ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
A medical researcher, an engineer, an entreprenuer, a pilot, a chief information officer and a security consultant walks into a bar, and the bartender says "Great to see you Ali!"
Ali is one of those people who seems to be able to do it all, from conducting clinical trials to founding his own IT business. Ali is able to learn new skills and constantly reinventing and excelling at almost everything he sets his mind to.
Ali has thrived in nimble start-ups and huge multi-national organisations alike, working across Australia to the Middle-East, succeeding in multiple industries from medical res ..read more
Professional Development Forum
3y ago
Shane Bywater has worked in highly successful roles for over twenty-five years, in sales, service, product management, leadership and learning and development functions. This is across a range of industries and contexts that includes telecommunications and IT, banking, energy, marketing, mining and NGOs.
This diverse background gives him the key ingredients to be a successful, sustainable performer in the marketplace.
He brings these elements together to achieve outcomes that address the business needs of his clients.
Shane is engaging, energetic, yet uncomplicated style allows him to conne ..read more