Building Relationships in the Workplace

A half-day workshop helping teams build stronger, more sustainable working relationships.

Understanding work preferences and behavioural styles is critical to any working relationship. This workshop uses the DISC model to help participants understand their own approach to work and how it relates to others, giving them practical skills to build and maintain effective relationships with their colleagues.

Duration: Half day  ·  Delivery: Online or Face-to-face  ·  Cohort: 8-20 participants

Aligned to the APS Craft Capability Framework and APS Workforce Strategy 2025.

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What your team will learn

Hands-on skills for building working relationships that last.

Participants learn what it takes to build lasting professional relationships, including how trust grows through the right behaviours and genuine collaboration. Using the DISC model, they gain a clearer picture of their own approach to work and how it compares to others, so they can use those differences to strengthen relationships rather than let them get in the way.

What we cover

    • Building sustainable relationships — What it takes to build professional relationships that last.
    • Trust and collaboration — Building trust through appropriate behaviours and working collaboratively with others.
    • The DISC model — Understanding differences in work preferences and behavioural styles, and how to use them to enhance relationships.

Workshop format

Half a day, delivered to your team as a closed cohort.

McMillan’s Building Relationships in the Workplace workshop uses the DISC model to help participants understand their work preferences and behavioural style, and how they compare with others on their team. Participants build practical skills to establish trust and work collaboratively, so they leave better equipped to build lasting relationships.

At a glance

    • Length: Half day
    • Audience: All — tailored to audience as required
    • Delivery: Online (live, facilitated) or Face-to-face
    • Cohort size: Minimum 8, maximum 20 participants
    • Approach: Facilitated instruction and practical activities

Who the workshop is for

Suitable for team members at any level — tailored to the seniority and function of your cohort.

Building Relationships in the Workplace is designed for team members at any level who work with others in their role. We tailor content and examples to your cohort’s seniority and function before delivery.

Typical cohorts

    • Teams wanting to build trust and collaborate more effectively
    • Staff working across different behavioural styles and work preferences
    • Whole teams wanting a shared understanding of how to work well together

When this workshop is a good fit:

    • Working relationships within your team need strengthening
    • Staff are working across different styles or approaches to work
    • You want your team to build trust and collaborate more effectively
    • Your team would benefit from a shared framework for understanding each other

How we deliver

Evidence-based training grounded in adult learning principles, applied consistently to every engagement.

1. Initiate

Confirm outcomes, audience, schedule, and success measures.

2. Design and tailor

Shape content and scenarios to your workplace.

3. Deliver

Interactive, practical sessions online or in-person.

4. Evaluate and close

Capture feedback, measure impact, document improvements.

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Let's talk about your training needs

Tell us who you are and what you’re after — Ben or Lauren will get back to you.

Prefer to call? Phone us on (02) 6230 0266.

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