Practical workshops in the skills people use at work.
McMillan has delivered workshops to workplace teams since 1989, mostly in the Australian Public Service. Courses are run as half-day or full-day sessions, online or face-to-face, for closed cohorts of your team.
Aligned to the APS Craft Capability Framework and APS Workforce Strategy 2025
McMillan runs short workshops on the skills people use at work — writing a brief, leading a team through change, having a difficult conversation, running a meeting.
Most of the workshops we deliver are for public sector teams. That’s where we specialise, and where we draw the workshop content and case studies from. But the skills themselves aren’t APS-specific, and the workshops are just as relevant for teams outside government. Private sector, corporate, not-for-profit — if the workshop topic fits your team’s need, we can adapt the content to your industry.
Content is contextualised to your organisation before delivery — your current priorities, your work type, your operating environment.
Who we work with
Workshops are delivered to your team only. Your team learns together, discusses their own work, and applies the content to shared context.
Every workshop is adapted to your organisation before delivery. Case studies, examples, and exercises reflect the work your team actually does.
Workshops are delivered by facilitators with real experience in the sectors and roles they train.
Every workshop is built around what your team will do differently on Monday morning. Skills, tools, and frameworks they can use straight away.
Working in government, APS Values, and public sector context.
Skills your team needs to work well under pressure and complex demands.
Written and spoken communication for workplace teams — briefs, submissions, presentations, and meetings.
Collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and workplace relationships.
Leadership, team building, and managing organisational change.
Minimum cohort size: 8 participants. Maximum: 20 participants.
About these prices. Standard delivery to a closed cohort of your team. The design fee is charged once per course, per client — repeat deliveries of the same course to your team don’t incur it, and it can be waived if standard content meets your needs. Custom pricing applies for heavily tailored content, multi-course programs, or high-volume repeat delivery — get in touch and we’ll scope it with you.
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.