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Whether you're looking to level up your career or supercharge your team’s skills, ITP has you covered. Our diverse lineup of courses—spanning Cyber Security, Career Development, and more—are taught by real industry experts who know their stuff!

Below you will find some of our upcoming courses which you can register for, as well as year-round courses that run based on interest. Register your interest today and be the first to know when the next opportunity drops

Tackle tough tech dilemmas professionally!

In an age of increasing complexity, polarisation and mistrust, ethics is more than just compliance — it's about knowing the what, when and how to apply values to decision-making, when to speak up, when and how to lead. 

Its also about understanding our own fallibility, the ethical dilemmas that may find us wanting.

 This highly interactive three-hour workshop, led by ethics expert Jane Arnott MNZM, equips IT professionals with the tools to navigate ethical challenges, apply the ITP Code of Ethics in real-life contexts, and strengthen their personal and professional practice. Whether you're facing tough choices, grappling with grey areas, or just want to sharpen your ethical instincts, this workshop will leave you better prepared.

    • Understanding values and how they drive behaviour

    • The difference between ethics and compliance

    • Navigating conflicts of interest, bias, and ethical dilemmas

    • Behavioural ethics and risks

    • Speaking up: fostering a culture of ethical leadership

    • Ethics and emerging challenges (including AI)

    • Interactive ethical scenario discussions

    • A practical framework for ethical decision-making

    • Insights into trust, loyalty, bias, and dysfunction

    • Greater self-awareness around personal and professional values

    • A stronger understanding of how ethics underpins client outcomes and professional reputation

    • Confidence to navigate real-world ethical challenges with clarity and professionalism

     

  • This workshop is designed for both Business and IT professionals at all career stages who want to strengthen their ethical decision-making and apply values-based leadership in their work. It’s ideal for those working in roles where trust, data, or influence are central — but valuable for anyone who wants to improve their ethical awareness and competence.

Workshop Details

  • 9am on Tuesday 5th of August

  • Length: 3 hours

  • Format: Online, interactive (cameras on, no recording)

  • Facilitated by: Jane Arnott MNZM

  • Cost: $200 + GST (ITP Members), $300 + GST (Non-members)

Jane Arnott MNZM is the Director of The Ethics Conversation and an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Brian Picot Chair in Ethical Leadership at Victoria University of Wellington. With decades of experience in ethics consulting and education, Jane has delivered workshops across sectors from engineering to finance to healthcare. She is a former Associate for the UK’s Institute of Business Ethics and a published author in the field, with postgraduate qualifications in Professional Ethics and a recent credential in AI Ethics from the London School of Economics.

From panic to plan - master real-world cyber incident response!

Many organisations worry about how they might hold up in the face of a real cybersecurity incident.

Stop worrying and start planning! Get pragmatic advice on how to effectively response to cybersecurity incidents from a cybersecurity expert. 

*This course can also be delivered privately for teams from a single company. Get in touch with us at info@ITP.nz to arrange a private group session.

    • Common cybersecurity incidents  

    • The Incident Response Process 

    • Incident Plans & Templates 

    • Evidence Collection & Protection 

    • Practicing incident response with scenarios 

    • A functional Lessons-Learned process 

    • Compliance and Best Practice: NZISM, NIST, ISO 

    • AI’s role in incident response 

  • Practical tools and resources to assess and improve your organisation’s incident response processes 

  • If you want to ensure that your organisation has the fundamentals of incident response covered, or if you want some idea of how you stack up against incident response best practice, then this course is for you. No previous incident response experience is necessary for this course. 

Workshop Details

  • 9am on Thursday 7th of August

  • Length: 3 hours

  • Format: Online

  • Facilitated by:  Dr Elf Eldridge

  • Cost: $300 + GST (ITP Members), $450 + GST (Non-members)

Dr Elf Eldridge is a senior security consultant at CyberCure. Elf has experience in both offensive cybersecurity and defensive cybersecurity having worked as both a penetration tester and as a security engineer. Elf’s area of expertise is cloud security with a focus on attacking and defending the Microsoft cloud. He has extensive experience delivering technology courses to both public and private sector organisations. Previously he taught in the Engineering Faculty of at Victoria University of Wellington after obtaining his PhD through The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology. 

    • Creating actionable digital strategy and aligning it with business outcomes 

    • Building personal leadership and emotional intelligence 

    • Leading teams and resolving dysfunction 

    • Navigating ethical leadership, AI, and digital governance 

    • Making the case for digital investment with financial acumen 

    • Influencing stakeholders, managing change, and working at the board level 

    • Real-world leadership tools and strategic frameworks 

    • Confidence to engage executives and influence outcomes 

    • A peer cohort that lasts beyond the course 

    • Project experience presented to a mock board 

    • Deep insight into governance, AI, ethics, and the evolving workforce 

  • This Masterclass is for digital professionals ready to grow into leadership, regardless of your job title. You might be a team lead, senior developer, business analyst, service manager, or advisor. If you're ready to step beyond the day-to-day and shape the future of your organisation’s digital capability — this is for you. 

Confidently lead digital strategy, people, and change — without needing to be in the C-suite. 

Step into leadership with the skills and mindset today’s digital world demands. This high-impact Masterclass is built for professionals who want to lead with influence — whether managing people, strategy, or digital transformation. Delivered in short, sharp weekly modules, you’ll gain strategic clarity, practical tools, and the support of a national peer cohort. 
Now in its third year, this course blends governance, leadership, ethics, and innovation into one transformative experience. 

About the Instructors 

  • Simon Lloyd-Evans – Consulting CIO with 30+ years’ experience across public and private sectors. 

  • Cherri Holland – Executive coach and leadership strategist with a passion for people-powered change. 

  • Ferdinand Hagethorn – Global cybersecurity consultant known for pragmatic, risk-based approaches. 

  • Murray Wills – Governance expert and ISO standards contributor, specialising in digital oversight. 

Cut Through the Noise: Influence with Impact!

Need to get things done through others but feel like you are trying to sprint through treacle? In a fast-paced world, attention spans are shorter and demands are greater than ever – you need quick cut through to win support and make visible progress to demonstrate effectiveness and impact. 

“I have already had measurable success using strategies learned on your DTLM lectures - thank you!”

    • Influencing frameworks to cut through the ‘noise’ 

    • Changing how key decision makers and/or stakeholders think and act through key messaging – immediate words and phrases to win support 

    • Key stakeholder analysis for strategy planning 

    • A Relationship strategy to increase your influencing power 

    • Application to participants’ own situation, organisation and/or individual challenges  

  • Tools for Increased personal and/or department power to make things happen and get things done!

  • This course is to upskill in positively influencing those who don’t report directly to you. For help with those who report to you, choose the People Management Made Easy course.  Critical Influencing Skills covers techniques to positively influence colleagues, your manager, C-Suite, board, customers and/or suppliers. 

Cherri Holland has worked with leaders and service teams from hundreds of client organisations across most sectors in 10 countries, improving their leadership, influence and impact, especially the ‘non sales’ selling skills of technology experts. Cherri provides practical insights and skills to get better results when technology experts rely on the decision making of fellow executives and boards to deliver key outcomes. She has run short courses through IT Professionals NZ since 2013 and is a Fellow at the Institute for Digital Transformation. Cherri authored Influencing 101 and was a contributing author to Digital Transformation Demystified.

Get Things Done Through People – Without the Stress!

Managers are often frustrated that things are not getting done in the right way or at the right time, and they are unsure how to correct this. Some are even reluctant to give feedback.  

Get people management right with quick and easy ways to engage, inspire and ensure people do what’s needed from their role. 

    • ILeading vs managing:  the difference and why it matters 

    • Getting people engaged: stimulating internal motivation and self-drive 

    • Agreeing deliverables and results 

    • Monitoring performance (including feedback that motivates) 

    • Reviews that encourage continuous improvement 

    • On-job development: expanding capability 

    • Selecting for high performance 

  • Easier ways to engage people and get results, with everyone working better and enjoying it more. Participants make immediate (even dramatic) changes in their approach to manage with less stress and better results. 

  • The course is to upskill in positively influencing those who report directly to you. If you wonder if you are getting the best from the people in your team, this course will make a significant difference and lighten your load. 

“I really found the course interesting personally and the thinking that you inspired is applied daily.”

Cherri Holland has worked with leaders and service teams from hundreds of client organisations across most sectors in 10 countries, improving their leadership, influence and impact, especially the ‘non sales’ selling skills of technology experts. Cherri provides practical insights and skills to get better results when technology experts rely on the decision making of fellow executives and boards to deliver key outcomes. She has run short courses through IT Professionals NZ since 2013 and is a Fellow at the Institute for Digital Transformation. Cherri authored Influencing 101 and was a contributing author to Digital Transformation Demystified.