Make More of Your Corporate Away Day
Bring practical workplace development into your next company away day with training shaped around your people, priorities and the wider purpose of the day.
From a focused workshop or keynote to multiple training sessions across different groups, WeTrain can create the development component around your agenda.
Tailored Training for Corporate Away Days
27 Years
Delivering Workplace Training
100k+
People Trained
75+
Specialist Trainers
Turn Time Away From Work Into Time Well Spent
Taking a team away from the normal workplace creates something that can be difficult to find during an ordinary working week: dedicated time together.
The question is what you do with it.
Your away day might already include company updates, internal planning, team activities, presentations or time together socially.
WeTrain can add practical workplace development to that agenda without taking over the entire day.
You might want one focused session for everyone, several workshops throughout the day, different training for different groups or a larger development program around a common theme.
We start with why your people are coming together and what you want them to get from the time away.
Training Does Not Have to Take Over the Whole Day
A Corporate Away Day does not have to become a full day of training.
WeTrain can fit the development around everything else you already want to achieve.
- Add One Training Session
Bring WeTrain into an existing company day for a focused workshop around one workplace priority.
For example:
A 90-minute communication workshop between internal company sessions.
- Add a Half-Day of Development
Use part of the day for practical training and leave the remainder for your own meetings, planning or team activities.
For example:
Leadership training in the morning followed by your internal agenda in the afternoon.
- Combine Several Sessions
Bring together two or three related development topics across the day.
For example:
Communication, difficult conversations and team collaboration.
- Run Different Workshops at the Same Time
Split employees into smaller groups based on role or development needs.
For example:
Managers attend Leadership Training while customer-facing teams attend Managing Difficult Customers.
- Combine a Keynote and Workshops
Open with one shared session before moving participants into smaller, more interactive groups.
- Create a Full Development Day
Where learning is a major purpose of the away day, WeTrain can help shape a complete day of workplace development.
Tell us what else is happening on the day and we can recommend where the training fits.
Build the Training Around What Your People Need
There is no fixed Corporate Away Day program.
WeTrain can shape the training around the people attending and what you want them to develop.
Leadership & Management
For supervisors, managers and leadership groups.
Can include:
- Workplace Leadership
- Coaching
- Delegation
- Feedback
- Performance conversations
- Emotional Intelligence
- Conflict Management
- Leading through change
Communication & Collaboration
For teams that need to communicate and work together more effectively.
Can include:
- Communication Skills
- Active Listening
- Team Communication
- Assertiveness
- Cross-Team Communication
- Collaboration
- Difficult Conversations
Team Effectiveness
For teams using time away to strengthen how they work together.
Can include:
- Communication
- Working styles
- Collaboration
- Conflict
- Problem solving
- Trust and accountability
- Team expectations
Customer-Facing Skills
For organisations wanting to develop frontline and customer-facing employees.
Can include:
- Customer Service
- Managing Difficult Customers
- Telephone Skills
- Customer Communication
- Complaint handling
- Service consistency
Professional Skills
For broader workplace capability.
Can include:
- Presentation Skills
- Business Writing
- Negotiation
- Time Management
- Personal Effectiveness
- Influence & Persuasion
Internal Capability
For people responsible for developing others.
Can include:
- Train the Trainer
- Practical Trainer
- Coaching
- Facilitation
- Presentation Skills
- Knowledge Transfer
You Do Not Need to Choose the Training First
Sometimes the easiest starting point is simply telling us what you want to be different after the away day.
- “Our Managers Need to Step Up”
We might recommend a combination of leadership, communication, feedback and difficult conversations.
- “Our Team Needs to Work Better Together”
The focus might be communication, collaboration, working styles and conflict.
- “We Have Been Through a Lot of Change”
The day might concentrate on communication, leadership, team alignment and working effectively through change.
- “We Want People to Speak Up More”
Communication, assertiveness, presentation or meeting skills could form part of the day.
- “Customer Interactions Need to Improve”
Customer Service, Communication and Managing Difficult Customers may work well together.
- “We Have Everyone Together and Want to Make the Most of It”
We can help identify which development areas will make the best use of the time available.
You can come to WeTrain with a detailed brief or simply tell us what needs to improve.
Different Purposes Need Different Days
These are examples only. The actual agenda should be shaped around your team and the wider plans for your event.
Example 1: Leadership Away Day
9:00
Company Welcome & Internal Session
Led by your organisation.
10:00
Leading People Day to Day
Practical leadership development with WeTrain.
12:00
Lunch
1:00
Feedback & Difficult Conversations
Practical leadership workshop.
3:00
Your Internal Planning Session
4:00
Leadership Commitments
Bring the learning back to what leaders will do differently.
Example 2: Whole-Team Away Day
Morning
Shared Opening Session
Communication and collaboration across the organisation.
Midday
Lunch / Company Activity
Organised as part of your broader away day.
Afternoon Breakouts
Managers
Leadership & Coaching
Customer-Facing Teams
Managing Difficult Customers
Professional Teams
Communication & Presentation Skills
Final Session
Bring everyone back together around practical workplace application.
Example 3: Training as One Part of the Day
Your company already has a full agenda.
WeTrain joins the day for:
1:30 to 3:00
Managing Difficult Conversations
A focused, interactive workshop built around the situations employees encounter at work.
Then your organisation continues with the remainder of the away-day program.
You do not need to hand the whole event over to WeTrain for us to add value to it.
We Work Around the Day You Are Planning
Plan Your Away Day Training
01. Tell Us About the Away Day
We want to understand:
- Why people are coming together
- Who will attend
- Participant numbers
- Roles and departments
- What else is planned
- Training priorities
- Current workplace challenges
- Venue and location
- Time available for training
- Outcomes you want from the day
02. We Recommend the Training Approach
We can recommend:
- Training topics
- Session length
- Trainer or trainers
- Group structure
- Breakout sessions
- Keynote or workshop format
- Practical activities
- Where the training fits within your agenda
03. We Tailor the Content
The program can then be shaped around your organisation, people and objectives.
04. We Deliver the Training
Your WeTrain facilitator runs the agreed sessions while fitting into the wider timing and structure of the away day.
More Than Choosing a Topic From a List
Tailoring can happen at several levels.
- Content
Choose what skills receive the greatest focus.
- Examples
Use workplace situations relevant to your people.
- Activities
Shape exercises around the audience and outcomes.
- Duration
A short session, half-day, full-day or several workshops.
- Audience
One shared session or different development for different employee groups.
- Trainer
Match the facilitator to the topic, audience and requirement.
- Agenda
Work the training around the broader schedule of your away day.
- Delivery Style
Interactive workshop, keynote-style session, breakout group or a combination.
- Your Organisation
Where appropriate, incorporate relevant terminology, priorities or materials supplied by your team.
More Context Before the Trainer Enters the Room
Where useful, WeTrain may use modern research tools, including AI, to support the preparation of tailored programs.
This can help us research relevant context, organise information supplied by your organisation and identify themes that may help make the training more relevant.
AI does not replace the trainer or decide what your people need.
The final program is shaped by experienced training professionals using your input, workplace context and professional judgement.
Bringing 50, 100 or More People Together?
Large groups create different opportunities, but they also require a different training format.
Not every skill is best developed with 100 people sitting in one room.
WeTrain can help structure larger away days using:
- Shared Sessions
Bring the whole group together around one common topic or message.
- Breakout Workshops
Move into smaller groups where discussion and practical exercises are important.
- Parallel Training Streams
Run different workshops for different employee groups at the same time.
- Rotating Sessions
Allow groups to move between several training topics.
- Multiple Trainers
Bring in several specialist facilitators where different sessions need to run concurrently.
- Repeat Sessions
Deliver the same workshop to several smaller groups over the course of the event.
- Multiple Days
For particularly large workforces, the same program can be repeated across several dates.
WeTrain can recommend the structure based on the number of people attending, topics being covered and how interactive you want the training to be.
Bring WeTrain to Your Away Day
Training can be delivered at a venue selected by your organisation.
- Hotels & Conference Venues
Bring WeTrain into the professional development component of your event agenda.
- Retreat & Offsite Venues
Run practical workplace development while your team is away from its normal environment.
- Your Workplace
Not every away day needs to involve travel. Training can also be incorporated into a company day held on-site.
- Regional Locations
WeTrain's national trainer network supports delivery outside major CBD locations.
- Live Online
Include remote employees or deliver selected sessions virtually where required.
- Multiple Locations
Where organisations are holding several away days around Australia, WeTrain can coordinate consistent training across them.
Training & Event Arrangements
WeTrain focuses on the training and development component.
Unless separately agreed, your organisation remains responsible for arrangements such as the venue, catering, accommodation and other event activities.
Enjoy the Day, But Give People Something to Take Back to Work
There are plenty of reasons to use an away day to bring people together socially.
But if part of the purpose is development, WeTrain makes sure the training component goes further than simply creating a good experience on the day.
The focus is on skills your people can use when they return to work.
Practical Techniques
Participants leave with clear approaches they can apply.
Workplace-Relevant Scenarios
Exercises can reflect situations they actually encounter.
Active Participation
People discuss, practise and apply the learning.
Experienced Facilitation
Specialist trainers lead the development sessions.
Clear Purpose
The training is connected to the reason your people have been brought together.
Workplace Application
Participants consider what they will do differently afterwards.
Away Day, Development Day or Team Offsite?
There is some overlap, but the purpose is different.
Best when:
Your wider company day includes training alongside internal sessions, planning, activities or time together.
Best when:
Learning and employee development are the main purpose of bringing people together.
Best when:
One team is meeting away from its usual workplace specifically for focused development.
Best when:
You want an interactive training session inside a larger conference program.
Best when:
You need a shorter session built around one clear message or workplace topic.
Best when:
The priority is consistent skill development across multiple groups and locations rather than one event.
Experienced Trainers. Flexible Programs. Practical Learning.
An away day creates limited time to get people together.
The training needs to work within that time.
- 27 Years of Workplace Training
WeTrain has delivered practical corporate training since 1998.
- 75+ Specialist Trainers
Our trainer network allows us to match the facilitator to the topic, audience and location.
- Broad Training Capability
Bring together leadership, communication, customer service, conflict, presentations and other professional skills.
- WeTrain Institute
Our trainers undertake WeTrain's own trainer development and ongoing quality process.
- Tailored Programs
Training can be shaped around the people attending and the wider purpose of your event.
- Multiple Trainer Capability
We can coordinate specialist trainers for breakout groups and concurrent workshops.
- Flexible Formats
Keynote-style sessions, workshops, half-day development, multiple sessions and larger group formats.
- Australia-Wide Delivery
Training can be delivered across metropolitan and regional locations throughout Australia.
From Focused Sessions to Larger Company Days
WeTrain's tailored approach means the training does not need to fit one standard format.
WeTrain has experience adapting workplace development for different audience sizes and event environments, including larger employee groups, company days and shorter conference-style sessions.
- Larger Group Development
Where the audience is larger than a normal interactive workshop, the content and delivery can be adjusted or participants can be divided into smaller groups.
- Conference-Style Sessions
Workplace topics can be condensed into a focused session where the available time is shorter than a normal program.
- Multiple Development Priorities
Several related skills can be brought together where the away day has a broader development goal.
- Different Audiences
Managers, frontline employees and other groups can receive different training within the same wider event.
This is exactly where WeTrain's 75+ trainer network and broad training catalogue become useful.
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Planning Training for Your Away Day?
Can WeTrain deliver just one part of our Corporate Away Day?
Yes.
You do not need to make training the entire purpose of the day. WeTrain can deliver one focused session, a keynote-style presentation, a half-day workshop or several development sessions around the other activities you already have planned.
Tell us what your wider agenda looks like and we can recommend how the training could fit.
Can different employee groups do different training during the same away day?
Yes.
For example, managers could take part in Leadership Training while other employees attend workshops in communication, customer service or another relevant skill.
For larger events, WeTrain can coordinate several trainers and concurrent breakout sessions where required.
Can WeTrain help us decide what training to include?
Yes.
You do not need to arrive with a final training agenda.
Tell us why the away day is being held, who is attending and what you would like people to do more effectively afterwards. We can then recommend suitable topics, trainers and session formats.
Can WeTrain work with a large corporate away day?
Yes.
The best approach depends on the number of people attending and the type of training.
Some topics can be delivered to a larger shared audience. Others are better handled through smaller breakout groups, rotating workshops or multiple sessions.
We can recommend the structure once we understand your participant numbers and objectives.
Does WeTrain organise the venue and the rest of the event?
WeTrain's primary role is to design and deliver the training and workplace development component of your Corporate Away Day.
Your organisation would normally arrange the venue, catering, accommodation and other event activities unless something different has been specifically agreed.
Can the training be tailored to our business?
Yes.
Content, scenarios, exercises and examples can be shaped around your organisation, employees and workplace challenges. We can also consider relevant information supplied by your organisation during preparation.
Can we combine several training topics?
Yes.
For example, a leadership away day could combine leadership, communication, coaching and difficult conversations. A broader team away day could combine communication, collaboration and conflict management.
WeTrain can help select topics that work together rather than creating a series of disconnected sessions.
How long can the training run?
The training component could be a shorter session, a half-day, a full day or several sessions across the event.
The right length depends on the topics, audience and what else is planned during the away day.
How far in advance should we contact WeTrain?
The earlier you can involve WeTrain, the easier it is to match the right trainer and shape the content around your agenda, particularly where several trainers, breakout groups or regional delivery are required.
Availability will depend on the date, location and training requirement.
How much does Corporate Away Day training cost?
Pricing depends on the training content, session length, participant numbers, location, level of tailoring and whether multiple trainers or simultaneous workshops are required.
Once we understand your plans, WeTrain can recommend the approach and provide a tailored quote.
Give Your Team More to Take Away From the Day
Tell us where you're going, who will be there, what else you have planned and what you want your people to develop.
We'll help shape the right training, trainer and format around your away day.