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About us
About Verne Ordman & Associates Pty LtdThe Business of Writing Program is a product of Verne Ordman and Associates, a professional services firm that has been providing training solutions to high profile companies around Australia for the past 17 years.
Over the past seven years, Verne Ordman and Associates' focus has moved towards training and personal coaching in business writing. In this capacity, the organisation has become well known for its individual focus and well documented results.
Verne Ordman and Associates has a solid reputation. Our clients come from a range of industries including Energy & Gas, Retail, Financial Services, Government and Education. Verne Ordman biography
Verne Ordman has worked in the training industry for over 20 years. She has a post graduate degree in Industrial Psychology and has, since achieving this, been committed to providing innovative solutions for employers and clients that provide the results they are looking for.
Verne has worked in South Africa, the US and Australia. Her company, Verne Ordman & Associates Pty Ltd, has been providing training solutions to high profile companies around Australia for 15 years.
Verne was instrumental in designing the competency based Australian Institute of Training & Development Training Design Award Winning Recruitment Interviewing program. She was also project manager of the team responsible for researching and developing the Modular Training System consisting of 130 three hour training modules in 14 skill development areas.
The training modules covered areas including leadership development, time management, problem solving and decision making, trainer training, verbal and written communication skills, conflict management, sales, customer service and presentation skills.
Over the last seven years, Verne Ordman & Associates’ focus has moved towards training and personal coaching in business writing skills. The Business of Writing Program, conducted over a period of three to six months, is well known for its individual focus and well documented results.
In the US, Verne obtained invaluable experience as Training and Development Manager for a national franchise corporation. In addition to designing and implementing management and sales training programs, she had profit and loss responsibility for the four company owned human resource agencies. Her role included providing ongoing consulting to franchisees on all business related matters. Verne has also worked in the finance industry where she was Regional Training Manager for the second largest building society in South Africa.
Wendy Jocum biography
Wendy Jocum has been involved in the field of human resources, training and consulting for 16 years. Her areas of corporate training and consulting include leadership and management development, communication, human resources and business writing skills. She has had experience in a wide range of organisations across many industries. Part of her current work includes mentoring, coaching and assessment in frontline management and telecommunication courses.
Wendy’s experience extends into the academic/educational field as well. She facilitates training for the Australian College of Applied Psychology and the Australian Institute of Human Resources.
Wendy has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in the Management of Human Resources. She also has a Certificate 4 in Assessment and Workplace Training. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Human Resources, the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Training and Development.
Wendy's primary role is group training and personal coaching. She is passionate about training, learning and development. She believes that her corporate experience combined with her interpersonal and facilitation skills provide positive learning opportunities for all her participants.
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