Watch: Next Chapter
You spend your days supporting clients, answering staff questions, solving problems and keeping the business moving. Finding uninterrupted time to decide where your RTO goes next can feel almost impossible.
But another busy year isn’t necessarily a better year.
Join Angela Connell-Richards for two practical, facilitated days to step back, make deliberate choices and build your plan for 2027. Bring the challenges you’re working through, the ideas you haven’t had time to explore and an honest picture of where your business is today.
What needs to change in your next chapter?
- You want to grow, but your team is already stretched.
- You have opportunities, but need to know which are worth pursuing.
- Your systems keep things moving, but too much still depends on you.
- You have a plan somewhere, but it isn’t guiding the decisions you make each week.
If any of that sounds familiar, this retreat is time to work on your business, not simply catch up on it.
We’ll look beyond the next deadline and consider the whole RTO: your people, clients, training, systems, finances and governance. Then we’ll connect your ambitions to what your business can realistically deliver.
Not just more ideas. Clearer decisions and practical next steps.
Your direction
Clarify what you want your RTO to become and what matters most.
Your priorities
Decide what to pursue, improve, stop or defer.
Your growth opportunities
Consider opportunities alongside profitability, workforce capacity and delivery quality.
Your action plan
Develop clear responsibilities, realistic 90-day priorities and measures of progress.
Your review rhythm
Establish how to keep the plan useful when everyday demands return.
Your Mission Control brings the bigger picture together. Your Flight Plan turns that direction into actions your team can work through.
Plan My Next ChapterYour retreat toolkit
Turn your ideas into a plan you can put to work.
You won’t just be taking notes. Throughout the retreat, you’ll use practical planning tools to assess your business, make decisions and map out your next steps. These are resources you can keep using with your team long after the two days are over.
Superhero Mission Control — 12 Month Strategic Plan
See the bigger picture. Bring your vision, values, marketing direction, financial goals and strategic priorities together on one page.
Superhero Flight Plan — Quarterly Rocks
Give your strategy a practical rhythm. Break quarterly goals into three focused priorities, milestones and measures of progress.
Superhero Rock Plan
Keep your priorities in sight. Make your top three high-value activities visible and track them from progress to completion.
SWOT Analysis
Understand your starting point. Identify the strengths to build on, weaknesses to address, opportunities to pursue and threats to prepare for.
Impact and Ease
Choose where to focus. Compare ideas by their potential impact and ease of implementation before committing your time and resources.
Start | Stop | Keep
Make room for what matters. Decide what to introduce, what to stop and what is already working well in your RTO.
Your digital resources are included with the retreat. Editable Canva versions of the planning posters let you customise them for your RTO and print your own copies if you wish.
Ready to turn your next chapter into a practical plan?
Plan My Next ChapterLook at the whole business, not just one part of it.
Using the 8 Critical Drivers to RTO Success, we’ll explore:
Because growth only works when your people, systems, finances and quality can support it.
Two days to think clearly and move forward
Day 1: Get clear on where you are and where you’re going.
Review your current position, explore strengths and challenges, revisit your vision and values, and identify the opportunities and priorities that deserve your attention in 2027.
Day 2: Turn your priorities into a workable plan.
Test your choices against available time, people and resources. Develop your Mission Control and Flight Plan, shape your first 90-day priorities, and establish responsibilities, measures and review points.
This is a working retreat, not two days of watching slides. Guided exercises, practical examples, an Action Book and a companion Reference Book will help you apply the ideas to your own RTO.
Who is it for?
RTO owners, CEOs and senior leaders who want to make more deliberate decisions about their business and build a clearer plan for the year ahead.
You don’t need a polished strategy to attend. Bring your current challenges, useful business information and a willingness to make decisions.
Facilitator
Angela Connell-Richards
Angela has worked in vocational education as a student, trainer, administrator, manager, RTO owner, consultant, and instructional designer. She founded Vivacity in 2009 and built ComplyHub in 2025.
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