Building Strong Working Relationships Training Course
$27.50 inc. GST
This course covers how to build and maintain strong working relationships with co-workers and managers, and how to repair relationships when they become strained. Learners develop practical skills for fostering collaboration, managing workplace tension, and contributing to a team environment where people communicate openly and work well together.
Designed for Australian and New Zealand workplaces, the course is fully online and self-paced, making it accessible to all employees regardless of role, schedule, or location. Participants receive an instant digital certificate on completion.
This course will take approximately 43 minutes to complete.
Why is the Building Strong Working Relationships Course Important?
Poor workplace relationships don’t just affect morale — they affect output. Teams where relationships are strained experience lower engagement, higher conflict, and reduced productivity. Individuals can feel isolated, undervalued, or uncertain about how to address problems, and without practical skills to draw on, those problems tend to grow.
This course gives employees a grounded, practical approach to one of the most consistent challenges in any workplace: working effectively with the people around them. By building skills in relationship maintenance and repair, learners are better equipped to work through difficulties before they escalate and to contribute positively to the teams they’re part of
Who Should Complete This Course
- Employees who work closely with others and want to strengthen their day-to-day working relationships
- Team members experiencing friction with colleagues or managers and looking for practical ways to address it
- New starters building relationships across a team or organisation for the first time
- Any worker seeking to improve collaboration, communication, and their overall contribution to team culture
Topics Covered
- Relationships with co-workers
- Relationships with your managers
- Repairing work relationships
- Working relationships with people you don’t like
Course Experience
This course is fully online and accessible anytime — learners can start, pause, and return at their own pace. The content uses interactive, scenario-based learning to ground the concepts in real workplace situations, helping learners connect the material to their own experience.
There is no formal assessment for this course. On completion, learners receive an instant digital certificate confirming their participation. The course meets WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards and is designed to be clear and accessible for learners at all literacy levels.
Assessment
No formal scored assessment – instead, reflection points and knowledge checks are embedded throughout
Related Courses
Related Courses
- Communicating Effectively in the Workplace Training Course
- Verbal Communication: Foundation Skills Training Course
- Verbal Communication: Advanced Skills Training Course
- An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence Training Course
- Building Personal Resilience Training Course
- Communicating with Management and Key Stakeholders Training Course
- Ethics: Common Workplace Issues Training Course
- Anti-Bullying and Anti-Harassment for Employees Training Course (AUS Version)
- Mental Health Awareness for Employees Training Course (AUS Version)
- Duty of Care for Employees Training Course
- Managing Staff Underperformance Training Course (AUS Version)
- Collaboration and Teamwork Training Course
- Women in Leadership Training Course
Learning Outcomes
By completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Identify behaviours and communication habits that strengthen working relationships over time
- Apply practical strategies for building effective relationships with both peers and managers
- Recognise when a working relationship has become strained and understand what has contributed to the breakdown
- Respond to relationship difficulties in a constructive and professional manner
- Contribute to a team culture where collaboration, respect, and open communication are the norm
Organisational Benefits
- Reduce interpersonal conflict before it escalates into formal complaints or HR involvement
- Improve team cohesion and day-to-day collaboration across all levels of the organisation
- Support new starters and cross-functional teams in building working relationships faster
- Build a workplace culture where people are equipped to address difficulties directly and professionally
- Demonstrate organisational investment in the skills that drive team performance and staff retention
| Platforms | Desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile (widescreen) |
| Browsers | Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari are supported (typically versions from 2019 onwards). IE11 is not supported |
| Hosting | Enrol in Tribal Habits portal |
| Accessible | Yes, meets WCAG 2.2 guidelines at a Level AA standard – More info on WCAG 2.2 here |
Description
Why is the Building Strong Working Relationships Course Important?
Poor workplace relationships don’t just affect morale — they affect output. Teams where relationships are strained experience lower engagement, higher conflict, and reduced productivity. Individuals can feel isolated, undervalued, or uncertain about how to address problems, and without practical skills to draw on, those problems tend to grow.
This course gives employees a grounded, practical approach to one of the most consistent challenges in any workplace: working effectively with the people around them. By building skills in relationship maintenance and repair, learners are better equipped to work through difficulties before they escalate and to contribute positively to the teams they’re part of
Who Should Complete This Course
- Employees who work closely with others and want to strengthen their day-to-day working relationships
- Team members experiencing friction with colleagues or managers and looking for practical ways to address it
- New starters building relationships across a team or organisation for the first time
- Any worker seeking to improve collaboration, communication, and their overall contribution to team culture
Topics Covered
Topics Covered
- Relationships with co-workers
- Relationships with your managers
- Repairing work relationships
- Working relationships with people you don’t like
Experience
Course Experience
This course is fully online and accessible anytime — learners can start, pause, and return at their own pace. The content uses interactive, scenario-based learning to ground the concepts in real workplace situations, helping learners connect the material to their own experience.
There is no formal assessment for this course. On completion, learners receive an instant digital certificate confirming their participation. The course meets WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards and is designed to be clear and accessible for learners at all literacy levels.
Assessment
No formal scored assessment – instead, reflection points and knowledge checks are embedded throughout
Related Courses
Related Courses
- Communicating Effectively in the Workplace Training Course
- Verbal Communication: Foundation Skills Training Course
- Verbal Communication: Advanced Skills Training Course
- An Introduction to Emotional Intelligence Training Course
- Building Personal Resilience Training Course
- Communicating with Management and Key Stakeholders Training Course
- Ethics: Common Workplace Issues Training Course
- Anti-Bullying and Anti-Harassment for Employees Training Course (AUS Version)
- Mental Health Awareness for Employees Training Course (AUS Version)
- Duty of Care for Employees Training Course
- Managing Staff Underperformance Training Course (AUS Version)
- Collaboration and Teamwork Training Course
- Women in Leadership Training Course
Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
By completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Identify behaviours and communication habits that strengthen working relationships over time
- Apply practical strategies for building effective relationships with both peers and managers
- Recognise when a working relationship has become strained and understand what has contributed to the breakdown
- Respond to relationship difficulties in a constructive and professional manner
- Contribute to a team culture where collaboration, respect, and open communication are the norm
Organisational Benefits
- Reduce interpersonal conflict before it escalates into formal complaints or HR involvement
- Improve team cohesion and day-to-day collaboration across all levels of the organisation
- Support new starters and cross-functional teams in building working relationships faster
- Build a workplace culture where people are equipped to address difficulties directly and professionally
- Demonstrate organisational investment in the skills that drive team performance and staff retention
Accessibility
| Platforms | Desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile (widescreen) |
| Browsers | Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari are supported (typically versions from 2019 onwards). IE11 is not supported |
| Hosting | Enrol in Tribal Habits portal |
| Accessible | Yes, meets WCAG 2.2 guidelines at a Level AA standard – More info on WCAG 2.2 here |