Richard Joseph and Associates developed the Turning Point programme in 1991, initially as a stand-alone personal development programme which later became the foundation for organisational development, and also for a new teenage programme.
Mr Joseph, who left for Bahrain yesterday, said earlier in the week that 19 years ago he found himself trying to juggle personal and work life, which prompted him to scrutinise how best to manage his "huge workload".
"The programme helps people stay on top of everyday challenges," Mr Joseph said.
The opportunity to visit Bahrain's polytechnic and present two programmes over three weeks came after its representatives visited Otago Polytechnic looking for courses to include at its facility as its student base grows from 500 to 5000 students, Mr Joseph said.
Mr Joseph said since 1991, the course had been run by hundreds of companies including Air New Zealand, major banks and Inland Revenue.
Several years ago Mr Joseph adapted the course to include a programme for young people, largely to deal with low self-esteem in teenagers.
• A Turning Point course which an Australian coroner blamed for a woman jumping to her death from a Sydney building in 2005 is not connected to the New Zealand course.
