1: music: on arrival, during the breaks, as a timer instead of a clock, to begin and end tasks, and to play as people or groups rotate 2: backdrops: set of slide presentations which engage and entertain - again, as people arrive, or in the breaks, or to change the mood or dynamic of the group 3: [...]
Sunday, November 20, 2011
As we are drawing towards the close of another year, we thought we’d offer you a list of our top 10 most popular programmes. They are: 1: Honest Conversations 2: Creating Successful Change 3: From Design to Delivery: Making it Happen 4: Response Management 5: Interviewing Skills for Candidates 6: NLP Practitioner Programme 7: Managing Poor Performance 8: 1-1 coaching 9: Bite Size Workshops 10: [...]
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
1: Have a Positive Mental Attitude: in challenging times, you have to make the best of things. Seek and you will find…so if you look for difficulty, things to be anxious about - you’ll find them. Instead, look for opportunity, enhancement, challenge and variety…remember: if you don’t take an opportunity….someone else will! 2: Build [...]
Saturday, August 6, 2011
1: Decide what’s negotiable, and what isn’t 2: Work out, then ask for, your ideal - it’s the only way you’ll get it, and it gives you something to negotiate from 3: Know your bottom line, and stick to it 4: Remember, anything at or above your bottom line is a win. If your bottom line is not [...]
Sunday, June 19, 2011
1: put yourself out to put others in: you should expect to adjust to their preferences, to allow you to establish rapport and get close. If you insist on doing it ‘your way’, you are more likely to fail 2: you cannot influence from the outside: to influence successfully, you have to get close. Which leads [...]
Saturday, February 26, 2011
1: be clear about your issues: if you are calling the meeting, think through what your issues and concerns are - you will need to be specific, and have evidence 2: know what outcome you want/prefer: know what for you would be a satisfactory outcome 3: anticipate their reactions: how might they react; what might be their [...]
Thursday, January 27, 2011
When asked, these were the highlights from the team for 2010: 1: LateRoom’s new offices: fantastic site, with great views over Manchester, and brilliantly arranged internal layout - the best work environment we’ve seen (and the staff are great, too!) 2: SCOLA’s Management Development Programme: exciting new venture at Sutton College, led by an inspiring Principal and [...]
Sunday, December 19, 2010
These are just our personal favourites. We’ve only listed nine - so you can add the tenth! So please nominate your best website find of the year below. Thanks. Have a great festive season, and all the very best for 2011! Thanks to all our clients and participants who have helped ‘make our days’ during [...]
Monday, October 25, 2010
1: engage the audience - it’s often not what you do, it’s how you do it. Use a range of engagement devises: visuals, props, questions, demonstrations, storytelling… 2: avoid death by powerpoint - by all means use powerpoint, but use it imaginatively! Use visuals, colour, movement…, and when/if using text, remember… 3: less is more - fewer [...]
Saturday, September 4, 2010
We thought we’d share with you our top 10 favourite and/or unusual venues….these are all venues where we have provided a training programme 1: Smithills Hall, Bolton 2: Pendennis Castle, Falmouth 3: Emergency Planning Bunker, Cheshire 4: Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 5: Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port 6: Princess Diana Pleasure Steamer, River Dee, Chester 7: Landale Hotel & Country Club, Lake [...]
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There are two main views about leadership:The functional , formal view-that it is a function, associated with post, and resides at the head of the organisation(i.e. headship); and the personality view-that it can exist anywhere, at any level, within the organisation, and is essentially an attribute or set of attributes that anyone can have (i.e. [...]
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As the following case studies show, we have lots of evidence of how our contribution has helped make a difference to our clients.
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Just to let you all know that on our SLIDEAS site, we are now offering a new powerpoint presentation every fortnight (alternate Sundays), for you to download for free! Our back catalogue of presentations is also available. So don’t miss out on these freebies - check the site regularly!! We’d also be interested in any similar presentations you have. Just email them to me, and I’ll get them published, with full credits to the author!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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