To be effective in any role, in any organisation, we have to be able to work with a wide range of people, personalities and job roles, both internally and externally. Most things we have to do require the co-operation of others…and to get co-operation we need to be able to communicate well with a wide…
This session on running effective meetings aims to help people to recognise the characteristics of effective meetings, and identify why some meetings are unproductive. It focusses on planning meetings, and understanding the different skills and approaches to controlling meetings to achieve the best outcomes. In particular, by the end of the Power Hour attendees will be…
This session on planning your time recognises that in modern business, everyone is pulled in many directions, and there never seems to be enough time in the day. It aims to help people to identify where they SHOULD be spending their time, and help them to make better use of the time they have available. It…
It may be tempting to think that designing bite-size training (sessions lasting 2 hours or less) is easier than designing a full day workshop, but it isn’t. Many sessions that are described as bite-size training are simply a meeting: a presentation with a discussion or short group exercise thrown in and questions at the end….
Lots of training fails NOT because it isn’t well written or properly researched, but because we don’t spend long enough thinking about the transfer of learning. Transfer of learning is vital – if we can’t transfer what’s covered in the training back to the workplace, then everyone has wasted their time. The problem with transfer…
Designing training is a core skill of good trainers, yet it is one that is not often given proper attention. When learning to be a trainer almost all development is focussed on delivery skills, and design is somehow expected to be ‘picked up’. Many experienced trainers may also feel that, because they know their subject…