Leadership Styles – Background to this article… I’m an external facilitator and I hear a lot about the effects of my facilitation. When we talk about getting a Return on Investment (ROI), it’s not just about figures – the real ROI is enabling someone to change their behaviour. I was thrilled to get a testimonial from […]

Many of our clients are HR Managers, Learning & Development Managers and/or Business Owners. The key issues for all businesses in 2016 and beyond include: key skills shortages, especially digital skills employee engagement and succession planning. This is the story of a young Northamptonshire college leaver who has spent 6 months looking for a job […]

Creating a Motivational Culture The Eternal Challenge – motivating your people. Motivation. What works with some appears to have the opposite effect on others. Motivation is one of the biggest challenges facing people managers today. So let’s explore this subject and create some practical outcomes together. Motivation Myths 1. Carrot or Stick? This is probably […]

I met with a recently appointed Manager today – he talked about the costs of meetings to his department. He said there can be up to 8 experienced and costly programmers sitting in a 2 hour meeting. He has noticed attendees looking at their watches, as the meeting drags on, dominated by issues interesting to maybe […]

The theme of part 6 is the importance of full body listening and being brave – negotiating with a learner who is disrupting the learning of others. Trying to impress the audience by showing up extra knowledge beyond the scope of the course. Responding to audience tendency of discussing irrelevant or marginal issues and leaving […]

What are the most common mistakes an inexperienced or new trainer makes? Thank you to everyone in the LinkedIn group Effective and Fun Training Techniques who shared their knowledge so we can benefit from it. This is part five of your great work. My belief is that trainers and facilitators should not use slides, so […]

What are the most common mistakes an inexperienced or new trainer makes? Thank you to everyone in the LinkedIn group Effective and Fun Training Techniques who shared their knowledge so we can benefit from it. This is part four of your great work. A facilitator needs to understand, in my opinion two important areas ONE. […]

What are the most common mistakes an inexperienced or new trainer makes? Thank you to everyone in the LinkedIn group Effective and Fun Training Techniques who shared their knowledge so we can benefit from it. This is part three of your great work.   Timing every time. Each participant needs to be aware, or made […]

What are the most common mistakes an inexperienced or new trainer makes? Thank you to everyone in the LinkedIn group Effective and Fun Training Techniques who shared their knowledge so we can benefit from it. This is part two of your great work.   I think the most common mistake is that they are aiming […]

Using a Time Log for Time Tracking This is based on a real email which was sent out to internal employees of a particular organisation. If you feel any time codes are missing then please let us know and we will add them to the list. From: To: all Staff Subject: Timesheets Notice to All […]