by Peter | Feb 28, 2014 | Tools 4 Change |
It was a frosty May morning. The training room was the staff canteen, buried deep in the hangar of a major airlines engineering department. I got there early to set things up. It was a long, narrow room, a kilometer long it seemed – row upon row of industrial...
by Peter | Aug 21, 2013 | Tools 4 Change |
You’ve heard the saying a picture is worth a thousand words. And we tell stories in our training programs so we can illustrate our key messages, so you could say a picture is worth a thousand stories. In this post I want to talk about the value of the visual image,...
by Peter | Jul 29, 2013 | Tools 4 Change |
Let’s face it, the thing that keeps us corporate trainers in business is the fact that most leaders and managers don’t get the whole self awareness thing; the lack of it and the impact of that on the culture of their team, department or organisation....
by Peter | Jul 18, 2013 | Tools 4 Change |
I was recently on assignment in the Seychelles off the east coast of Africa. It was a fun piece of work in an amazing location. I’ve written a story about the resort here. I worked with the fantastic leadership team of a Five Star Resort, and the flip chart on this...
by Peter | May 9, 2013 | Tools 4 Change, Working With Groups |
Have you ever felt like a group is going around and around a discussion that has nothing to do with your training? Do you sometimes get the feeling they could talk about the topic all day long and still not get anywhere? How to Deal With a Group that Wants to Poo Poo...
by Peter | Feb 18, 2013 | Tools 4 Change |
Cash Up or Consult And if you get them in the wrong order you could be in trouble. Today I am flying to KL for a half day change management program for a board of directors for a large investment bank over there. I ran this same program for the senior managers...
