by Peter | Sep 4, 2013 | Training and Presentation Skills |
Training a group of leaders in the Middle East at a pretty sketchy time for them right now, in the middle of the Syrian conflict. Nothing can prepare them for the kind of challenges they face. So this post is really quiet insignifigant in light of this. And I am...
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 | Aug 8, 2013 | Adventures |
It came down to the wire. I’d planned a two-week vacation diving in the Philippines and received an email two days before the flight over there. A Client wanted to know if I was available to work in Beirut. Turns out I was free to work, it meant cutting the vacation...
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 24, 2013 | Working With Groups |
I’m staring at a blank screen thinking of what to write for this post. I guess this is something all bloggers, indeed, all writers face. What do I do now? This is also a really scary place to get to in a training room; when you’ve run out of something to say. In fact...
by Peter | Jul 19, 2013 | Adventures, Gallery |
I always thought the sparkling surface of the ocean reflecting the afternoon sun was really a million diamonds floating on the water. And then, as the sun sunk into the horizon, the wild splash of colour across the sky were the diamonds taking their last breathe of...
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 | Jun 12, 2013 | Adventures |
Ahoy there. If you’ve followed my blog for a while, you know I’m known to go AWOL. And that’s happened here again. My sincere apologies, I got swept away in vacation and amazing work in the Middle East. I’m posting this from the lounge...
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 | May 3, 2013 | Training and Presentation Skills, Working With Groups |
They were shady characters. Maybe 20 years old. The way they kept walking through the cafe, waiting out front, then walking back through again, gave us the feeling something suss was going down. In fact, something wasn’t right in this town. It felt lawless, as...
