by Peter | Oct 12, 2012 | Tools 4 Change |
What my Grandpa told me about change management Imagine being smeared with ink all over your naked body as you are strung upside down on a pallet lifter. Or picture giving your boss a big wet pecker on the cheek just to get your weekly pay envelope. These are just a...
by Peter | Oct 7, 2012 | Adventures, Working With Groups |
The training had just started. It was a nice day outside. Well, at least the sun was shining. It was still around 4C – but in Montreal, Canada, that was considered balmy at this time of year – October. I was contracted to run a new manager training for young...
by Peter | Sep 24, 2012 | Tools 4 Change, Training and Presentation Skills, Working With Groups |
As a contract trainer you may be required to run training programs of many different types. You are often required because there is some sort of change taking place and you are partly responsible for making it work. This flip chart is an easy change management...
by Peter | Aug 1, 2012 | Adventures, Training and Presentation Skills, Working With Groups |
I’m currently taking some leave on a farm in Virginia, East Coast U.S.A. It’s a lovely spot; all organic produce, far enough away from the training environment and the hussle and bustle of cities, and with some of that southern charm that comes...
by Peter | Jul 15, 2012 | Training and Presentation Skills, Working With Groups |
The Maori of New Zealand have a word ‘Ako’ meaning to learn as well as to teach. We are all teachers and learners at different times. In the Maori world it is acceptable for the learner to shift roles and become the teacher and for the teacher to become...
by Peter | Jun 28, 2012 | Adventures |
Had a huge day today. Three coaching appoinments, taught a bunch of web coders, programmers and designers how to pitch with great presentation skills. And went to a big meeting where I got to ‘pitch’ my own training services to board members of an...
by Peter | Jun 26, 2012 | Tools 4 Change, Training and Presentation Skills, Working With Groups |
I don’t know about you but I often wonder how many rabbit holes can you go down. I am writing this post to you from the ‘Hall of Awesomeness’ at an internet publishing firm. I am here coaching the executive team and they run training meetings here...
by Peter | Jun 19, 2012 | Adventures |
Hey folks, the adventure continues. Just got back from a great gig in Nairobi for the UN. To be able to fly in early and do safari is one of the cool things working overseas. Safari was a few hours drive outside Nairobi. 2 hours of that was over...
by Peter | Jun 7, 2012 | Adventures, Training and Presentation Skills, Working With Groups |
What do we do to ensure we are making training work? And that the business we are contracting to gets it’s return on investment. And, that we get invited back again. I’m posting this from Kuala Lumpur International Airport bound for Niarobi for the 2nd module of a...
by Peter | May 25, 2012 | Tools 4 Change |
It was early morning. I had to get from Bondi Beach in Sydney to the outer western suburb of Smithfield. As the delayed train pulled out of the city the clock said 8:42am. It was a 30- minute journey and a 10-minute walk to the training venue. I was going to be late...
