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 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 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 | 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...