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 | Dec 11, 2012 | Tools 4 Change, Training and Presentation Skills, Working With Groups |
Want to know what the worst thing that can happen in a training room is? Losing people’s attention. One size does not fit all when it comes to training and managing people. You have to adjust your approach in a heartbeat. When you’re a trainer you have to get...
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...
