by Peter | Apr 13, 2014 | Training and Presentation Skills, Working With Groups |
3 ways you get in your own way as a trainer or facilitator. Lack of preparation: TED talk speakers spend an average 200 hours preparing their 20 minute talk. You know too much: And you want people to know if so you can make a good impression. You’ve lost the...
by Peter | Mar 10, 2014 | Working With Groups |
Ever get that feeling that you don’t know what’s going to happen when you are facilitating the work of a group of people – whether they are trying to solve a problem, make a decision – or in my case this last weekend; create a vision for their organisation. It happens...
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 | Dec 1, 2013 | Adventures |
Life in Ubud, Bali is uncomplicated. Ceremony and ritual blend into the everyday, and nature surrounds you in a rich tapestry of rice paddies and jungle valleys. Pull up a chair in any café in town and you could be sitting sit next to a corporate executive on career...
by Peter | Oct 7, 2013 | Working With Groups |
I’ll never forget the day I wanted to make a great impression on a colleague. I was to present to a group of my peers on the topic of Belbins team roles. I knew nothing about it, but I didn’t want to turn down the offer to impress my colleague. I choked it big time....
