What makes a Workshop a Workshop?

For me, not only is it of a longer duration to a Seminar, but the key objective is to enable people to do what they couldn’t do previously. Typically, workshops are run ‘in-house’ (at your offices or off-site), designed exclusively for your people to meet your outcomes. It’s training and development in its truest sense … what observable change in behaviours, skills and / or attitudes do you want for your staff?

I will spend one or several days (residential or not) in moving your people to a place where they are both able and keen to put their new skills to use in their place of work!

My specialist Workshop topics are:

Building Cooperative Work Environments

• Your 3 Communication Tools
• How language patterns influence behaviour
• How to establish and maintain Rapport
• What makes for Effective Teams?
• The various roles Members may fill
• Learning Styles and preferences
• Personality Styles and behaviours

Time Management – Essential Strategies for Effectiveness

• How to set – and get goals
• Distinctions between Urgency and Importance
• How to Prioritise – and be flexible when things change!
• Telephone Management Tips
• Paper, Paper everywhere? No more!
• How to politely and firmly deal with interruptions
• Making Meetings work
• How to break the cycle of Procrastination

Expanding your Horizons – A Program for Women

• Values, Beliefs and Attitudes – yours and other people’s
• Why Internal Dialogue is so important
• How to be an effective communicator – both verbally and non-verbally
• The Keys to Powerful Personal Expression
• Be a Goal-Getter – not just a Goal-Setter!

Leadership Skills for Business Women – Achieving Success for Yourself and Others

• How do you define Leadership?
• How do you ‘balance’ your heart and your head?
• What’s your Corporate Culture?
• How to Coach, Encourage and Empower others
• Mentors – Getting one and Being one
• The When and How of Negotiating and Influencing
• Planning your goals and career
• Keys to fulfilling your multiple roles – and staying sane!

Presentations that Influence!

• How can you know what your Audience wants?
• The Magic Formula for Structuring your talk
• Creating Presenter’s Notes that work for you!
• How to work with different Learning and Processing Styles
• Powerful Language Patterns that Influence
• How to handle questions – both your and theirs!
• Make it interesting … make it memorable

Be Seen, Be Heard … Be Remembered!

• Your new Mantra: What’s My Outcome?
• The Structure can make – or break – your presentation
• How to Calibrate your audience for maximum involvement
• Developing Behavioural Flexibility in dealing with audience members
• How State Control and Anchoring can reinforce your message
• Presentation Aids as an extension of You
• How to Start Strong … and End on a High Note

Train the Trainer: Foundation Workshop

• How to determine your Training Outcomes
• Structuring the content for maximum effectiveness
• What are the elements of a positive Learning Environment?
• Different Learners … Different ways of Learning – and how to deal with all of them!
• Essential Communication and Questioning skills
• How to deal with ‘challenging’ participants

Train the Trainer: Building the Difference

• The Needs Analysis: Why, When and How
• Overcoming Barriers to Learning with Framing Techniques
• Games, Processes and Exercises: how they differ and when to use each
• How to plan and manage your logistics
• Understand your Audience more deeply: Values and the MBTI
• How to Evaluate the Learning Process

Train the Trainer: Towards Mastery

• How to use Metaphor to make information Memorable
• Link the Learning to the Learner!
• Understanding Unconscious Learning Strategies
• How to stimulate thought processes to generate deeper understanding
• Using Perceptual Filters and Meta Programs to assist the learning process
• How to facilitate a group
• Briefing and Debriefing … the why, when and how